Here are some links, tidbits and thoughts on the hiring of Tubby Smith:
*After 19 days (it seemed longer, right?) Texas Tech named its new basketball coach Tuesday, 61-year-old Tubby Smith.
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Texas Tech's new basketball coach says early mentors guided him to career in teaching the game
April 3, 2013 - 6:50pm
A timeline of how Texas Tech went from the Billy Gillispie era to the hiring of former Kentucky and Minnesota coach Tubby Smith on Tuesday.
April 3, 2013 - 12:47am
There is nothing more Chris Walker could have done.
April 2, 2013 - 9:18pm
Tubby Smith won't find the same pressure in Lubbock that he absorbed by walking the sidelines of Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., where the jet-engine noise of a die-hard, blue-blood fan base poured down on him nightly.
April 2, 2013 - 7:37pm
Tubby Smith had no vision of stepping away from coaching following his dismissal from Minnesota last week. He also didn't expect to be boarding a plane to West Texas just a few days after he landed on the unemployment line.
April 2, 2013 - 5:16pmSome tidbits and thoughts on Tech's hiring of Tubby Smith (Runnin' with the Raiders blog)
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Texas Tech is hopeful a one-time national champion coach has enough left in the tank to pick its basketball program up off the mat. Tech on Monday agreed to terms with Tubby Smith to become the school's new basketball head coach.
April 1, 2013 - 3:40pm
Texas Tech is in talks with Tubby Smith to become its next head coach, the Associated Press reported late Saturday, citing unnamed sources. Smith was in Lubbock on Thursday, along with his wife Donna, to meet with Tech officials about the position.
March 30, 2013 - 9:44pm
The immediate aftermath of a loss to Harvard in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last week was a heartbreaking time for New Mexico fans who thought this might be the year their team made a run to the Final Four.
March 30, 2013 - 7:49pm
Smith's teams have made 17 NCAA Tournament appearances in his 22 seasons as a head coach
March 28, 2013 - 5:40pm
