Texas Tech men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith tells his players stories from his days playing basketball at High Point.
They’ve also seen pictures of their coach in his High Point uniform paired with his knee-high striped socks.
While the Red Raiders stretch before practices, Smith usually shoots around while he tells his stories.
“We can see what type of player he was,” sophomore Norense Odiase said smiling. “He doesn’t make a lot of shot.”
But he did at High Point.
He was an all-conference performer as a senior before finishing his career as the seventh all-time leading scorer in school history.