Assuming his health holds out, very few would doubt that Tubby Smith eventually will take a team with Memphis' history to the NCAA Tournament. Tubby has a national championship at Kentucky, but circumstances dictated that he did not do like Coach K or some of the others who got a gravy job and camped out there, raking in wins with one-and-done talent. Tubby has gone to schools that were down, and has brought them up through good coaching. Over and over again. He has not gone to where success was pretty much guaranteed if he avoided shooting himself in the foot. He went to where he had to work at recruiting, and actually develop the talent he brought in.
You can keep Coach K. When Tubby Smith takes Memphis to the NCAA, that will be the sixth team where he has done that, and that is a much greater accomplishment than the others.
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