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UK will celebrate Veter-ans Day Friday with multi-ple events honoring thosewho have served in the mili-tary.
All UK veterans, along
with students, faculty andstaff, will be provided lunchand a lapel pin from noon to3 p.m. outside of the MainBuilding.
Speakers at the event willinclude Josh Hoke, presidentof the UK Military Veteransof America student organiza-
tion, and Tony Dotson, direc-tor of UK’s Veterans Re-source Center.
UK has always honoredits veterans through campuslandmarks such as MemorialHall and MemorialColiseum.
“The recognition of the
veterans is important, be-cause we want them to knowthat the University of Ken-tucky appreciates everythingthey have done for our coun-try and we want to welcomethem to our campus,” Dot-son said.
Sophomore Brittany Og-ger attended the Veterans Dayevents held on campus lastyear and said she had a mem-
orable experience.“It was such a reward-
ing experience to take timeout of our day and honor thepeople in our military,” shesaid. “I strongly encourageall students to attend so theycan learn more about ourmilitary and all they do forus.”
Also in honor of the vet-erans, the theater department
will present a play called“Bringing it Home: Voices ofStudents Veterans,” at 8 p.m.Friday at the Buell Armory.The play is free and open tothe public.
It is based on the experi-ences of Iraq and Afghanistanwar veterans who becamestudents at UK. The play con-sists of interviews with five
By Courtney Quinn
Lunch, run will honor UK’s veterans
See VETERANS on page 2
Theater dept. showing play based on experiences
UK will host the first Free To Breathe 5Kwalk Sunday.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. in the Chan-dler Hospital Pavilion A. The walk begins at9:15 a.m., and registration is open until the be-ginning of the walk at the Rose Street Plaza.
The Free To Breathe walk provides an op-portunity for lung cancer survivors, advocatesand the community to work together to raiseawareness and support for victims of lung dis-ease, according to a UK news release.
All of the proceeds from the event willbenefit the National Lung Cancer Partnership’sresearch, education and awareness programs.A health fair with exhibitor booths will beavailable before and after the walk to better ed-ucate Kentuckians on how they can preventlung disease.
A parking garage for participants will beacross from the event on South Limestone.
For more information on the event andhow to be a donor, visit freetobreathe.com.
5K supportslung cancerawareness
STAFF REPORT
PHOTO BY MIKE WEAVER | STAFFJosiah Hanna from Triangle Fraternity, left, fights Benton Hupman from Phi Delta Theta at Thursday’s Main Event. Friday it starts at 7 p.m.
Breaking down the keymatchups in UK’s week 11 show-down against Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt quarterbackJordan Rodgers vs. the UK de-fense
Yes, the rumors are true.Vanderbilt’s new starting quar-terback, junior Jordan Rodgers,is indeed the younger brother ofGreen Bay Packers quarterbackand Super Bowl MVP AaronRodgers. And yes, like his bigbrother, he is very talented undercenter.
It has been a gradual progres-sion for Rodgers in his first sea-son as the Commodores’ starter.After completing just 34 of 78
passes for 422 yards in his firstseven games, Rodgers is 34-55for 537 yards and three touch-downs in his last two. But in re-cent weeks, the most dangerouspart of Rodgers’ game hasn’t beenhis arm; it’s been his legs. TheVandy signal caller has rushed 60times the last four weeks alonefor 261 yards and four touch-downs.
Against a dual-threat quarter-back like Rodgers, UK will like-ly show a lot of different looks atthe line of scrimmage in a vari-ety of blitz and coverageschemes. The strength of the de-fense, the linebackers (WinstonGuy included) will have to beprepared for both run and passon every play and able to coverfrom sideline to sideline. It hasbeen UK head coach JokerPhillips and defensive coordina-
tor Rick Minter’s goal to createturnovers and eliminate big playsfrom opposing offenses, both ofwhich start with stoppingRodgers.
Edge: For the first time this sea-son in the Edge, we have a push.Rodgers shows promise of develop-ing into the best quarterback toplay at Vanderbilt since Jay Cutlerin 2005, and with his throwing andrunning capabilities, he can be anexciting asset to the Commodores’offense this year and next. Likewise,the UK defense is far improved fromprevious years and up for the chal-lenge. The same defense that fea-tures the top two tacklers in theSEC is fast and physical, especiallyagainst the run. If it can preventgetting beaten deep in the second-ary, the defense can slow downRodgers and the ‘Dores. If UK allows
the big play or fails to forceturnovers, expect Rodgers to haveanother big day.
