Tubby time!
While he may have a passing knowledge of Callaway golf out on the links, new Gophers men’s hoops coach, the legendary Tubby Smith, knows his college basketball.
And he’s proving he has the recruiting chops not only to keep up with Gophers football coach Tim Brewster, but with his fellow Big 10 hoops coaches as well. While Smith doesn’t have much room to work with on next season’s roster, he’s vowed to recruit at every Minnesota school with a boy’s hoops program and is making good on the promise.
He’ll also reach out beyond state lines soon, but it’s nice to see a coach who knows building a championship-caliber team in Minnesota at least BEGINS with keeping the best in-state players at home, even if it doesn’t end there.
We expect Coach Smith to be highly successful, given a couple years to get some of his own recruits in place. The Gophers are now a threat to become a hotter ticket than the Wolves; Wolves, beware!
