re: So Kentucky is going with the alumnus hire like UNC and Duke

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It’s amazing that UNC, Duke, and Kentucky jobs were all open in the span of a couple years and not one made a massive splash hire.

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This is why I laugh when people act like Alabama conducted a horrible football coaching search. Big 2 NCAA sports has changed dramatically with every game televised and massive tv contracts split evenly. Home run press conference hires are rare now. Schools like Bama, AU, and Baylor can afford to keep top basketball coaches and recruits are just as willing to play there as Kentucky or UNC if they have a great coach.

Blue blood basketball schools are having to settle for assistants or mid major hires. Same with football and programs like Oklahoma, Ohio St, and Texas hiring or promoting assistants to head jobs.