Tubby Smith flipped through some pages in a folder before settling on one.
The Texas Tech coach studied the page and spoke some French.
“Bonsoir,” Smith said. “Comment allez-vous. Oui. Merci.”
Senior Toddrick Gotcher and sophomore Keenan Evans should take a look at Smith’s sheet of paper.
The only word the two guards know is oui.
Well, Gotcher knows the Toronto Blue Jays are, “doing real good,” but that’s all he’s got.
“I can give you a little Spanish, but French, that’s not for me,” Gotcher said.
He and the rest of the Texas Tech basketball team might want to learn a few key phrases as the Red Raiders depart Saturday morning for a Canadian Foreign Tour in preparation for the upcoming season.