For some reason, the basketball population in general really came down on Tubby Smith while he was at Memphis. I did not understand it. Yes, some kids left, but if you kept up with the general sort of players that have been recruited over the years at Memphis, that was not surprising. And Memphis had a solid season this past year and was headed in the right direction. But, Tubby got the ax, because Memphis wanted to bring in a glamor boy; they really like glamorous coaches in Memphis.
But Tubby may get the last laugh. At the moment, he and Lon Kruger are the only men to have taken five different teams to the NCAA Tournament. If High Point should get there, he would have that record all to himself.
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