UK quarterback MaxwellSmith vs. mounting expecta-tions
Since being inserted as theCats’ starting quarterback,Smith has helped turn around aseason that many thought to be
Week 11 Edge: UK vs. Vanderbilt
By Ethan Levine
See EDGE on page 2
QBs Maxwell Smith, Jordan Rodgers could decide the game
First-time fighter Charlie Hunt is ex-cited about his fight Friday, even thoughhe didn’t originally volunteer his talentsfor the competition.
“Well, I don’t know if I reallyagreed,” he said. “I just kind of got into itlast year. Some of my buddies did it.”
Hunt’s family has a heritage of box-ers going back two generations.
“My grandfather boxed before I wasborn,” he said. “He was about my samesize, and I wanted to learn how to box.”
Hunt doesn’t know his opponent, buthe was eager Thursday to see how theevents unfold.
The Main Event has the makings of areal, heavyweight prize fight from sound
effects to referees.Hunt, a senior, even has his own intro-
duction song he’ll enter to, and he hasbeen training hard with a group of fightersfrom his fraternity, Sigma Chi.
Six and a half weeks ago, he firstlearned how to stand and throw a fewpunches. Then he learned sparring andjust built up. Hunt knows what advan-tages he has in the ring and plans on real-izing them in his match Friday.
“I’m a smaller guy. I’m lanky, so Ihave a little more reach and speed for asmaller guy — quick get in and get out,”he said.
His first time experience isn’t toomuch of a challenge in keeping him frombeing mentally focused.
“I try to picture myself even thoughI’ve never been in a boxing ring before,”
he said. “Just try to imagine it I guess.”He’s most enthusiastic about the
event’s fundraising aspect.“I know its going toward a good
cause, and that makes you feel better,”Hunt said.
He and the other Sigma Chi teammembers have been training with a profes-sional boxer for the last month and a half.
Jacob Ruiz, Sigma Chi’s student train-er, said he hopes everyone enjoys theevent. He’s optimistic about each of hisfighters’ chances in the ring.
He has four fighters, and “we’ve beentraining every morning for six weeks at6:30 in the morning,” he said.
Even though Ruiz is not fighting, he isanxious for his fighters.
“I’m really excited for them,” he said.
The Main Event: Cause for fighting
By Chase Sanders
See MAIN EVENT on page 2
THE EDGE
THE EDGE Put on a costume, get up on stage andjump in ice-cold water. It’s not the typicalway to raise money for a good cause. But onSaturday, UK students can do just that.
That uniqueness sparked the interest ofPhi Sigma Kappa Fraternity to host UK’sfirst annual Polar Plunge, said Seth Forten-bery, internal philanthropy chair for the fra-ternity.
Phi Sigma Kappa is bringing the PolarPlunge to UK’s campus for the first timeever to benefit theFayette CountyS p e c i a lOlympics.
Registrationwill begin at 11a.m. and end atnoon, at whichpoint the eventwill begin. ThePolar Plungestage will be onSouth Campus inthe parking lotoutside of the Phi Sigma Kappa house. AnyUK student, faculty or staff member with aUK ID can participate as an individual or ona team with a donation of $30.
“The idea started last semester when meand a few of my fraternity brothers partici-pated in Lexington’s Polar Plunge,” Forten-bery said.
Fortenbery said he really had wished tosee more student involvement there and byholding the event at UK, he hopes to raise
UK hosts its first everPolar Plunge
By Elyse Rectenwald
if you goWhat: Polar PlungeWhen: Saturday at noonWhere: South CampusAdmission: $30 per entrance, team or individual; free to watch
Phi Sigma Kappa donatesfunds to Special Olympics
See PLUNGE on page 2
‘Human Spirit’ Lexington Philharmonic to take audienceback in time, through range of emotions
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Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Chi host their annual boxing fundraiser
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The withering, gratuitous violence of “Im-mortals” is of a type better suited to a horrormovie, but that’s a separate issue — almost.
