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
conscious playing
We've got to get him a lot more conscious of playing without fouling.
glad leading
We're glad to see Randolph get back to leading us in rebounding.
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.
call roll
You got to roll me and call me the tumbling dice.
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.
almost beginning ourselves second shot
(With) that flurry of threes at the beginning of the second half, we almost shot ourselves out of the game, but he was the only one to make one.
happened mental respond shown stay toughness
We've not shown the mental toughness we need yet. We need to stay intense, stay focused. How do you respond to what happened if you did not start? Do you respond the right way and do the right things to improve?
matter mentally physically
We're physically healthy, so now it's a matter of getting mentally healthy.
We were really focused. We got everyone involved. Everyone should be happy.
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.
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.
ball hands putting
We like putting the ball in his hands in that situation.
agonize guys top
I didn't agonize over it. It was easy. We had a plus-minus system, and those guys weren't in the top five, top eight.
ability ball basket fought good ground legs lost obviously opportunity plays seem shots tennessee
Obviously this was another lost opportunity for us to really make up some ground in the league. Tennessee made their shots and made plays down the stretch, and we didn't. We couldn't get our shots to drop. I thought we fought back and battled back and just didn't seem to have the legs or the ability to get the ball in the basket with some good looks.