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Clash of the Titans
‘Romeo and Juliet’: A tragedy
UK Theatre puts an updated spin
on the popular play
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Block party
Davis, Jones lead Cats
to 18 rejections
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Moving on
Volleyball wins in
opening round
of NCAAs
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zOOM IN ON Ky.The Kentucky Geological Survey has cre-
ated a super-sized map of the state, available
online and in hard copy. The map is one of
the first of its kind in the country. Online.
NEW tAKE ON A CLASSICUK Theatre is putting a contemporary
twist on the classic love story “Romeo and
Juliet.” Read a preview and view a trailer for
the show. Online.
GAMING COLUMNFrom Zach Walton: “The Elder Scrolls V:
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“Romeo and Juliet” — Read a preview online.
presented by UK Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Guignol Theatre.
Tickets are $10 students, $15 general public. Also Dec.
3, 8, 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 11 at 2 p.m.
Free swing dance
lessons
10:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Barker Hall.
Women’s
gymnastics
“Meet the Team”
intrasquad scrim-
mage. 6 p.m.
Memorial Coliseum.
"Estado Plurinacional Derechos Afrodescendientes y Desigualdad Racial en Ecuador” —
Read a preview online in both English and Spanish. A lecture by John Antón Sánchez. 3 to 4:30
p.m. Student Center room 111. Free. Lecture will be conducted in Spanish.
Kentucky Dodgeball Open Gym
6 p.m. Alumni Gym. Free.
Free Holiday Shopping Shuttle
Daily campus pick-up times are 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
and 3 p.m. Passengers will be picked up at
the north side of the mall, near the Macy’s
entrance, at noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
and 6 p.m. and returned to cam-
pus. To schedule a pick-up, email
[email protected] by noon
Friday with the subject: “Holiday
Shopping Shuttle” and name,
address, phone number, date, time
and pickup location. PTS will call to
confirm details.
Karaoke Night
8 p.m. Cats Den in the
Student Center. Free.
Men’s basketball
vs. North Carolina.
Noon. Rupp Arena.
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PAWS for Stress Relief.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Complex
Commons. Free. UK Hoops vs. Duke 6 p.m. Rupp Arena.
UK Hoops vs. Louisville — Preview on p. 4.
1 p.m. Memorial Coliseum.
Appalachia in the Bluegrass
Featuring Red State Ramblers.
Noon to 1 p.m. John Jacob Niles
Gallery in Fine Arts Library. Free.
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UK Graduate School Information Session
This is a drop-in, drop-out, informal session
for all prospective graduate students. 10:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Stuckert Career Center
room 101. Free.
Chillax
Student Wellness Ambassadors will provide
free stress management tips for finals week.
8 to 9:30 p.m. Keeneland Room in W.T.
Young Library (University Drive entrance).
UK School of Music presents “Collage”
7:30 p.m. Singletary Center Concert Hall. Tickets:
call 859-257-4929.
Book signing
Join author/filmmaker Michael Crisp as he
signs copies of "Murder in the Mountains:
The Muriel Baldridge Story.” 7 p.m.
Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Free.
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With the UK-North Carolina basketballgame fast approaching, the motto “see blue”is taken to a whole new level.
Both UK and UNC have variations ofblues as their team colors, and although somewould argue that blue is blue, that is just notthe case.
“The (visual) difference is UNC is a babyblue and UK is more of a royal blue,” saidStephanie Durbin, a merchandising, apparel
and textiles senior. The technical way to tell the difference
between these two colors is by using a systemcalled Pantone, Durbin said.
“They have their own color swatches thateveryone uses,” she said. “For example, ifNike wanted to make all UK stuff, theywould just pick (UK’s) Pantone color, andthat tells the manufacturers what color touse.”
All industries use Pantone colors, fromTommy Hilfiger, to UK and UNC, said Scar-lett Wesley, an associate professor in mer-chandising, apparels and textiles. “It is impor-tant to have an industry standard so that wayany company in the whole world knows what
Pantone color UK Blue should look like.”The colors are created using a certain col-
or formula made up of yellow, blue and redmixed together.
“It is like paint chips, where you go to thestore and they mix the colors together to get acertain shade,” Wesley said. “It is the sameconcept.”
