Tubby Smith
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"Orlando "Tubby" Smith" is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the men's basketball head coach at Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball/Texas Tech University; his previous position, from 2007-2013, was as the men's basketball head coach at the University of Minnesota. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the University of Georgia, and University of Kentucky, where he coached the Wildcats to the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1998 NCAA championship.

Over his 22 seasons as a head coach, Smith has 18 seasons of twenty victories or more. In 2005, he joined Roy Williams (coach)/Roy Williams, Nolan Richardson, Denny Crum and Jim Boeheim as the only head coaches to win 365 games in 15 seasons or fewer. With Minnesota's invitation to the 2009 NCAA tournament, Smith became the fifth coach to lead four different teams to the NCAA tournament.

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Those were huge buckets (in the second half), because we were standing around with no real movement.

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We don't have room for any mistakes right now. We've already dropped two conference games at home, so we've got to play with a real sense of urgency. We need intensity on every possession.

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He's got a physical build, he's strong. He's got a good touch, going 9-for-11 in the game.

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I was very impressed with the toughness of Eastern. That was our biggest challenge, overcoming their toughness.

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Joe Crawford was outstanding, getting to the free throw line and attacking the basket and making his shots.

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We've got to get him a lot more conscious of playing without fouling.

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When we changed defenses and started switching, we needed players who were versatile and quick like Bobby.

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We like putting the ball in his hands in that situation.

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I told him he might want to try the outside shot because he has missed so many close to the basket this year. Bobby stepped up when there was really no one challenging him. He has been struggling with his shooting, but not in this game.

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