Great Mills / Tubby Smith / March Madness

Once again we had another shooting take place...

This time the shooting was in Great Mills, Maryland
This took place 34 days after the Parkland, FL shooting

The shooting in Maryland took place on the 79th day of the year (3/20)

College Basketball Coach Tubby Smith was an Alumni of Great Mills
Smith was recently fired by the Memphis Tigers
Yesterday, same day as the shooting, Memphis hired former NBA player, Penny Hardaway, to replace him.

Tubby Smith's first name is Orlando
Hardaway was drafted by the Golden State Warriors # 3 overall in the 1993 draft.
He was immediately traded to the Orlando Magic for Chris Webber.
Hardaway would team up with Shaq and lead the Magic to the 1995 NBA Finals.

Tubby Smith won a National Championship with Kentucky during the 97-98 Season.
They finished the season with 35 wins.
The Final Four was in San Antonio that season
The 17-18 Final Four will also be in San Antonio

97-98 was also the year Hardaway suffered a knee injury
He would never be an elite player after that.

The 1998 was the NFL's 79th season
The Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons in SB33 by a score of 34-19 (53)
This would be the final game of Broncos QB, John Elways Career.

Elway went to Stanford University
Tubby Smith's 97-98 Wild Cats defeated Stanford in the Final Four 86-85. (171)
171 is the 18th Triangular #
This was Kentucky's 34th win of the season.
SB53 will be on the 34th day of the year

After the 97-98 NBA Season Michael Jordan would retire as well after winning a title
However Jordan would come out of retirement to play for the Washington Wizards
Jordan went to UNC
Charlotte, NC was the location where the 16 seeded UMBC upset # 1 UVA

The current Head Coach of Kentucky is John Calapari
Before coaching Kentucky he was the coach of the Memphis Tigers

Calapari won the National Championship with Kentucky during the 2011-2012 Season.
They defeated the Kansas Jay Hawks
During the 07-08 Season Calapri lead the Memphis Tigers to the National Championship Game
They lost to the Kansas Jayhawks
Guess What? This Final Four was in San Antonio too!
Both of these Calapri teams finished 38-2
However the 07-08 Memphis wins were vacated because Derrick Rose cheated on a test

**Quick Side Note**
Derrrick Rose and Penny Hardaway both went to school @ Memphis
They both also wore # 1
And they both had promising careers ruined by injuries
Probably more to this but just documenting for now...

Back to Tubby Smith, he was replaced as the coach of Kentucky by Billy Gillispie
Calapari then replaced Gillispie @ Kentucky
After being fired by Kentucky, Tubby Smith went to coach @ Minnesota
After Minnesota he would go on to be the Coach @ Texas Tech
Texas Tech needed a coach because they had just fired, Billy Gillispie.

This is making me think Kentucky will at least make the final this year.
As for an opponent...
Texas Tech is still alive in the tourney, so maybe they make a deep run.
They are a #3 seed and Kentucky is a #5, (53)
53 = 16th prime

Texas Tech Coach, Chris Beard, also has ties to Tubby Smith
In 2016, Beard accepted the HC job at UNLV
However he left to become the coach @ Texas Tech 19 days later
Texas Tech had an opening because Tubby Smith left to become the coach @ Memphis
Beard's College Record is currently 140-53 (193)
If he were to make the finals that would be his 197th game as a College HC
197 =45th prime
Beard is current 45 years old

If not its TT, maybe it will be the Kansas
This would be a Finals rubber match against Calapri
The date Championship Game (4/2) is 51 days after Calapari's bday
Kansas # 1 Seed, Kentucky #5 (51)

If Calapri does win the Champioship he would have 277 College wins
277 = 59th prime
Calapri is 59 years old

# 5 Kentucky is playing # 9 Kansas State in the Sweet Sixteen (59)
If Kentucky beats KSU they will have beaten the #12, 13 & 9 seeds
12+13+9=34

March Madness indeed...

Texas Tech also ties into my other postS
Michael Crabtree was from Texas Tech.
Crabtree was picked up by the Ravens the same day #16 seed UMBC upset #1 UVA.
If you haven't already, go check them out!

So much more connections to be made, I will update as I find more info

Thanks again to WBC, be sure to check his blog, linked up top!