The UK Blue is “Pantone 286,” while theCarolina Blue is “Pantone 278” — a differ-ence of eight levels.
“UNC Blue isn’t close to our blue; DukeBlue is a better example because it’s closer,”Wesley said. Duke is only a difference of onelevel at “Pantone 287.”
UK chose this specific blue during a stu-
dent vote in 1892 when the school’s colorswere up for debate, said UK spokeswomanKaty Bennett.
The students “picked the blue color basedon a football player’s color on his tie and theymatched it to the blue on the color wheel,”Bennett said.
UK’s colors were originally blue and lightyellow in 1891 until the yellow was droppedfor white a year later, Bennett said.
“That’s what the students voted for andthat’s what it was and always has been,” shesaid.
Wesley said the UK Blue color is popularand widely used.
“We are in the top 10 of branding licensesin the U.S.,” Wesley said. “It means that ourbrand and our color are so strong throughoutthe U.S. that people recognize it and supportit through purchasing it.”
Head coach Matthew Mitchell’s UK
Hoops team is ready to celebrate “dead”
week with its most lively competition of
the year — back-to-back “Pack the House”
games against Louisville and Duke.
The Cats have not yet been challenged
en route to their 7-0 record, leading the
NCAA in turnover margin and ranking
fourth in scoring margin.
The level of competition is about to
increase, however. The combined record
of the seven vanquished foes is 12-31.
Three of their next four opponents are
ranked in the Associated Press top 10.
Their combined record? 16-3.
“We think this is really going to help
us a lot later in the season, playing three
top 10 opponents,” UK junior guard A’dia
Mathies said. “Hopefully we come out
with wins in all of them.”
“We like to see if all the hard work
that we have put in up to this point has us
in a position to be competitive in games
like this and win games like this,”
Mitchell said.
The first of the formidable challenges
is in-state rival Louisville (7-1).
Last year, the Cats got blitzed by the
Cardinals at the KFC Yum! Center, losing
78-52.
“In our locker room, we posted ‘26’ all
over just as a reminder of that’s how many
points we got beat by last year,” sopho-
more guard Kastine Evans said.
“Who wants to lose by 26?” said
Mathies. “Seeing that everywhere helps
you regain focus on the mission — and
that is to win on Sunday.”
Louisville out-scored the Cats by 27
points behind the arc in the contest, shoot-
ing 12-21 from three-point range com-
pared to UK’s 3-for-18.
“It felt like everything they were
shooting was going in,” Evans said.
“I don’t feel like they missed any
threes — I can’t remember any,” Mathies
said. “Everything they were throwing up
there was going in.”
Mitchell is impressed with the
Louisville squad coming to Memorial Col-
iseum.
“Louisville has an extremely powerful
team — very, very good offensive team,”
Mitchell said. “They can put up a lot of
points.
“I’m really impressed with the defen-
sive pressure they bring. They bring
tremendous defensive pressure and they
make it really difficult on you to score.”
All 21 of Louisville’s three-point shots
last year against the Cats were taken by
then-freshman Shoni Schimmel and then-
junior Becky Burke. The sharp-shooting
Cardinal duo are hitting a combined 38-
for-92 from behind the arc this season,
shooting 41.3 percent combined.
“Schimmel may be one of the best
guards in the country,” Mitchell said.
“We have to try our very best to identi-
fy where they (Schimmel and Burke) are.
We gave them a lot of open shots last year
and they created a lot of open shots and we
certainly need to do a better job with that.”
“In the press, we have to be super-
sharp with our rotations,” Mitchell contin-
ued. “If you give them open opportunities,
they are going to knock those down. You
have to limit those the best you can.”
The game Sunday has been dubbed
one of the two “Pack the House” games
this season. The house will indeed be
packed as tickets for the game against the
Cardinals Sunday are sold out.
“I like the excitement I get from the
big crowd. We play for the best fans in the
nation,” freshman guard Bria Goss said.
“It’s a testament to how these kids
play and the excitement they have been
able to create in this community,” Mitchell
said. “To have it sold out almost a week
before the game is awfully special.”
