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Beyond the arc: Scott Cross out at UTA, Ryan Odom, Lady Raider coach soap opera

Scott Cross out at UT-Arlington

College basketball this time of year is full of coaching changes and contract extensions. The leadership at UT-Arlington supplied the head scratcher of the early off-season when they fired head coach Scott Cross. The headline of a dallasnews.com article screamed,

How could it not be? Scott Cross was the winningest coach in UTA history with a record of 225-161 in 12 seasons. He is the only coach in program history to leave the school with a win-loss record north of .500. In 2017-18, the Mavericks fell one win short of the NCAA tournament by dropping the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship game to Georgia State.