Travis Ford could be headed back to the SEC, this time as a head coach. The former Kentucky point guard's name has been thrown in the hat for the LSU and South Carolina openings and there's a good chance he will wind up donning the purple and gold or the garnet and back come April.
Ford turned around the program at Eastern Kentucky before UMass came calling three years ago. The Minutemen are 15-9 this season, but they haven't played the way Ford had hoped down the stretch and an at-large bid appears to be out of the picture.
John Pelphrey, Ford's teammate at UK, is in his first season at Arkansas.
Ford would fit in better in Columbia, but the bayou seems to have more in-state talent to pull from.
Ford signed a contract extension last spring, taking him through the 2014-15 season and attendance has risen so expect UMass to at least match whatever LSU offers.
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