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Upcoming GamesDate12/412/812/1112/18
Opponentvs. No. 10 Louisville
vs. No. 7 Dukevs. Arkansas-Pine Bluffat No. 3 Notre Dame
Venue (Tickets)Memorial Coliseum (sold out)Rupp Arena (ukathletics.com)
Memorial Coliseum (ukathletics.com)South Bend, Ind.
BroadcastUK/IMG
Fox SportsUK/IMGESPNU
PHOTO BY quianna lige| STAFFSophomore Kastine Evans, shown here Nov. 19 againstSouthern Miss, said the Cats are reminded daily of their26-point loss to Louisville last year.
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UK-UNC: A battle of the blues
Preparation, pride and perseverance are the
principles that the UK men’s club volleyball
team hopes will guide them to victory at Na-
tionals in the spring.
Although the team comes from all over
the U.S., its members have already bonded
into a close-knit group.
Tyler McCamish plays outside hitter for
the team and is the president of the program.
He said he is proud of the way the team has
come together.
“The new guys and the old guys have
been bonding well,” McCamish said. “I think
the sky is the limit as far as where we can go
now.”
McCamish has many roles as president of
the team. Apart from keeping everyone on
track and organizing practices and tourna-
ments, the position introduces new challenges
for him.
“Being an officer is an interesting position
because you have to play two roles,” Mc-
Camish said. “You have your on-the-court role
and your off-the-court role, and you can't let
them affect each other.”
Last weekend
the team hosted
its annual Turkey
Smash Tournament.
The event’s purpose is
to raise money to fund the
team and its travels. McCamish said this
year’s tournament raised the most money to
date.
Jon Wood, a freshman setter from Chica-
go, chose to come to UK because of the pro-
gram. He talked about the benefits he has ex-
perienced so far.
“I feel like (my skills) have definitely im-
proved. I feel like I’m more comfortable and
like I have a lot more freedom … the environ-
ment is good,” Wood said.
The team travels to weekend tournaments
throughout the year, road tripping anywhere
from Ohio to Michigan. Freshman Eric Bruner
says all the time together gives them a chance
to develop their biggest strength: chemistry.
Head coach Isaac Wong is looking for-
ward to the spring. He says the team has used
this semester to improve their skills and con-
sistency. Wong has developed ways to chal-
lenge all of the players dur-
ing practice in order to get
them ready for tourna-
ments.
“We compete head-to-
head a lot in practice, and
we compete for playing
time,” Wong said. “That
actually has worked really
well at challenging them
and making them challenge
each other.”
The team competes in
Division I-AA at Nationals.
The best it has ever done
was making it to finals in
the Silver Division. Wong
thinks the team’s hard
work, chemistry and deter-
mination will pay off at
Nationals.
“I would love, as a first step, to win the
silver, and of course to win the gold would be
even better,” Wong said. I think that we have
the components and the people to do it.”
Even with ambitious goals, the players
lean on each other for support.
“When your best friends are on the court
with you through thick and thin, it makes it
easier to face that 7-foot-2 guy from Califor-
nia who used to play D-1 somewhere amaz-
ing, and totally shut him down,” McCamish
said.
Anyone who has volleyball experience
and is interested in joining the program can
contact the club sports department at the John-
son Center. The club also has a Facebook
group, a Twitter feed and websites at
www.kentuckymensvbc.com and
www.TurkeySmash.com.
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“I feel like I’m more comfortable and like I have a lot more freedom ...
the environment is good.”
•Jon Wood, freshman setter
PHOTO BY scott hannigan | STAFFSophomore Shane Derringer practices in Alumni Gym Nov. 17. Themen’s club volleyball team aims at making it to Nationals in the spring.
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Smile: You’re on FanCam
Going to the North Carolina game?
Get there early (as if you weren’t go-
ing to already) to be part of a massive,
high-definition panorama picture shot by
the “FanCam” before the game. From a
news release:
“Fans will need to be in their seats 18
minutes prior to tipoff (12 minutes on the
pregame clock), because at that time an
ultra-high-def, 5 billion-pixel, 360-degree
image will be taken from center court.
