Fire Tubby?

Here is a recap of the news stories that I didn’t write about during my unannounced (and unforgivable) vacation. Thanks for sticking around.

Tubby Smith honored in Tulsa –

Former University of Tulsa and current Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith returned to Tulsa to accept the 2006 Legacy Award from the Greenwood Cultural Center.

Smith was selected for his career accomplishments, including a college basketball national championship at Kentucky, and his “earnest commitment to youth and the community,” said GCC board president Dwain Midget.

Regardless of what you think of Tubby as a coach, he “seems” to be a friendly, playful guy and does a lot of good things for the community both here in Lexington and his previous coaching stops.
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Kentucky pays $183,803 for every basketball player -

No, no no, don’t get your underoos in a bunch. We aren’t going Claude Bassett again and paying players. This number comes from the U.S. Department of Education (pull a number out of our…uuuuhm hats division) about how much it costs to put each player on the court. This article probably doesn’t mean anything in the end but it’s an interesting read nonetheless. Sorry it’s from a UT site.
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Tyler Smith picks Iowa over Kentucky -
One of the top 50 senior recruits chose Iowa over UK. Unfortunate. He chooses to go to Iowa with Steve frickin’ Alford? Did you hear that that Iowa recently changed their name from the Hawkeyes to the Corn? You know, like syracuse Orangemen to Orange. Same difference except in Iowa.
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More old news later.

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