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Ten-loss Tubby

Published February 14, 2006 8:28 am UK basketball 2 Comments

Kentucky must win out — stifle that chuckle, please — for Tubby Smith to avoid his fourth 10-loss season as the Kentucky coach. It would be the (unlucky) 13th 10-loss season in UK basketball history since the time that fellow named Rupp was named head coach back in 1930. Here’s a look:

  • Year        After 24    9th loss    Final      Post-season          Coach            
  • 2005-06    15-9        Feb. 11                                             Tubby Smith
  • 2001-02    17-7       March 8       22-10    Sweet 16 NCAA    Tubby Smith
  • 2000-01    17-7       March 4       24-10    Sweet 16 NCAA    Tubby Smith
  • 1999-00    17-7       March 10     23-10    2nd round NCAA   Tubby Smith
  • 1989-90    13-11      Jan. 24       14-14    On probation        Rick Pitino
  • 1988-89    11-13      Jan. 18       13-19    1st round SEC       Eddie Sutton
  • 1986-87    16-8       Feb. 25       18-11    1st round NCAA    Eddie Sutton
  • 1984-85    15-9       Feb. 16       18-13    Sweet 16 NCAA     Joe B. Hall
  • 1978-79    14-10     Feb. 7        19-12    1st round NIT        Joe B. Hall
  • 1975-76    14-10      Feb. 9        20-10    Won NIT              Joe B. Hall
  • 1973-74    12-12      Feb. 11       13-13    No post-season     Joe B. Hall
  • 1966-67    12-12      Feb. 11       13-13    No post-season     Adolph Rupp
  • 1964-65    14-10      Feb. 20       15-10     No post-season     Adolph Rupp
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  1. 1 roundball February 14, 2006 6:19 pm at 6:19 pm

    I truly expect to see our Cats saddled with at least 12 losses this season. Can things get any worse for our great basketball program? Hopefully not.
    I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but Tubbyball has been terrible since day one. He gives the phrase “Let the game come to you” a whole new meaning. I guess he thinks he thinks the players should just stand in one spot and hope the ball returns to them once Rondo is finished playing with it.
    My pick for a replacement for Tubby would be Steve Alford. Now here’s a young man who knows what “Tradition” truly means.

  2. 2 Josh February 15, 2006 11:36 am at 11:36 am

    Agreed. So what if he had a couple of good seasons. Those good seasons didn’t even result in a Final Four. Was anyone jumping up and down at the end of the season two years ago when we won 30 something games but lost in the 2nd round? Simply put, the talent and the energy have decreased since Tubby arrived. It’s time for an overhaul of the coaching staff. Please take Mitch with you when you go. I will gladly pack all of your things in bubble wrap.

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