“This high-definition image will cap-
ture Rupp Arena in its entirety, and the
image takes between 5 and 7 minutes to
shoot. Once rendered, fans will be able
to “step inside” the 360-gigapixel image
and look around, as if they were stand-
ing on the court for a frozen moment of
time.
“The resolution of 5 billion pixels is
so high that fans will be able to zoom in
to find themselves or friends.”
AARON [email protected]
Internal focus key for UKStaff picks
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Enjoy the talent — The
game may not be the
matchup of an undefeated
No. 1 and an undefeated No.
2 like we expected, but that
doesn’t mean the insane
amount of talent that will be
on the floor has been dilut-
ed.
“North Carolina is the
greatest team in the last 22
years,” head coach John
Calipari said, although I’m
not sure what his requirements are for that dis-
tinction. Still, he has a point when you get
past that. “They lose a game (to UNLV), all of
a sudden, this guy can’t do this, this guy can’t
do that. What? … North Carolina is still, if
not the best team, one of the best two or three
teams in the country.”
Representatives from nearly every NBA
team are expected to be at the game. UK has
received 289 credential requests for the game.
The “FanCam,” used for high-profile sporting
events, will be at the game to take a 360-de-
gree panorama picture of Rupp Arena before
the game.
Every player has enough talent to be con-
sidered a star. North Carolina has Kendall
Marshall, as “pure” a point guard as there is in
college. He’s scored 33 total points in 222
minutes, mostly because he’s too busy feeding
the ball to everyone else (72 assists and 19
turnovers, compared to UK point guard Mar-
quis Teague’s 24 and 20).
That “everyone else” includes Harrison
Barnes, a preseason Player of the Year candi-
date who is still waiting to have that one virtu-
oso game. Barnes has been talked about as a
potential No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft — but
that distinction has been taken by UK’s An-
thony Davis.
As for Davis, he and North Carolina’s
John Henson should be swatting shots all over
the place. Davis has 26 blocks, Henson has
23; both may or may not be of a different
species. They’re long and gangly and are a
flying swirl of lashing arms.
No matter what, it should be an insanely
fun game.
Post game — Both teams have solid front-
courts. UK’s toughest matchup will be with
center Tyler Zeller, who is averaging 13.3
points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Last year,
Zeller torched UK the first time the teams
played. In the Elite Eight, however, UK held
him in check with a combination of a better
Josh Harrellson and doubling down on Zeller
with a perimeter player.
UK doesn’t have a player like Harrellson
who can body up to Zeller on his own. UK’s
guards will probably be active in doubling
Zeller in the post. That could open the perime-
ter up for the Tar Heels, but UK got a break
when North Carolina’s top shooter, P.J. Hair-
ston, tweeted that he would be missing the
game with a left wrist injury.
Validation — UK got the No. 1 ranking
when North Carolina lost early last week.
Since then, No. 2 Ohio State crushed a highly
ranked Duke, and now-No. 5 North Carolina
knocked off No. 7 Wisconsin.
So UK doesn’t have the No. 1 ranking
wrapped up. Not even close. But the UNC
game is an opportunity to prove the top rank-
ing should belong to them and them alone.
Does it matter whether they do? A win’s
always nice. But a December win is not equal
to a March win, or even a January win, in
some cases.
3 things to watchagainst North Carolina
AARONSMITHKernel
columnist
No. 40
Harrison Barnes
Forward
6-foot-8
210
17.7 ppg
4.6 rpg
Behind enemy lines A look at the other team’s likely starting lineup
North Carolina
ACC
6-1
Coach:
Roy Williams
UK 84 UNC 76At the beginning of the season I thought
this was the game that the Cats home win-ning streak ended. How times have changed.While Kentucky hasn’t been very physicalinside this season, the Tar Heels haven’tbeen using their bodies either, leading topoor rebounding and ultimately a mediocredisplay of offense by their bigs. Just hasbeen the case every game this season, theUK length wins again.
—Cody Porter
UK 69 UNC 65The Cats aren’t losing at home. UNC is
deep, talented and tested. At this stage of theseason, if played on a neutral site or at ChapelHill, I would give the Heels the edge. A rau-cous Rupp Arena will prove to be the differ-ence between two evenly matched elite teams.
