WAR ROOM: Behind the hiring of Scott Cross

Syndication: The Oklahoman — Troy's head men's basketball coach Scott Cross speaks to the media during practice and media day for the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., Wednesday March 18, 2026.

After an epic collapse, Georgia Tech's first-year athletic director, Ryan Alpert, was forced to make a men's basketball coaching change. That search was a wide one, but ultimately settled on someone with connections to Alpert's right-hand man, deputy AD Brent Jones, and the Jackets' current women's basketball coach, Karen Blair, Troy's Scott Cross. How did the Jackets end up with Cross?