In noting Josh Harrellson’s transformation into a reliably productive player as a senior, Kentucky Coach John Calipari said the big man had to approach basketball more seriously.
“He knows he had no room,” Calipari said of Harrellson’s approach to this season. “It scared him into being straight. He did it. He had a choice: beating it, getting out of here or change.”

Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
