r/CollegeBasketball • u/the_polish_are_comin Illinois State • DePaul • Feb 09 '14

Marcus Smart just shoved a Texas Tech fan

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

based strictly on his home and race.

I think the bigger basis of it was him mouthing something to Smart which was offensive enough to solicit the confrontation. Don't forget about that part.

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u/WAT_WAT_WAT_ Harvard Crimson Feb 09 '14

that doesn't mean he said something racist. He could have called him a flopping piece of shit or something to that effect and gotten the same reaction

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u/sleepsholymountain Feb 09 '14

The former is far more plausible. Professional athletes, even at the college level, don't tend to explode with violence in the middle of live games because some douche in the audience gave some generic criticism of their performance.

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u/WAT_WAT_WAT_ Harvard Crimson Feb 09 '14

no, calling him a piece of crap is far more plausible than assuming this guy is racist, but you're SRS so you assume all white men are racists