Tubby had two years of mediocre recruiting and that is all people remember - the rest of the time he was fantastic. We got high seeded teams all the other years, and were the #1 team in the nation well after all of "Pitino's" players were gone. Not to mention he was a class act. Glad to have Calipari now, and wish Tubby Smith well at Minnesota (where he appears to be really turning that program around)...would have kept him the last two years rather than Gillispie...
Hell, I said with Pitino's boys, but Tubby was still a great coach, it takes a good coach to get even the best veteran team to a national title!
TheCatFan21 2 years ago
Tubby had two years of mediocre recruiting and that is all people remember - the rest of the time he was fantastic. We got high seeded teams all the other years, and were the #1 team in the nation well after all of "Pitino's" players were gone. Not to mention he was a class act. Glad to have Calipari now, and wish Tubby Smith well at Minnesota (where he appears to be really turning that program around)...would have kept him the last two years rather than Gillispie...
ReuWil 2 years ago
In 1996, yes.
ReuWil 2 years ago
Kentucky won the championship with Pitino's boys.
TheCatFan21 2 years ago
Thank you Coach Smith for everything you did for the commonwealth and UK.
hooprokr 2 years ago