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Starting 5: Ex-Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith set for SEC Legends induction, more

brooks warren, louisville courier journal
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Former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith, a UK Hall of Famer who led the Wildcats to a national championship in 1998, will be honored along with representatives of the 13 other SEC schools at the SEC Tournament.
Former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith, a UK Hall of Famer who led the Wildcats to a national championship in 1998, will be honored along with representatives of the 13 other SEC schools at the SEC Tournament.

Former Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith is scheduled to be inducted into the 2024 class of SEC Legends during the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee.

Smith, a UK Hall of Famer who led the Wildcats to a national championship in 1998, will be honored along with representatives of the 13 other SEC schools.

Smith will be recognized during halftime of Kentucky's first tournament game at Bridgestone Arena. The SEC Legends will be introduced at halftime of the first semifinal.

In 10 seasons with UK, Smith went 263-83. He won five SEC regular-season titles and five SEC Tournament crowns. Smith also won National Coach of the Year three times and was SEC Coach of the Year three times.

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Mark your calendars

  • Louisville volleyball opens its spring schedule hosting Dayton at 5 p.m. Friday.

  • Louisville women's lacrosse is scheduled to visit Cincinnati at noon Wednesday and is set to host Boston College at noon March 10.

  • Bellarmine baseball is set to host Western Kentucky at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Knights are scheduled to visit Marshall at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Bellarmine also is set to host Southern Indiana for a three-game series beginning at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

  • Bellarmine softball is scheduled to visit Kentucky at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Knights are set to host Evansville for their home opener at 3:30 p.m. Friday. The Knights then are scheduled to host St. Bonaventure at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Evansville at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Bellarmine is set to host Evansville at noon March 10.

  • Louisville softball is scheduled to host Arizona at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday before hosting Virginia Tech in a three-game ACC series beginning at 6 p.m. Friday.

  • Louisville rowing has spring training beginning Saturday in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

  • Louisville track and field will be in Boston for the NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday.

  • Bellarmine men's tennis is scheduled to host Centre College at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

  • Bellarmine women's tennis is set to visit Western Kentucky at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

  • Louisville women's tennis is scheduled to visit Memphis at 3 p.m. Friday before hosting Notre Dame at noon March 10.

  • Bellarmine men's golf is scheduled to compete beginning Thursday at the Sea Palms Collegiate in St. Simons Island, Georgia.

  • Louisville men's golf is set to compete beginning Saturday at The John Hayt Collegiate Invitational in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

  • Bellarmine women's golf is scheduled to play at the huntsville.org Intercollegiate starting Monday in Huntsville, Alabama.

  • Louisville women's golf is set to play at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational beginning Saturday in Augusta, Georgia.

Reach sports reporter Brooks Warren at bwarren@gannett.com and follow him on X at @Broookksss.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky basketball: Tubby Smith to be honored at SEC Tournament 2024