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Texas Tech Basketball defining moments: Tubby Smith beats Minnesota

Now that the 2015-16 Texas Tech basketball season is over, the time for reflection is upon us. Join us as we begin a series analyzing the defining moments of this year’s improbable Texas Tech basketball season.

Moment 1: Texas Tech defeats Minnesota

Anyone that has been fired after doing what by the standards of the position is to be considered an excellent job knows how painful and upsetting that situation can be. In the 2013 NCAA Tournament, Tubby Smith led the Minnesota Golden Gophers to the second round meaning his team was one of the 32 best in the nation but apparently that was not good enough.