UK ESCAPEE SMITH GETS GINORMOUS TUB O’ MINNY MONEY: The MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE reports today on the contract of new Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith.

The seven-year deal makes Smith the “highest-paid employee in [school] history.” Smith can earn over $13M in University-based salary. Plus, the tubster could receive “additional money in incentives that could boost his annual salary to more than $3.3[M] this year.“And don’t forget he also gets a free car, tickets to school athletic events, reimbursed travel expenses to games for his family AND a pension.

Yeah, but all that dough doesn’t erase the sting of not having a Krystal Burger in town (Lexington has 10!).