Certainly, the swords-and-sandals specta-cle is ripe for the kind of vast, epic, overpopu-lated remake that computer graphics nowmake possible (a la “300”), but we don’t endup having the same relationship with the re-sulting movie. The artificiality of the 3-D “Im-mortals” — in which the slave Theseus (Hen-ry Cavill) swears vengeance against the ram-paging King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke), whointends to enslave the Earth and free the Titans(who will then defeat the Olympians) — issuch that human beings almost feel like un-welcome intrusions on virtual Greece. If vio-lence seems to be a way to bridge the real andvirtual worlds, it’s understandable, but strate-gically unsound.
Much of the movie is inadvertently comic— the way the dialogue swings between theslangy modern and the theatrically “classical,”or the presentation of the virgin (not for long)Oracle, played by Freida Pinto, who’s in arace with Jennifer Aniston for worst careermoves. If you’re even vaguely familiar withGreek mythology, forget it (Hyperion was aTitan; Theseus was the mythic founder ofAthens). That Stephen Dorff’s Stavros, an allyof Theseus, keeps hitting on the Oracle andher sidekicks is funny, and suggests a moviewhere the flat conventions of heroic action-ad-venture are leavened by wit.
Doesn’t happen, although whenever he’son the scene, Rourke makes you suspect thatcomedy is lurking around the next Corinthiancolumn.
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student veterans.There also will be a 29-
mile run Saturday, wherecadets and faculty will runfrom campus to the KentuckyVietnam Veterans Memorialin Frankfort.
The run starts in front ofBarker Hall, and runners canexpect to arrive at the memo-rial at noon.
“The run is a great wayfor the cadets to honor theirbrothers and sisters by somany veterans that came be-fore them,” said Air ForceMaj. Jesse Hedge.
During the run, cadetswill carry the U.S. andPOW/MIA flags to honor theveterans.
Sgt. Josh Lynch has par-ticipated in the run the lastthree years and enjoyed hon-oring the veterans.
“Running to the memorialin Frankfort really bringshome the sacrifice many menand women in our armedforces have made,” he said.“Looking back over the years,I am speechless at how manypeople took part in the Veter-ans Day events around cam-pus and hope this year will bethe same.”
During the last few milesof the run, cadets will be ledby a procession of motorcy-cles from local patrioticgroups.
“Veterans Day is our op-portunity to show our grati-tude to the living, and I hopeevery one attends to showhonor to the military,” Dotsonsaid.
VETERANSContinued from page 1
more awareness in years tocome.
Support for the first an-nual event has exceeded ex-pectations by raising morethan $2,500 for SpecialOlympics Kentucky already,he said.
Phi Sigma Kappa helpscoaches at Fayette CountySpecial Olympics weeklywith a number of differentsports, Fortenbery said.
“I think the most excitingthing is that it was really theguys’ idea,” said MarkBuerger, communications di-rector at Special OlympicsKentucky. “They came to usand are making it happen.The guys have a long stand-ing relationship with our or-ganization and we’re excitedabout the event.”
PLUNGEContinued from page 1
a lost cause a handful of weeks ago.Against Mississippi State, Smith re-lieved junior quarterback MorganNewton after he suffered shoulderand high ankle injuries. Smith hasbeen the guy in Phillips’ offenseever since. Against MississippiState and Ole Miss last week com-bined, Smith completed 45-69 for457, two touchdowns and zero in-terceptions.
Against Ole Miss, offensive coor-dinator Randy Sanders opened up theoffense to Smith, allowing him to
throw a number of balls down thefield. Many times, Smith had an openreceiver and just couldn’t connect,until he hit junior wide receiverLa’Rod King for a 38-yard touch-down to put UK ahead for good. Ifthe coaching staff continues to feelcomfortable with Smith’s progres-sion, it can open up more of the of-fense to him and help it keep up withSEC competition.
Vanderbilt, however, has a far su-perior defense to the likes of Missis-sippi State or Ole Miss. The Com-modores rank 40th in the nation inopponents points per game, and de-spite falling in its last three SECgames, Vanderbilt lost to Georgia,
Arkansas and Florida by just a com-bined 13 points.
Edge: Smith. If Smith struggles toget the offense going early, the road at-mosphere, fan expectations and bowlgame implications may rattle the youngquarterback. But Smith does not need amonster game to help his team and se-cure a second consecutive win in con-ference. If he can do enough to keep upon the scoreboard, and the Cats can gettheir running game going with juniorCoShik Williams, Smith and the UK of-fense will continue their much-im-proved play from recent weeks.
