Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith hasn't been keeping track of his old basketball program.
So he was pretty surprised to hear the University of Minnesota finally broke ground last month on the Athletes Village project, which includes the practice facility he longed for during his six seasons as Gophers coach.
Smith does think he started the awareness about the need for better facilities.
He does think he left the Gophers basketball program in better shape.
"We felt like we gave it our all," Smith said. "We thought we helped to restore.