Well this was ... unexpected.
Former Gophers men's basketball coach Tubby Smith, now at Texas Tech, put on quite the show at the team's kickoff 'Showtime' event.
Dressed as Shaft, Tubby Smith drives a motorcycle on to the court. Crashes it. Then asked if he scratched the court. Awesome.
— Blayne Beal (@BlayneBeal) October 18, 2014
Really.
There's even video.
No injuries were reported.
It was just four years ago Smith entered the Gophers' kickoff event at Williams Arena on a motorcycle and DIDN'T wind up wiped out on the court.
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