Overall Edge: The edge goesto the Cats in a tough road
game. Two teams on the outsideof bowl games, UK and Vander-bilt find themselves at similarjunctures in their seasons withthree games left. The differenceis that UK is coming off of fiveconsecutive bowl berths, and itsveterans know what it takes toreach a bowl game out of theSEC. Vanderbilt’s core players,Rodgers included, are not expe-rienced in playing meaningfulgames this late in the seasonand may not be up for the occa-sion. With similar talent and insimilar situations, UK’s experi-ence alone gets it the slight nodthis Saturday.
EDGEContinued from page 1
“I actually had butterfliesfor these guys — all thehard work they’ve put inand everything I’ve putthem through is going tocome to fruition.”
Like Hunt, Ruiz’s fami-ly also has a rich history inboxing. “I’ve been fightingsince an early age, and myfamily has a history of beingprize fighters in Mexico,”Ruiz said.
One of Ruiz’s fighters,Adam Shipley, was focus-ing before his match.
“My strategy is, I’m go-ing to see what he’s doing,but I’m going to try to fightthe best I can to have reachon the kid,” Shipley said.
He has done his home-work on his opponent.
“I’m going to see what
he’s going to do,” Shipleysaid, “then I’m going tocounteract any punches he’sgoing to throw at me — nopun intended.”
He won his bout.Shipley’s fraternity
brother and teammate, ScottHiles, was pleased with theoutcome of his match.
“It was really competi-tive,” Hiles said. “We bothhad some good punches. Weboth talked to each other af-ter; we were both cool aboutit. It’s all for philanthropy;it’s all for a good time.”
Even though it was aclose call, Hiles was stillcontent with his perform-ance.
“They said it was a splitdecision,” he said. “I knowit was really close, though.”
His hard work and disci-pline paid off.
The Main Event contin-ues Friday at Tattersalls.
MAIN EVENTContinued from page 1
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“We often take for granted the things that mostdeserve our gratitude” — Cynthia Ozick.
Today marks the 57th observance of VeteransDay, a holiday meant to honor all American veterans— both the living and dead. Formerly known asArmistice Day, it was first celebrated in the U.S. in1921 with the burial of the Unknown Soldier, whosename was “known but to God.”
The holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who calledupon Americans to rededicate themselves to thecause of peace.
Today, many decades and wars later, we stop toremember all those who have given of themselves inorder to ensure our safety. At 11 a.m., a color guardwill bestow honors to all those who have died at theTomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Ceme-tery. Throughout the day, millions of Americans willboth give their thanks and mourn the loss of thosetaken from them.
As we observe this holiday today, let us particu-larly reflect on all that has transpired over the past 10years. On Oct. 21, President Obama announced thecomplete withdrawal of our troops from Iraq by theyear’s end, declaring, “The tide of war is receding.”
More than 2 million Americans have served inIraq and Afghanistan since 2001, and more than6,000 have died. The reality that we are here now,safe and sound, speaks to the work they have done inpromoting peace and justice.
We are supremely privileged to live in a countrythat works to protect and promote the best interestsof its citizens, and we are incredibly fortunate tohave such selfless and capable citizens who protectus every day.
As you go through your day today, take a mo-ment to be still and pray for all those who havefought for your freedom, not only over the pastdecade, but also all throughout our nation’s history.
Remembering our veterans as our nationchanges its course
kernel editorial
In light of Joe Paterno’srecent firing, students at PennState have been rioting andare upset over losing their 84-year-old fatherly coach.
The fact that these stu-dents are rioting over the lossof a man who stood by anddid nothing while his col-league repeatedly raped mi-nors is absolutely disgusting.Penn State students and sup-porters of Joe Paterno need toget their priorities in order.
All of the blame is not onPaterno’s shoulder's, ofcourse. The graduate studentwho caught Jerry Sandusky
raping a 10-year-old boyshould have immediatelycalled the police. Instead, hewent to Paterno. Paterno, be-ing the fatherly figure he is,should have urged the witnessto involve the police. He didthe absolute minimum re-quired by law — he reportedthe incident to his higher-ups,who also did nothing. Thebuck-passing and cowardiceof this situation is shocking.Men held in high esteem re-fused to act while a manabused his power and victim-ized the helpless. The mostdisturbing part is the waySandusky used his charity asa front to meet the minors hethen assaulted.
