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PHOTOS BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFThe Hitchcocks watch a UK game from their home in Eastern Kentucky. The family has never been to a UK game despite following the teamintently for years.

The state of basketball

By Metz Camfield [email protected]

To her residents, it means every-thing. It’s as much a part of the state’sidentity as horse racing and bourbon. InKentucky, basketball is the sport of allsports, and the UK men’s basketballteam is king.

Whether you’re a family in EasternKentucky that’s never been to a game, abar owner in Northern Kentucky whosebusiness lives or dies with the Cats, adiehard in Southern Kentucky with thetattoo to prove it, or the proud hometownof a current Cat in Western Kentucky,this commonwealth bleeds blue.

This is the state of basketball.

‘It means everything’Kaye Hitchcock seemed to be at a

loss, staring into nothingness as she triedto find words to express the thoughtsracing through her head. Putting her feel-ings toward UK basketball into a sen-tence didn’t seem possible. Finally, afterletting years of memories ruminate, shefound three words:

“It means everything.”Hitchcock didn’t get into UK basket-

ball until the late 1960s when she en-tered high school. From there, she saysthe moves of the players fascinated her.She’s been hooked ever since. ThePaintsville, Ky., resident calls herself UKbasketball’s biggest fan. She watchesevery game with a keen eye. Telemar-keters are better off calling during dinnerthan a game. The walls and roof of herhouse are painted blue. For Hitchcock,it’s all UK, all the time.

Her husband, Fred, his daughter LenaCantrell, and Lena’s husband, Chris, satdown together on a day in early Septem-ber, itching to talk about basketball.

“We just love our players,” Kayesaid. “We want to show them that we ap-preciate what they do. To be in a gymwith everybody cheering for the samepeople you are, it’s just fabulous.”

For them, basketball is a way of life.

At work as a dental assistant, Kaye willhave the game on and give updates to thepatients and dentist. For Chris and Lena,dinner is prepared earlier and rushedthrough so they won’t miss the tipoff.

After a loss, the house is quiet, simi-lar to a funeral. But after a win, the moodis bright, breakfast tastes better andeveryone wants to talk about the game.

As the family sits in the house twomonths before the first tipoff, basketballis already on their minds. As Lena pon-ders the same question that gave Kayefits, the rest of the family sits in silence.

Perhaps they were thinking of the sea-son and the reemergence of UK basket-ball. Perhaps they were thinking of pastglory years. Or perhaps they were think-ing of UK’s rich tradition. No matter whatit was, after much internal debate, Lenafound the words to match her feelings:

“I have God first, family second andUK basketball third.”

A bare canvas painted blue Driving north on Interstate-75, the

beauty of the commonwealth is on fulldisplay. White picket fences line the roadas horse farms crown rolling hills. Justshy of the Kentucky/Ohio border in FortWorth, Ky., is Dickmann’s Sports Cafe.

It doesn’t drip blue from floor toceiling, and UK memorabilia doesn’thang from the walls. On any normal day,you might not even know it was a pro-UK sports bar. But when the Cats stepon the court, the walls echo with Catschants, a sea of blue drowns the room, ofgreen walls and concrete floors.

“I want to create a canvas for thecolors to come out,” said owner RichardDickmann, who bought the bar from hisfather in 1994. “When Kentucky comes

By Katie [email protected]

A streak will be broken thisyear in Student Government elec-tions. The past 19 of 20 candidatesfor SG President and Vice Presi-dent have all been endorsed by theGreek Political Action Committee.This year, however, the GPAC an-nounced it will not endorse a candi-date.

The decision to not endorse acandidate was made for multiple

reasons, said Interfraternity CouncilPresident Kelsie Willett.

“We wanted candidates to gettheir ideas out there and let stu-dents make a decision for them-selves,” Willett said. “And therehad been trouble in the past withhow endorsements had been done.”

The GPAC debate this year willtake place Wednesday at 8 p.m. inMemorial Hall. Willett said it is anopportunity for students to becomemore familiar with the candidatesand their plans for campus.

