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In those first chaotic hours after Chris Beard’s arrest on December 12, the man tapped to take over the University of Texas men’s basketball program gathered a group of anxious players before that night’s scheduled game against Rice. Three months later, it seems clear that interim head coach Rodney Terry’s calm and confidence in that first meeting went a long way toward keeping one of the country’s best teams and a legitimate national champion contender together.“Control what you can control,” Terry told the Longhorns that day. “In life you’re going to always have to adapt and adjust. Nobody controls your own destiny but you.” He’d just learned he would be the interim head coach as the school investigated the circumstances leading to Beard’s arrest for…

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