— Les Johns
UK 74 UNC 69These teams are remarkably close-matched,
and this game will show it. UNC’s length andexperience will bother UK, but a ruckus RuppArena crowd will ignite the Cats’ defense,which will be the difference in the game.
— David Schuh
UK 77 UNC 71This game will be won by Big Blue
Nation and it will jumpstart the Cats fromthe beginning. The experience of UNC willshow, but UK’s immense talent and homecrowd will be the edge on Saturday.
— Ryan Brown
UK 83 UNC 80Three point shooting will be the differ-
ence here, as Darius Miller and Doron Lambwill have huge games. UNC’s experiencewill keep them close in a brutal environ-ment, but UK’s perimeter play will be key inthe victory.
— Paul Martin
When the North
Carolina Tar Heels lost
90-80 to the UNLV
Rebels last Saturday,
the commonwealth
rejoiced for what
would soon follow —
a No. 1 ranking for its
beloved Cats. It is the
first time since the
2009-10 season that
UK has held the top
ranking in the nation,
which it held for all of one week after
losing to Devan Downey and the South
Carolina Game-
cocks.
But the No. 1
ranking really
doesn’t mean much, at
least not in college bas-
ketball. UK head coach
John Calipari told his
players to think of it as a
badge of honor, and they
should. But they should also
keep in mind that 30 percent
of voters felt someone besides UK was
more deserving of the top ranking.
Last year, the Cats were never
ranked No. 1 in the nation, lost
their annual regular season
meeting with UNC and
didn’t earn a top seed in the
NCAA tournament. Yet they
still managed to win the SEC
regular season crown, the SEC
tournament and marched all the way
to UK’s first Final Four in 13 years.
So, like I said, UK’s top ranking
means nothing more than bragging
rights. Instead, the team should work on
buying into Calipari’s system and
preparing for the long haul.
Point guard Mar-
quis Teague should
focus on his devel-
opment in com-
manding the drib-
ble-drive offense.
Forward Kyle
Wiltjer should be
working on
bulking up to
compete better
with the big
boys UNC
will have
inside.
And
veter-
ans,
such
as
sophomores Terrence Jones and Doron
Lamb, and senior Darius Miller should be
sharing secrets to improve everyone’s game
and prepare them for what they expect
UNC will bring to Rupp.
That’s what’s most important in UK’s
December portion of its schedule. Not the
rankings. Not the highly touted recruiting
class, nor the perfect record. UK should be
focusing on building team chemistry, on
improving as individuals and as a team, and
on buying into what Calipari is selling.
When ranked No. 2 in the nation, the
Cats defeated the then-No. 13 Kansas
Jayhawks by double digits in New York’s
Madison Square Garden, but still Calipari
was not impressed. It’s because his team
was focused more on rankings and
records than on improving its play each
game.
Last season, it wasn’t until the Cats be-
gan playing for their coach and for each
other that they began their run through
March to a conference title and a Final
Four. This season, top-20 recruits and all,
is no exception. So when No. 5 UNC
comes to town looking for vengeance on
the program that took its top ranking, UK
is better off focusing less on the Tar Heels
and the rankings, and more on itself.
GAME INFOUK vs. North Carolinadate: Saturdaylocation: Rupp Arenatime: Noonwhere to watch: CBS
No. 31
John Henson
Forward
6-foot-11
220
14.7 ppg
10.9 rpg
No. 2
Kendall Marshall
Guard
6-foot-4
210
4.7 ppg
10.3 apg
No. 1
Dexter Strickland
Guard
6-foot-3
180
8.4 ppg
2.9 rpg
No. 44
Tyler Zeller
Forward
7 foot
250
13.3 ppg
7.1 rpg
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ETHANLEVINEKernel
columnist
Tar Heels, rankings won’t improve play as a team
8 | weekend timeout | 12.02.11
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In its seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament appear-
ance, UK volleyball (27-5, 17-3 SEC) extended its season
on Thursday in a five-game come-from-behind victory 25-
20, 16-25, 22-25, 25-15, 16-14 against Dayton.
“The worst part about that match was that someone
had to lose,” head coach Craig Skinner said. “That is a
really good volleyball match. We really got out-competed
for a little while, but several people stepped up. Our
defense was obviously a big difference in the game. I’m
really proud of our players for digging deep and finding
the will to win.”