“(A forum) is a little more per-sonal than a platform idea on aWeb site,” he said.

The questions were created bya committee, Willett said, and willbe selected and moderated by polit-ical science professor StephenVoss.

Candidates for president RyanSmith, the current SG president,and Michael Haag will each havetwo minutes for opening remarks,70 seconds for question responsesand another two minutes for clos-ing remarks.

Candidates for vice presidentKelsey Hayes, the current SG vice

president, and Julie Colgate, cur-rent senator at large, will have 90seconds for opening remarks, 70seconds for questions and 90 sec-onds for closing remarks.

Willett said although the eventis hosted by GPAC, the forum isnot limited to Greeks. All studentsare invited to attend.

No fliers or pass-outs will bepermitted. At the end of the debate,sources of additional informationabout the candidates will be an-nounced.

See Basketball on page 4

Madisonville High School basketball coach Marty Cline said there’s no feeling in the worldlike playing in Rupp Arena because of the history of UK basketball.

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With economic woes heavy on the minds of Americans,one group is tackling the issue to see how they can survivein hard times.

The theme of this year’s Black Women’s Conference is“Black Women, Work & Wealth: Economic Self-Sufficiencyand Success During Tough Economic Times.” Sonja Feist-Price, director of the African American Studies and ResearchProgram, said in an e-mail to the Kernel this topic is some-thing that hits close to home for the campus community.

“Reflecting on the last 15 to 20 years, people are reallyfeeling the pinch of today’s economy,” she said. “As a resultof layoffs, high unemployment rates, the cost of living in-creasing while people are without pay raises, families arehaving to shop smarter, prioritize their needs and curtail theirspending.”

Glinda Bridgforth is one of the conference speakers andan author and consultant on financial health. She will giveher lecture, “Do You Really Have Money to Blow?”Wednesday at 6 p.m. in room 206 of the Student Center.Feist-Price said Bridgforth can offer an opportunity to learnabout practical financial matters.

“She has a history of helping individuals explore theemotional, practical and spiritual aspects of their relationshipwith money, and specializes in cash flow and debt manage-ment,” Feist-Price said. “Ms. Bridgforth will provide our au-dience with information on how to be prepared, prudent andprosperous during today’s economy, and also provide themwith practical tips to become debt-free, and overcome obsta-cles that keep them from experiencing financial security.”

Involving the community is a priority of the conference,Feist-Price said. People across racial, age and socioeconomicbackgrounds all feel the impact of spending in some way,she said.

“An area that has been of utmost importance to me … isto ensure that women from all socioeconomic strata are pres-ent at this conference. This is done by personally invitingwomen at the Hope Center, homeless shelters, substance

Money troublesfocus of conference

See Conference on page 2


As the housing debatecontinues, UK administratorsare hoping to add an ally in

the studentcorner.

T o n yBlanton, theS t u d e n tServices Di-rector in theStudent Af-fairs Office,has been

named the director of a newcampus office.

The Office of Off-Cam-pus Student Services wascreated for the issues thatcame to the spotlight as stu-dents became increasinglyconcerned with housingproblems in the areas aroundUK.

“The whole studenthousing issue and somethings that came about as aresult really showed a needfor more cooperation be-

tween the city and the uni-versity and the students,”Blanton said.

In this new office, Blan-ton hopes to aid students inmaking smart decisionswhen choosing where tolive. He wants to emphasizestudent safety and make surestudents are living in safehomes with fair landlords.

“We can advocate forstudents with landlords whomay not be operating undergood business practices,”Blanton said. “We can give(students) the advice theyneed on how to break leases,make complaints, get thingsfixed.”

If you go

What: Greek Political Action Committee DebateWhen: Wednesday at 8 p.m.Where: Memorial HallAdmission: Free and open to thepublic

Greek political committee will not endorse SG candidate

New office aims to help

housing issues

See Housing on page 2

Blanton

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abuse treatment facilities and halfwayhouses to this conference ... I want theconference to be an opportunity to notonly be empowered by our speakers, butby each other.”