Paterno, the graduate stu-dent and anyone involvedshould have stopped at noth-ing to draw attention to San-dusky’s depravity until he waspunished to the full extent ofthe law. Every journalist with-in 100 miles of Penn Stateshould have been alerted andlaw enforcement should havebeen hounded mercilessly un-til Sandusky was put behindbars. That someone can getaway with such vile acts forthe amount of time he did isshocking.
There are two kinds ofevil in this world: Those whocommit evil acts, and thosewho see evil acts committed,yet do nothing to stop it. Joe
Paterno and everyone in-volved in the scandal who re-fused to act on behalf of thehelpless fall under the lattercategory. Let this be a lessonto all: do not leave it up toothers to right the wrong, buttake personal responsibility.
The students at Penn Stateshould rethink the subject oftheir riots; perhaps theyshould be protesting the lossof innocence, the corruptionwithin the hierarchy of theirschool, the horrific acts com-mitted, and the blind eyeturned to such indecency.
Morgen Wells is a jour-nalism and history sopho-more. Email [email protected].
Penn State students protesting thewrong issue in Paterno allegations
ALEX CULLER, Kernel cartoonist
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PHOTO BY QUIANNA LIGE | STAFFThe UK club golf team gets tocompete in out-of-town tournaments against otherschools that have qualifications for their teammembers. Golfer CameronBecker said it’s satisfying toplay competitive golf again.
Sophomore Ryan Schroth recentlyjoined the UK club golf team, in its in-augural year, after a year away fromcompetitive golf.
“I played four years of high schoolgolf and really missed that competitionlast year,” Schroth said. “When I saw aflyer for a new club golf team, I knew itwould be something I would really en-joy.”
For a big university like UK with aclub and group for every imaginable in-terest, team founders Kevin Brandel andAndrew Strother were shocked to dis-cover there was no club golf team.
“After two years away from thegame, I came back to school this yearand was looking around the ‘get in-volved’ website,” Brandel said. “I couldnot find a club golf team. A school likeUK has so many students; I was
shocked.“So, I contacted the varsity coach,
Brian Craig, and he thought it was agreat idea.”
For the 20 UK students on the team,it is an opportunity to re-live the glorydays of their high school sports years.It’s an opportunity to travel some sevenhours away to play golf courses usuallyoccupied by professionals. It’s an oppor-tunity to experience the camaraderie ofa team that every “armchair quarter-back” will say is the most cherished as-pect of their athletic experiences.
Cameron Becker stood on the firsttee at Picadome Golf Course, driver inhand.
“When I hit this yesterday it didn’tget 5 feet off the ground,” Becker said,laughing. A low pull into the ninth fair-way drew a vindictive laugh from thewhole group. “Good thing I have a les-son tomorrow.”
The team has developed a bondquickly since it formed in mid-Septem-
ber. Brandel and Strother organized 2-on-2 scrambles among the squad mem-bers for fun, practice and potentially todetermine who would travel to the out-of-town tournaments.
Two of those tournaments tookplace this semester in Johnson City,Tenn., and Villa Rica, Ga. The teamplaced sixth and fifth out of eight teams,respectively.
Brandel and Strother haven’t beenable to develop tryouts yet with limitednumbers to begin, but given that, hecan’t help but be pleased.
“So far, everything has been run-ning great,” Brandel said. “We accept-ed players of all skill levels since this isjust for fun. Considering those otherteams have qualifications and experi-ence, I’d say we did extremely well.And everybody had a great time,which is what it’s allabout.”
Not only dothe team mem-bers get to havefun together, they geta small feel of what it’s
like to be a college athlete. With fiveweekend trips scheduled to severalsoutheastern cities over the course ofthe school year, the players get achance to represent UK in a way theynever imagined.
“Getting to go to tournaments outof state and represent UK against othercolleges like Wake Forest, South Car-olina and Tennessee is almost betterthan playing in high school,” Beckersaid. “It’s just really fun to get that sat-isfaction of playing competitive golfagain.”
Schroth carries his jumbo bucket ofballs past several occupied mats. Heproceeds a few hundred feet fartherdown to the end of the row. It’s just him,a bag of clubs and a bucket of balls.
He, just like his other 19 teammates,gets another chance to compete
and make himself bet-ter. That drive may
never stop.And at least
for the next fewyears, they all have a
chance to play the game they love.
