Tubby Smith Can Pack His Bags, Too...

Busy day...

But does this mean: Since Minnesota beat UCLA in Round One and Ben Howland was fired...
And since Florida beat Minnesota in Round Two and Tubby Smith was fired...

Tubby Smith

That the loser of the Florida-Gulf Coast game finds employment elsewhere...

If it's Andy Enfield, it's probably true... Billy Donovan- not so much...

Minnesota bought out the remaining four years of Smith's contract according to Jeff Goodman over at CBSSports.com.

The Gophers had signed Smith to a three-year extension through the 2016-17 season in July.

He is making close to $2 million annually, with a $600,000 base salary plus 5 percent annual raises back-dated to 2008 and "supplemental compensation" of $1.2 million.

Smith's language in his contract says that if he's gone before April 30, 2016 (which he now is), the university pays one-half of his base salary and supplemental compensation for the remainder of the deal- not to exceed $2.5 million.

The Gophers finished 21-13 (8-10 in the Big 10/12)...

And, now, the new AD Norwood Teague (formerly of VCU) probably will pursue his old coach Shaka Smart to be the new BMOC.

Here was the Gophers last win of the season...
((HT: NCAA.com/TruTV))


More when we know more...