Another target demographic for theconference is students, Feist-Price said,because young people often fail to real-ize how their spending now will affecttheir future.

“At almost every turn, we are bom-barded with opportunities to receivecredit cards, especially if you have a de-cent credit rating,” Feist-Price said.“And too many times students fall preyto the lure of credit cards, especiallywith the opportunity to ‘buy now andpay later.’ ”

CONFERENCEContinued from page 1 Wednesday

n “Do You Really Have Money to Blow?”; 6 p.m.; Room206 Student Center; free and open to the publicThursdayn Conference registration begins at 9 a.m.n “Consumer Self-Control and Individual Well-Being”;10 a.m.; Small Ballroom Student Center; free and opento the publicn Mary McLeod Bethune Luncheon; Grand BallroomStudent Center; noon to 1:30 p.m.; tickets $15 generaladmission, $7 studentsn “Made to Make it in Challenging Times”; 2 p.m.;Small Ballroom Student Center; free and open to thepublicn “Reclaiming Our Entrepreneurial Legacy”; 3:15 p.m.;Small Ballroom Student Center; free and open to thepublicn “Counting Black Women and Counting on BlackWomen”; 5 p.m.; Center Theater Student Center; freeand open to the public

Calendar

Interim Vice President forStudent Affairs Victor Hazardsaid the creation of this officeis a solution to on-going stu-dent issues that deservedmore attention.

“There was a need forsome attention as studentschose to matriculate off cam-pus, and that need had beenthere for some time now,”Hazard said. “The universityrecognized we needed to bemore involved with our stu-dents off campus.”

Teaching values such ashow to be a good citizen anda good neighbor are goalsBlanton has, but he alsolooked at other schools to seewhat services they offered tooff-campus students.

“One thing the office atOhio State (University) doesis offer a list of availablehousing in the area, by price,by amenities,” Blanton said.

When candidate for theposition came in, Hazard saidhe knew Blanton would be anideal fit because of his experi-ence in working with thecommunity as well as the stu-dent realm. Blanton hasserved on the Town & GownCommission and the Univer-

sity Neighborhood AdvisoryCommittee.

“The most importantthing about Tony that is rele-vant here is he is someonewho knows the community,and being able to see it fromthe students’ eyes is very im-portant,” Hazard said. “Hehas been integrally involvedwith the community and thefamiliarity he brings is an ide-al match.”

The office will be housedin Student Affairs and Blan-ton will report to Hazard.Blanton said he must finishup his cases in his currentposition, but hopes to beginthe transition as soon as April1.

HOUSINGContinued from page 1

The sounds of the indige-nous Northern Plains flutewill resonate on campusWednesday.

J.J. Kent, whose Lakotaname is Wicasa Ho’ Waste’ or“Good Voice Man,’ will per-form as part of the CulturalDiversity Festival. He is amusician, storyteller, multi-cultural educator and dancerin the Native American cus-toms of the Oglala Lakota,also known as the Sioux.

Kent will give a lecturetitled “Diversity of Native

American Tribes” at noon inthe Worsham Theatre of theStudent Center.

Later Kent will entertainthe audience with the NativeAmerican Courting Flute at 5

p.m. in Worsham Theatre.“It's rare for the universi-

ty to host such a distin-guished artist of the NativeAmerican culture,” said J.J.Jackson, vice president for in-stitutional diversity and spon-sor of J.J. Kent's lecture andconcert. “I hope the campuscommunity takes full advan-tage of this opportunity tohear J.J. Kent.”

Both events are free andopen to the public.

— KATIE SALTZ

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If you’ve been hearing thisword for the past couple of days,forgive me, but there’s only one

way to describeUK basketballin the last 72hours:

Sweet!Quickly,

name the lasttime both themen’s andwomen’s bas-ketball teamswere in theSweet 16 oftheir respective

tournaments since both expandedto 64 teams?

Got the answer yet? Here, letme help.

Never. Wait, what?That’s right, the turnaround

that both Matthew Mitchell andJohn Calipari are orchestrating hasnever been accomplished before.

And here’s how they are bothdoing it: with transfers and fresh-men complementing the old guard.

