Tubby Smith
Tubby Smith
Orlando Henry "Tubby" Smithis an American college basketball coach. He is currently the men's basketball head coach for the University of Memphis. Smith previously served in the same role at Texas Tech, Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia, and Tulsa. With Kentucky, he coached the Wildcats to the 1998 NCAA championship...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 June 1951
CityScotland, MD
four half key
The big key is you've got to get there. Four times in a half is just terrible.
backyard nobody playing
It was like he was playing in his backyard and nobody was guarding him.
care change complete settled took
It was a complete change of halves. We settled down and took care of the basketball.
care coach pressure sophomore taken wants
Their expectations are that coach wants us to come in here and play to our potential, take care of the basketball. I think it's taken some of the pressure off some of our sophomore starters.
against coaching friends-or-friendship good playing relatives tough
It will be good to see Brian, but it is tough playing and coaching against relatives and friends.
We were really focused. We got everyone involved. Everyone should be happy.
adjusted ball good half second start
We had to get off to a good start in the second half. We adjusted at the half to get the ball to Patrick more.
best good harder longer periods playing signs smarter
We did a lot of good things. I thought we were very active. But the best thing is we are playing smarter and harder for longer periods of time. We can get better. But you can at least see signs that we are getting there.
documented expect finishes fully ncaa point processed wait
We fully expect him to be back at some point when the NCAA finishes their job. Everything has been documented and processed on our side, and we'll wait for the NCAA to finalize their decision.
matter mentally physically
We're physically healthy, so now it's a matter of getting mentally healthy.
based basketball both circumstance family happy information patient waiting
Based on all the information we had and all the extenuating circumstances, both Randolph and we have been very patient waiting for this opportunity. I'm very happy for Randolph, his family and our basketball program.
call roll
You got to roll me and call me the tumbling dice.
care clutch coach floor hit spread team took
Coach (Dave) Odom had his team ready. They executed well, they took care of the ball, they spread the floor and they hit a lot of clutch shots.
teams
Teams like this give us a lot of problems.