HOUSTON, Texas - He has been at the pinnacle, taking a name-brand program to the Final Four.
Which begs the question: why? Why would Mike Davis, who in a not-so-distant life led Indiana to the national semifinals, take a job at SWAC-member Texas Southern?
And not just any job, but an interim job that has all the promise of exactly nothing for the future.
“I’m a basketball coach,’’ Davis said. “This is what I do. I would coach anywhere because I love it.’’
Texas Southern is both anywhere and somewhere, which is why Davis, five months after he was fired by UAB, said yes.
The SWAC is not an easy place to compete. Budgets are small and challenges are big. According to the U.S. Department of Education Equity in Athletics information, the Tigers spent $946,691 on men’s basketball in 2010.
At Austin, the University of Texas spent $8.1 million.
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