UK Basketball

I hate UK and hope Tubby stays but to those who think he should stay based on his resume, look at this.



First UK coach to go 8 straight years without a final four.
First UK coach to have to play on Thursday in an SEC tournament since the
expansion to the current 12 team format.
The First UK coach to lose 10 or more games three years in a row, and 4 of
the last 7 years.
The first UK coach to lose to Vandy in Rupp
The first UK coach to be swept by Vandy in a season in 32 years
The first UK coach to lose 4 straight to an SEC opponent in 30 years.
Only coach to lose to Ole Miss at Rupp
Only coach to lose to Vandy twice at Rupp
Only coach to lose 4 home games to SEC Opponents
More Home losses than any previous UK coach
Most Double Digit loss seasons of any UK coach
1st UK coach to not finish at least 2nd in the East since the SEC expansion
Most transfers and problem players of any UK coach
Never recruited a player to play in a final four in 16 years as a head coach
Fewest NBA draft picks of any coach with at least 5 years (only 2 1st
rounders in 10 years)
47% of his recruits don't make their senior year
Current 5 game losing streak to florida could soon be a new record
Only coach with the overall #1 seed in the NCAA to lose in the 2nd round
Lowest Average Points Scored Per Game since the 3 point shot was introduced
Worst loss to Indiana ever (26 points)
Only UK coach to lose consecutive games to Kansas
Worst Loss on Senior Day since 1919
Only UK coach with a losing record vs Michigan State (2-4)
Only coach to ever lose to a number 1 ranked team at rupp.
Only coach to ever begin the season ranked in the top 10 and finish the
season unranked.
Worst average attendance at Rupp Arena for one season, under Tubby (00-01
avg.21,014), since it opened in 1976.
Rupp Arena hasn't averaged 23,000+ since the 98-99 season.


Percentage of games ranked in top 5:
Tubby 16%
Pitino 59% (53% if you include probation year)

Number of games in top 5:
Tubby in 326 games ranked 54 games in top 5
Pitino in 269 games ranked 142 games in top 5

Number of Home losses:
Tubby 19
Pitino 5 (7 if you include probation year)

10+ loss seasons:
Tubby 4 (in 7 years - 1 loss away from 5 in 8)
Pitino 0 (1 if you include the probation year)

Average number of losses per year:
Tubby 7.9
Pitino 4.8(throwing out the 1st year)

Games played as #1 ranking: Pitino 10 Tubby 4
Games played as #2 ranking: Pitino 44 Tubby 14
Games played as #3 ranking: Pitino 33 Tubby 10
Games played as #4 ranking: Pitino 18 Tubby 15
Games played as #5 ranking: Pitino 37 Tubby 11
Total games with top 5 ranking: Pitino 142 Tubby 54

Team Turmoils:
Tubby 2
Pitino 0

Transfers out of the Program:
Tubby 14
Pitino 7

NBA 1st round draft picks:
Tubby 2
Pitino 10

Rick Pitino's 1st year 14-14 probation team averaged more than 10 ppg than
ANY Tubby Smith team except 2. It averaged 8.9 ppg more than those 2 teams:

Rick Pitino - Points per Game
1989-90 88.82
1990-91 85.89
1991-92 85.72
1992-93 87.50
1993-94 86.88
1994-95 87.39
1995-96 91.44
1996-97 83.13

Tubby Smith takes over:
1997-98 80.08
1998-99 75.41
1999-00 69.09
2000-01 79.79
2001-02 76.88
2002-03 77.28
2003-04 73.91
2004-05 73.62
2005-06 70.77
2006-07 72.32

Final Fours
Pitino 5 (3 at Kentucky)
Tubby 1

Championship games
Pitino 2
Tubby 1

NCAA tournament (at Kentucky)
Pitino 22-5 (.783)
Tubby is 23-8 (.663)

Misc. Notes

* Pitino beat 11 teams seeded 5th or higher in 6 NCAA Tournaments.

* Tubby has beaten 4 teams seeded 5th or higher in 9 NCAA Tournaments.

* Tubby has beaten only 1 team seeded 5th or higher since his first season
at Kentucky.

Oh well, he will be back, sad to see how the program has fallen.

What does any of this have to do with Tubby? The players play and the coaches coach.

Coaches recruit the players that play.

Kentucky has had a couple of bad breaks the past couple of years in recruiting. Tyler Hansbrough had his schools down to Kentucky and Carolina, he chose Carolina.

if yall lose patterson to another school...he probably should be fired on that alone

If Tubby is able to land both Patterson and Lucas, UK fans will love him. If he gets both these guys and doesn't win a National Title he'll be run out of town.

Tubby also passed on Lofton

Well so did Louisville and everyone else besides UT.

Yeah, Lofton wasn't really recruited by anyone but UT.

I heard Dickie V saying he thought Michigan should give Tubby a call, and I think that might work for all involved.

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Final Fours
Pitino 5 (3 at Kentucky)
Tubby 1

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You forgot to add that Tubby's Final Four team was recruited by Pitino..lol