The UK Athletics Association Board of Directors approved an $83.6 million operating budget for 2011-12 on Thursday.
The budget will put UK squarely in the middle of the pack among Southeastern Conference schools: behind Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU and Tennessee, on par with Georgia and ahead of Arkansas, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

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.
