[Colonel Kill]

I would say yes I think his numbers match up with the ones already in the rafter except final fours. I did not like his style or recruiting but I think he should be there. He did coach the 98 team to win the title. He had 7 players from the 97 team and 5 were from the 96 team. I think he won the title with Pititno's players but he did win the title. I don't think saying Pititno did not win in 97 so it was Tubbys coaching that won the title works for me. Pitino had a great player that did not play because of a torn acl and still only lost in OT. Tubby then went the rest of his UK career not making even a final four (longest drought in UK history) so I say the title is part of the Pitino era. However Tubby did win at UK. He averaged 26 wins per season and won 100 games faster than any other coach except Rupp. He had a 76% win percentage and was 263-83 at UK, won 5 season sec titles and 5 sec tourny titles, finished first or second in the sec 7 time in 10 years. He made 4 elite 8 and 6 sweet 16 apperances. His lack of recruiting over time showed in his 10 loss seasons (5) which totaled more than the others hanging in the rafters (Rupp-2, Joe B-4, Pitino-1) and decline in the last 2-3 seasons. But looking overall when compared to the ones already there I think he should be there.

This was tough for me because I would like to say he should not be there because I think because of his lack of recruiting skills he slowly dismantled UK as an elite program and left a team that struggled to make the ncaa. But for about a seven year time frame he did win games and sec titles just did not play for ncaa titles.