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Tubby Smith resigns, going to Minnesota
By Brett Dawson
bdawson@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal





LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tubby Smith has resigned as basketball coach at the University of Kentucky and will accept the same position at the University of Minnesota, according to sources close to Smith and to the university.

Smith, whose record is 263-83 in 10 seasons at UK, will take over a program that played most of this season with an interim coach, Jim Molinari, at the helm. The Gophers’ head coach, Dan Monson, resigned last November at the start of the season.

Smith reportedly told the UK players today that his contract in Minnesota is $2.5 million a year.

Smith had been under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks after back-to-back second-round losses in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats lost seven of their last 11 games and lost a combined 25 games the past two seasons – the most ever in a two-year window at UK that was not affected by NCAA probation.

UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart could not be reached for comment.
 

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i just heard it myself

i hope the Big Ku gets what it deserves.

He is a good coach and they ran him away

ga
 

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holy holy holy crap Im shocked by this news......Great day to be in Minnesota!!!
 

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I thought he got fired because UK didn't cover
:lolBIG:
 

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Dude can definitely coach, hell they even won when he had his daughter starting at pg.
 

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Amen....I'm laughing my ass off. Didn't he win a national title?

Yes he did, Kentucky fans don't accept much less than Final Four trips....It is much harder to stay on top now, look at Duke as well, they will not be making it back anytime soon either, they just lost their best player McRoberts to the NBA.

Kentucky's been losing players early as well, Rondo left very early, and their have been others, Iguibuike...Duke and Kentucky and UConn have been getting killed by their players leaving early.

Sounds like a job for Larry Brown :missingte
 

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don't mock the gophers. we were an annual tourney team until the clem haskins scandal happened. you guys just have short term memory.
 

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Duke's coach coach k even said it's not your god given right to win every yr

some people can't get enough of winning

They want to fire Arkansas's coach in football at 10-4 and we have won 2 bowl games since 1985 22 yrs

ga
 

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WOW being a Minnesota guy I am very shocked and pleasantly surprised by this news!!
 

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don't mock the gophers. we were an annual tourney team until the clem haskins scandal happened. you guys just have short term memory.

Minnesota has always been at best, a second teir CBB school...I like the move , Gophers fans should be rejoicing...these top coaches know how to build a program, look at what Bob Huggins has already done a K State.
 

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Minnesota has always been at best, a second teir CBB school...I like the move , Gophers fans should be rejoicing...these top coaches know how to build a program, look at what Bob Huggins has already done a K State.


I've been text messaging my buddies from work and no one believes it because they know what a big move this is. :drink:
 

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Does anyone think there's any chance in hell that Pitino will go back to UK? That would be some shit...
 

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Journey, you need to read up on some gopher basketball history.
 

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