Courtside with the Kentucky Wildcats
June 5th, 2012 | Uncategorized |
With the NBA Draft approaching at the end of the month, UK Coach John Calipari said the pro scouts and personnel can have a been there-done that approach to players from high-profile programs like Kentucky.
“They’d rather get a kid from Louisiana tech make it because then they look like geniuses,” he said. “Because they found somebody.”
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.
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