Dayton and UK exchanged points throughout the first
set, with neither team able to put together more than two at
a time until the Cats pulled ahead 12-7 and forced a Dayton
timeout.
UK grabbed its biggest lead of the game at 20-12
before Dayton brought it within four. After a timeout to
regroup, the Cats came out firing behind the serve of red-
shirt junior Ashley Frazier. The Flyers did all they could to
come back, but freshman Lauren O’Conner ended the
threat and the set at 25-20 with her third kill of the frame.
O’Conner began the second set in the same way she
ended the first, with a kill over the Dayton block, as UK
jumped ahead to the 3-0 lead. With a communication error
between the Cats, Dayton grabbed its first lead of the game
at 11-10.
After taking the lead, Dayton controlled the remainder
of the game and left UK looking confused. The Flyers rat-
tled off five straight points to steal the game 25-16.
Dayton pulled ahead 15-9 in the third set, causing UK
to call a timeout. The Flyers did not let up and continued to
pull the Cats out of sorts. At 15-21, setter Christine
Hartmann strategically tipped the ball to the corner for a
point, followed by a kill from Frazier.
The momentum shifted to the Cats’ side with a service
ace, a block from Hartmann and senior Becky Pavan, and a
kill off the hands of Pavan to cut the Flyers’ lead to two.
Despite their efforts, the Cats fell short in their comeback
as Dayton took a 2-1 lead with a 25-22 win.
With their season on the line, the Cats charged into the
fourth game with the power and confidence they showed to
begin the match, hitting .395 in the set. Frazier and
O’Conner came alive with seven kills each to lead the UK
offense and force a fifth and final set to decide both teams’
fates.
“I’m always in the mindset that I am going up there to
hit the ball,” Frazier said. “I think this team was a big game
of momentum. The process of getting the ball back on our
side of the court took a lot of momentum.”
Game five began in favor of the Flyers, but quickly
turned into a game of back and forth with teams exchang-
ing points. UK appeared flustered as Dayton increased its
lead to 8-4.
With Dayton leading 11-9 following a rally that seemed
endless to everyone in the arena, the Flyers came out victo-
rious and forced a UK timeout. Both head coaches were
issued yellow cards in the spirited finale, in which UK
pulled out 16-14.
“I feel like it was just another learning experience, and
now we know what we are made of,” O’Conner said. “We
were down, and all the momentum was on Dayton’s side,
and we fought back and really fought hard to bring back
the game and win it. I think we can go into other games
knowing that we believe and can win every game.”
UK will play Texas A&M in the second round of the
tournament on Friday in College Station, Texas at 6:30
p.m. Eastern time.
COURTNEY NELSON
The Battalion, Texas A&M
On to the next oneVolleyball beats Dayton 3-2
in first round of NCAA Tournament
PHOTO BY Josh McKenna | THE BATTALIONJunior Stephanie Klefot helped the Cats rout Dayton Thursday.UK plays Texas A&M Friday in College Station, Texas.
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History was made during UK’s 81-59 victory against St. John’s Thursday
night at Rupp Arena.
The No. 1-ranked Cats blocked 18 shots, surpassing the previous record of
16 blocks in one game, with freshman forward Anthony Davis blocking eight.
“Without (Davis) we’d probably lose the game,” head coach John Calipari
said. “He changed everything about the game. He blocked shots, he scored bas-
kets, he rebounded tough rebounds. He came up with balls.”
Davis, recording 15 points and 15 rebounds, was two blocks shy of being
the second player in UK history to earn a triple-double. The first and only play-
er to reach that feat was former Cat Chris Mills from the 1988 UK squad.
“It would be a big accomplishment,” Davis said, “being one of the two
guys who had a triple-double.”
Both teams struggled with turnovers early in the half, committing six com-
bined in the first 4 1/2 minutes, and both teams struggled offensively.
“We were just inept offensively,” Calipari said. “We started the game, we
had 16 points. ... So again, got a ways to go.”
But while UK’s offense was lacking, its defense was what enabled the Cats
to hold St. John’s at an 11-point deficit at the half, recording 12 offensive
rebounds, 10 blocks and five steals.
