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Published 3/19/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News

Their knowledge of X's and O's was secondary in importance to their skill as salesmen. If Scott Drew and Matt Painter were to win, each had to convince kids out of high school to join a program that had become downright embarrassing. Drew was in charge of bringing Baylor back from one of the most horrid scandals in college basketball history. (link)

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