Dick Vitale to UK fans: ‘Don’t panic’

College basketball commentator Dick Vitale has a message for panicky Kentucky fans: Don’t push the metaphorical panic button. Back away from the edge of the metaphorical ledge. Calm down.

“Don’t panic,” Vitale said. “Billy Gillispie will get them rolling.”

With tongue in cheek, Vitale expressed unhappiness with UK veterans Joe Crawford and Ramel Bradley, plus freshman Patrick Patterson.

Vitale is pseudo mad because all the preparation he did for Kentucky’s games in New York this week are out of the window.

“I can’t use those notes,” he said. “Now all I do is prepare, prepare, prepare for Gardner-Webb.”