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Indiana basketball: Brad Stevens and 5 realistic candidates to replace Archie Miller

By Brad Berreman

Mar 11, 2021; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Hoosiers head coach Archie Miller yells to his players in the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the first half at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 11, 2021; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Hoosiers head coach Archie Miller yells to his players in the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the first half at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /
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1. Scott Drew

Drew has the No. 2 team in the country, and one of the favorites to win the national title heading into the NCAA Tournament if you buy into ESPN’s BPI. In eighteen seasons at Baylor he has won 366 games and if we remove his first three seasons (21-53 record), as he rebuilt the troubled program, his record is even better-including 14 straight winning seasons (12 with at least 20 wins).

Drew played collegiately at Butler. He then coached under then succeeded his father as the head coach at Valparaiso, before leaving after one season to take on that tough rebuild in Waco.

In late-February, Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated pointed to Drew as the right guy to replace Miller at Indiana and actually restore the program.

"He’s not unhappy at Baylor, but Drew might be the big fish Indiana could land. Baylor has developed a good basketball following—for both the men’s and women’s programs—but Texas remains bedrock football country. If Drew wants one chance at a power program that prioritizes hoops, in a state he knows well, this could be it."

Getting down to brass tacks, Drew can have the Baylor job as long as he wants it. It will surely take a special opportunity to get him to leave (Duke? Kentucky?). Maybe Indiana is that special opportunity for him, back in his basketball home state. The search to replace Miller starts here.

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