Grant McCasland's win in Las Vegas on Thursday night may have solidified his new gig.
McCasland has been at North Texas for six seasons. He was hired in 2017 after one year leading Arkansas State in the Sun Belt. He compiled a 135-65 overall record at North Texas, won two CUSA regular season titles and reached the NCAA tournament once. The Mean Green upset then-No. 4 seed Purdue in the first round of that tournament. McCasland has also worked as an assistant at Baylor under longtime coach Scott Drew.McCasland will replace Mark Adams in Lubbock.
, just before the Big 12 tournament was set to start, after he was suspended for a verbal exchange with a player. Adams reportedly tried to encourage the player in question to be more receptive to coaching by quoting a bible verse to him. The verse had to do with workers, teachers, parents and slaves serving their masters. Adams said he did not apologize, and that he was just quoting scripture.
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