Baylor head basketball coach Austin Clark can take solace knowing that championships are won in February and March, not in November. To the Red Raider program, that’s a good thing because they don’t have a whole lot to work with at the current point.
Due to the success of the Baylor, South Pittsburg and Calhoun football teams, numbers have become an issue for their respective basketball programs. The coaches have found themselves doing other things while awaiting their football additions, and fundamentals have become a rallying cry at current practices at both schools.
The Calhoun program is missing 13 of their 15 varsity team members, while the Yellow Jacket football team prepares for their Friday matchup against Dublin in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A playoffs. Coach Derrick Broom’s team won’t play their first game until December 6th, same as Baylor and South Pittsburg, whose girls’ basketball coach Danny Wilson is also the football team’s defensive coordinator.
“A lot of coaches probably look at it as a bad thing, but I think it’s a positive,” Broom said. “I’m able to go out and scout other teams several times before we actually play them.”
Clark noted that he only has five varsity team members. As a result, the team had to cancel their first scheduled game last week, and they will also play Howard on the 6th.