Down 63-61 with six seconds left, Smart found himself in the stands getting taunted by fan Red Raiders fan Jeff Orr, who was once the subject of a profile on the team's website.
That's when Smart pushed him:
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Remarkably, Smart was only given a technical and allowed to stay in the game.
It's unclear what Orr said to set Smart off.
An OSU beat writer at the game alleged that he called Smart a racial slur. Orr denied that in a text message conversation with Doug Gottlieb, but acknowledged that he said something he shouldn't have:
Text convo from my Tech friend w/Orr- Orr is Tech's biggest fan-everyone knows him, he goes to every game pic.twitter.com/1ZlN6gAdz3
- Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) February 9, 2014