Billy Tubbs
Billy Tubbs
Billy David Tubbsis a former men's college basketball coach. The Tulsa, Oklahoma native has been the head coach of his alma mater Lamar University, the University of Oklahomaand Texas Christian University. His first head coaching job — from 1971-72 through 1972-73 — was at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, where his teams were 12–16 and 19–8. From there he went to the University of North Texas to serve as assistant coach under Gene Robbins and for one year under Bill Blakely...
last main minutes players veteran
Texas-Arlington is a veteran team. All of their main players got in a lot of minutes last year.
adjustment against hopefully last night starting team thomas
It can be a big distraction to a team not to have a set starting lineup or a set rotation, but this thing with Thomas hopefully will just be a one-game deal. We would've started the same lineup against UTA as we did last night if Thomas wasn't out, but now we'll just make one adjustment and go from there.
game great jordan key points second
Jordan had a great game. He had 15 points at halftime, and he got 15 more in the second half. He was a big key to the game.
addition athletic call close funerals losing mcdonald memorial service within
I got the call at about 1 a.m. that night, and I went out to the municipal airport. In those days, we were all so close within the athletic department, so we were all losing close friends. There were a lot of funerals to go to in addition to the memorial service we had in McDonald Gym.
basketball running years
This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score.
picked several step teams win
There are several teams that could step up and win it all. Northwestern was picked to win it, and they (the Demons) have been pretty impressive, but some other teams have been impressive, too.