Chuck Hayes and Tubby Smith Reunite
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Two beacons of basketball in the Bluegrass are back together and it feels so good.
Chuck Hayes, mistaken once by a dumb blogger as Keldon Johnson’s Dad, shared the following photo on Instagram alongside his former Kentucky head coach, Orlando “Tubby” Smith. For Kentucky fans of a certain era, hard-nosed defense combined with heart and hustle from an undersized big like Chuck Hayes defined what Kentucky basketball was all about.
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This picture have not have been recently taken. Regardless, Hayes’ post gives us an opportunity to relive some of that combo’s great moments from the early 00s on a #FlashbackFriday. Remember that time they made a UK Basketball version of MTV Cribs?
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One of Hayes’ finest moments was in the closing seconds of the SEC Tournament. No. 44 went right at LSU’s Big Baby Davis and scored the go-ahead bucket with 7.9 remaining in overtime. He then contested a shot at the other end and grabbed a rebound to secure a one-point UK victory.
This video is a little too heavy on the soundbites for my taste but I’m sure you’ll enjoy seeing much, much younger versions of Kevin Stallings and Rick Stansbury.
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