The men’s team welcomed sixnewcomers including five fresh-men and one transfer who havecomplemented what Darius Millerand Patrick Patterson were alreadydoing.

For the women’s squad, add inKeyla Snowden, Rebecca Gray,A’dia Mathies and Crystal Rileyas the main contributing newcom-ers to balance Amber Smith andVictoria Dunlap.

Both teams are dominating op-ponents and streamrolling into theregional semifinals. The only dif-ferences seem very small, with themen breaking in a new coach(Mitchell’s obviously been aroundfor a few years) and one team ac-complishing the feat 12 hoursaway while the other sealed thedeal one hour down the road.

Otherwise, it’s hard to see ma-jor differences.

Both teams have the South-eastern Conference Freshmen ofthe Year and SEC Player of theYear. They both have a good pointguard, a dominating post gameand a wing player who can toss inanywhere from 10 to 30 points agame. They’re both young teams.

And the biggest similarity maybe that no one outside the Com-monwealth’s boundaries thoughteither team would make it this far.

In the preseason, Mitchell’ssquad certainly was picked to fin-ish second to last in the SEC,much less second in the East divi-sion. Getting to the tournamentwas seen as a wish. Getting to theSweet 16 of that tournament? Let

me know when pigs fly, OK?For Calipari’s squad, they

were picked as the first No. 1 seedto be bounced from the tourna-ment. They’re still standing.Kansas, on the other hand, is backhome.

Two teams, one university, oneplaying mentality — no one hasour backs outside of our team andour fans.

Need proof? Listen to Mitchellafter his team’s win on Mondaynight.

“Before the game, I told them Iwas afraid that this could be the lastgame we play together,” he said.“We couldn’t play with any fear,we had to put that behind us and Ithought they played remarkablyconfident tonight for this situation. Ididn’t think any fear crept in at all.”

And before the Cats matchedup with Wake Forest, Calipari kepton one singular talking point:Every talking head says we’re go-ing to lose this one and be the firstNo. 1 seed out of the tournament.

The worst team to play in anygame is the team that has nothingto lose.

These Cats have nothing tolose. And those teams are the mostdangerous to play.

UK basketball. How sweetthings have been.

Good news for fans is, this isprobably only the beginning.

Kenny Colston is a journalismsenior. E-mail [email protected].

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Cats driving for a title with nothing to lose

KENNYCOLSTONKernel

columnistIn the preseason,

Mitchell’s squad waspicked to finish second tolast in the SEC, much less

second in the East division.

in ... it becomes that blue atmos-phere. The sports fans make thedecor here.

“I cling to sports in general, I tryto provide the best place to watchsports. Kentucky basketball is a ma-jor feature.”

After John Calipari was namedUK’s new head coach, Dickmann de-cided to buy the land adjacent to hisbar and make it into a parking lot. Hewas having trouble fitting everyonein his original parking lot, so hebought the land for more than$500,000. Dickmann jokingly calledthe hire “his stimulus package.”

“When I was doing my businessplan to see if I could afford to dothis project, Kentucky was a majorline item in it,” Dickmann said.“When you can say that Kentuckybasketball is a line item on your rev-enue sheet, that makes it a big partof your business.”

With renewed excitement for UKbasketball comes added business forDickmann, whose bar has been al-most exempt from the current eco-nomic downturn. While so manybusinesses are laying off employeesand decreasing salaries, Dickmann’sis increasing in everything thanks toUK basketball. Business had sufferedin the past two years, but thingschanged when Calipari arrived.

Calipari rejuvenated the fan basefrom Day 1. And when the No. 1sport and the No. 1 team in the stateis UK basketball, more people cometo Dickmann’s. Right now, Dickmannsaid, times are very good and he’snever been so excited about the Cats.

“(UK basketball this year) is go-ing to have a huge, huge impact onmy business,” Dickmann said.“There’s no doubt. My whole life re-volves around UK basketball.”

A family traditionShain Sizemore, a resident of

Flatlick, Ky., a small town just northof Tennessee, hasn’t been a diehardUK fan his entire life. Still, he’s justas passionate as those who have been.

