Tubbs being Tubbs

[Sparkplug]

Saturday is the 30th anniversary of this famous Tubbs announcement

Students had thrown stuff on the basketball court and Tubbs took to the mic

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article225985255.html

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Hightower was the perfect recipient in that scenario.

 

[Freebird]

And Hightower being Hightower. That POS should have been run out of the building multiple times. Always seemed to think everyone paid admission to see him.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

That drew a huge cheer from the Sooner faithful — and a technical foul from official Ed Hightower.

Hightower reffed the game. Shocked!!! Shocked I tell you!!

 

[Knownothing]

Tubbs was like a wwe heal. He knew how to play a role to get everyone to hate him

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Tubbs was like a wwe heel. He knew how to play a role to get everyone to hate him

Oklahoma went from having a WWE heel in Tubbs to having a WWE sleazy manager in Sampson.

Tubbs was at least entertaining. The Big 8 had some big personalities back in the late 80s-early 90s

 

[VeloClone]

Tubbs said Hightower asked him to make an announcement. Hightower claims that Tubbs begged him to allow him to make the announcement. When you watch the longer version it sure makes me believe Billy's version of it.

 

[isufbcurt]

Wish more coaches would have balls that big

 

[jbindm]

Oklahoma went from having a WWE heel in Tubbs to having a WWE sleazy manager in Sampson.

Tubbs was at least entertaining. The Big 8 had some big personalities back in the late 80s-early 90s

Agreed. Whatever Johnny, Tubbs, Norm, and Sutton were doing on the sidelines sometimes was more interesting than what was happening on the court. Even Danny Nee had his moments at Nebraska.

 

[Knownothing]

Yeah when Johnny Orr told **** Vitale he kicked his ass.

When Norm used to fake sitting down because the crowd was doing a "Sit down Norm" chant, which was personally my favorite.

 

[jcyclonee]

Oklahoma went from having a WWE heel in Tubbs to having a WWE sleazy manager in Sampson.

Tubbs was at least entertaining. The Big 8 had some big personalities back in the late 80s-early 90s

I remember watching **** Vitale (who was announcing the game on TV for ESPN) interview Billy Tubbs before a big game. Billy said something like this, "Everybody tune in to ESPN at 7 for the game. Then turn down the volume and listen on the radio so you don't have to listen to **** Vitale."

 

[Cyclonepride]

Quit the personalities in the old Big 8 with Tubbs, Norm, Johnny, etc

 

[Cycsk]

Reminds me of a coach who when asked in a press conference what he thought about the refs said that his wife thought they were horrible. Was that Johnny Orr?

 

[Cycsk]

Here is an article about Johnny Orr lots of quotes about refs, including this one:

"I'm not going to say anything about the referees. Because if I did, it would take me two days, and nothing would be good."

https://www.thegazette.com/2014/01/02/oh-how-johnny-orr-loved-the-refs

 

[Sparkplug]

Wonder if Norm Stewart was watching from his hospital bed?

 

[Cyrocks]

True Story about Tubbs.

I got the opportunity to help the AP sportswriter for a Cyclone game against OU.

Hurl Beechum went wild against the Sooners in the first half and then did nothing in the second half and the Sooners won.

The AP guy asked me to sit in on Tubbs post game press conference and ask what Tubbs told his players at halftime to shutdown Beechum.

Tubbs said, "At halftime we told the player to jam him up, we devised a double-team method, we drew up a couple of defense zones just special for him."

And then he just stopped and chuckled.

"You really want to know what I really told them? I told them 'Will somebody please guard that guy's ass'?"

I liked Tubbs, and you could always find him a KC bar during the Big 8 tournaments mingling with all the fans.

 

[heitclone]

remember watching this live, Billy was great, met him as a kid in KC.

 

[CascadeClone]

Agreed. Whatever Johnny, Tubbs, Norm, and Sutton were doing on the sidelines sometimes was more interesting than what was happening on the court. Even Danny Nee had his moments at Nebraska.

Agree, those guys were fantastic, damn the Big8 was fun basketball. Not many honest personalities in the game anymore.

 

[Cyrocks]

Tubbs said Hightower asked him to make an announcement. Hightower claims that Tubbs begged him to allow him to make the announcement. When you watch the longer version it sure makes me believe Billy's version of it.

What I like about this clip is Tubbs after his statement has the "WHAT? I thought this was America. What did I do?" look.

 

[Althetuna]

Ahhh, the good ol' days.