20 students formed the team in September
Club golfers get student-athlete experience, minus the pressure
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l News had just broken that five-star Classof 2012 recruit Alex Poythress signed withUK when UK head coach John Calipari
walked to his lectern. A re-porter asked him if he washaving a good day. “Whathappened? Something hap-pen?” Calipari said, beforeannouncing he wasn’t com-menting on recruiting untilnext week, when UK final-izes its class. Poythress, a 6-foot-8 forward rated as theNo. 17 overall player in thenation by Rivals.com, is thethird player to commit to theCats, joining five-star guardArchie Goodwin (No. 12
overall) and four-star center Willie Cauley(No. 39 overall).
l UK gained a player Thursday — andcould be losing one in the coming days. Cali-pari said he would meet with sophomoreStacey Poole regarding his future at UK in the“next day or so.” Said Calipari, “You wantevery player to stay, and fight through it, andlearn not to run. But if a young man doesn’tthink his opportunity is here — they all wantto play. I will support him. Disappointed if hechooses to do that. But he’s a great kid and Ithink is a terrific basketball player.”
l Unless Poole firmly decides to stay atUK, he is unlikely to play at Marist in UK’sseason-opening game. There will be anotherfamiliar face in the building, however, asMarist’s head coach Chuck Martin was an as-sistant under Calipari at Memphis from 2006-08. Martin said he is preparing his team forthe pressure defense UK will bring. “Moreimportantly, we’re trying to preach to ourguys to be the best Marist basketball team wecan be Friday night,” Martin said. “We’re re-ally playing ourselves. If we control our emo-tions and excute some of the things we’vebeen working on, I’ll be really proud of ourplayers.”
l Calipari was really proud of his playersafter their exhibition win against Morehouse.“He was in a lot happier mood,” AnthonyDavis said. “You could really tell the differ-ence.” Winning by 85 has a tendency to dothat to a coach.
l Players, however, are ensuring theydon’t get too full of themselves after thatdemolition. “Once someone gets big-head-ed because they won by a big amount, thatcan really change,” Davis said. “If youthink, ‘OK, we won by 85, we the best,’ itcan bring down a team.”
l So what does a coach show to his teamafter an 85-point win? Mostly plays that rein-force why UK succeeded. But also someplays that UK could improve on. “We’re like,uh, we won by 85,” Marquis Teague said.“But it still matters. We still have to do every-thing right.”
l Calipari repeatedly praised Teague forhis “unselfish” play in the Morehouse exhibi-tion, something Teague said was a consciouseffort. “It starts with me getting everybody in-volved,” Teague said. “If everyone sees mepassing up open layups to get someone else adunk, everyone else will do that, too.”
l One of those times was when Teaguepassed up a layup against Morehouse when hethrew an alley-oop off the backboard to a trail-ing Terrence Jones. “When he threw the outletto me, he screamed to me, ‘Throw it off thebackboard,’” Teague said. “I heard him, so Idid.”
l Calipari said it’s too early to tell how faralong Marquis Teague has come at the pointguard position “until we’re in a big-timegame, and the game’s on the line, and he getsthe ball and see how he reacts.”
l Asked to compare Brandon Knight andTeague at the same early stage of the season,Jones said, “I don’t really remember last yearback this far. Brandon got us to a Final Four,so he did a good job. Marquis is doing a goodjob so far.”
l Teague could be the hinge on which UK’ssuccess hangs, and a Final Four (and more) isthe goal. But it’s a long way away, and theteam is focusing more on improving itselfrather than its opponents. “I want to continue tosee us play with intensity and play unselfish,”Calipari said. “If they do those things, that’s allI can worry about. But I’m not getting ahead ofmyself worrying about any other team.”
l The team managers, however, may be.They are participating in No-Shave Novem-ber to raise awareness for prostate cancer, butif the team hasn’t lost at the end of the monththe managers may keep the razors put awayand turn the beards into a winning-streakcommitment. The idea originated when themanagers were sitting around and decided togrow beards for a cause. Will Martin, one ofthe managers, said he was “doing all right,”with his effort, but some of the freshmenmanagers were “looking a little patchy.” Cali-pari has been promoting the managers’ effortson social media and said he thought aboutjoining in. “But when I grow it, it looksgray,” Calipari said. “And then I really lookold.”
Notes: Poythress signs;Poole to decide future soon
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