At 25, Sizemore’s lived throughsome of UK’s better years and alsosome of the darker times. He’s seentwo national championships, a run-ner-up finish and some of the worstlosses in the program’s history. Butfor Sizemore, the Cats are more thana favorite team. They’re a constantreminder of his late uncle, Bill Size-more, who died from cancer in 1998.

He can’t explain why the stateclings to the Cats, or what it is about

the Cats that make his eyes light up.He can only laugh about it and thinkback on all the memories UK basket-ball has given him — especiallymemories with his uncle Bill. Size-more started following the team dur-ing the 1995-96 championship season.

“Watching my uncle watch thegame and his excitement is what gotme into it,” Sizemore said. “I wantedto be like that. Watching that (’96)team play will get you hooked.”

Sizemore just went to his firstUK game this season. When watch-ing the games on TV, Sizemore is asanimated as a fuming coach. He’s su-perstitious about where he sits, yellsat the TV, punches holes in walls andfinds himself on his knees praying forthe Cats.

His actions change with everygame and his emotions sway backand forth with every bucket, but oneperson is with him in every game: hisuncle Bill.

“Every time I watch a game, Ithink about my uncle. Him cheeringon the Cats. It’s sad memories, butit’s fun at the same time, you know?”

Ward of the stateMadisonville High School head

coach Marty Cline grew up follow-ing the Cats like many others acrossthe state — with the TV on muteand Cawood Ledford calling thegame over the radio.

He grew up in Hopkinsville, Ky.,and would sometimes take girlfriendson dates to the gym where he wouldask them to rebound while he shot.He won a State Championship inhigh school at University Heightsand later went to the Sweet 16 andstate Final Four as a coach at Univer-sity Heights, and the Sweet 16 as anassistant coach at Madisonville. Play-ing at Morehead State, Cline remem-bers playing at Rupp Arena againstthe Cats and looking up at the stands.

“I won the (State Championship)in Freedom Hall, I know what it’slike as a player,” Cline said. “But as acoach, doing it in Rupp Arena, therewas no comparison. It felt different inRupp Arena, and, granted, I was a

coach, but it still felt different ... andit felt different because of the storiedhistory of Kentucky basketball.”

Cline knows the pressures ofleading a basketball team in thisstate. To take the head coaching jobat UK, Cline said you have to be ableto deal with the high expectationsand know anything short of a FinalFour is considered a rebuilding yearin many people’s eyes.

“In Kentucky, every fan in thegym is also a coach,” Cline said.“They know more than we do,they’ve been in more situations,they’ve played more possessions,they’ve made more shots, but theamazing thing is they’ve never missedany ... What you get with the negativecan be ten-fold with the positive.”

UK freshman guard Jon Hoodplayed for Cline and Madisonvillelast season, following UK greatsFrank Ramsey and Travis Ford.Now playing for the Cats, he knowsthe impact of the program. Throughthe recruiting process, Hood said hecould have gone anywhere thatseemed to be the right fit. But nowthat he’s at his home state’s school,Hood said it’s finally set in who he’splaying for and what that represents.

“Living in Kentucky, you haveto be a UK fan,” Hood said. “Itmeans everything — it’s live anddie sometimes. (In) little towns inWestern Kentucky, stuff shuts down.Barber shops shut down, restau-rants, whatever. They all shut down,and it’s to go watch UK games.Once the game is over, they’ll comeback up — if we win. If we lose,they don’t open back up, they justsit there.”

Cline said when high school re-cruits come in and understand the im-portance of UK basketball to the state,that’s when the recruit truly wears theUK uniform. Conversely, when theydon’t understand that impact or im-portance, that’s when they go to NorthCarolina, Duke, Indiana or Louisville.

“Once you put your name onthat letter of intent, you belong tothe state,” Cline said. “And that’snot a negative thing.”

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Dickmann’sSports Cafe inNorthern Ken-tucky has felt amajor econom-ic impactbecause of UKbasketball thisyear.

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