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Tubby Smith Enters Hall of Fame | Lexington News
Tubby Smith is officially headed to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2026 class — a monumental honor for a coach who reshaped college basketball. In his first year at Kentucky in 1998, he ended a 27-year title drought with a championship team that went 35-1 and won the program’s seventh title — all without a single lottery pick. He followed up with 10 seasons of dominance, multiple conference titles, and deep NCAA Tournament runs. Smith became the third Black head coach to win a national title and swept all major coach of the year awards that year — a feat not seen…
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