While turnovers were a reoccurring issue, UK was able to force four shot
clock violations in the first 12
minutes of the half.
“We’re a good defensive
team,” Calipari said. “We
can’t sustain the energy we
need because it’s so early in
the season (that) we stop play-
ing a lot. Offensively, we just
aren’t in sync yet. We’ve gotta
get there.”
But with an important
matchup with North Carolina
only two days away, Calipari
says the older players will be
the key to a successful out-
come.
“These next two games
are vital, because you cannot
count on young players —
freshmen — to go in there in
these kinds of games,”
Calipari said. “The next two
are going to be ridiculously
hard for us to win.”
“We know it’ll be a very
intense game,” senior guard
Darius Miller said. “We gotta
come out and play the whole
40 minutes and be ready to go.”
UK breaks blocksrecord in win
over Red StormRepresentatives from 13 NBA teams were in
Rupp Arena to watch UK and its roster of players
who will, one day soon, be playing in their league.
None more so than freshman
Anthony Davis, the prime candi-
date for the overall No. 1 pick
next year.
Or, as one scout heading to
his seat before the game put it,
“there’s him, and then there’s
everyone else.”
That statement was even
more true 40 minutes later, after
Davis put together a near-triple-
double in UK’s 81-59 win over
St. John’s.
Fifteen points. Fifteen
rebounds. Eight blocks.
“He changed everything about this game,” head
coach John Calipari said. “He balled.”
If he had gotten it, he would have been the sec-
ond UK player in school history to pull it off.
As it was, he got stuck on eight blocks with 10
minutes left, and was eventually pulled out of the
game with under five minutes to play. Both Calipari
and Davis said they didn’t know exactly how close
Davis was when he went to the bench, although
Davis said he was aware early on that he was on
pace.
“Mike Kidd-Gilchrist was telling Terrence
(Jones) my stats, and they were like, well, go for it,”
Davis said. “They kept talking about it. It kind of
made me feel bad that I didn’t do it.”
He shouldn’t feel bad. He was a whirlwind on
defense. The dude just isn’t created like a normal
human being. Even normal, good-at-basketball ones.
He led a defense that broke a school record for
blocked shots with 18 (oddly enough, Eloy Vargas
got the tying and record-setting swats).
The basket was there, as always, looking nor-
mal. At least, that’s what my eyes told me. But
judging from the Red Storm’s offensive perform-
ance — an ineptitude created almost entirely by a
stifling UK defense — I couldn’t be sure by the end
of the game.
St. John’s made one more shot than UK swatted.
The Red Storm committed 19 turnovers. The Cats
forced four shot-clock violations.
St. John’s strategy was to shorten the game by
elongating possessions. But it would have been nice
to not use the entire 35 seconds.
Lost amid the countdown to a triple double was
Terrence Jones, who led the team in scoring for a
third game in a row with 26 points and added nine
rebounds. He started the season non-remarkably yet
solid, but he’s looking closer to the Big Blue
Madness version of himself as of late.
That included yet another nasty dunk, this one
off a missed UK free throw.
Was there posing afterward? Yes.
Did Dick Vitale admonish him for it, as he has
in the past? No. Some things require a pose, and
that was one.
Jones was one-upped later in the game when
Darius Miller went up for a lob, cocked his arm
back and thundered it home, leading to the student
section throwing whatever it had in its hands into
the air. (I hate myself for even having to try describ-
ing that play in words. It just can’t happen.)
“D-Lamb did a great job of setting me up,”
Miller said. “I don’t really know what happened. It
just kind of happened.”
It was all happening, all game.
Davis leads ‘stifling’defense to beat St. John’s
AARONSMITHKernel
columnist
PHOTO BY brandon goodwin | STAFFFreshman Anthony Davis ended the game against St.John’s with 15 points, 15 rebounds and eight blocks.
PHOTO BY brandon goodwin | STAFFTerrence Jones, above, and freshman AnthonyDavis helped UK beat a school record for blocks.
Almost earned a triple-double in 81-59 win
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LOS ANGELES – In 2009 after she re-ceived four Grammy nominations, youngBritish soul singer Adele said she didn’t de-serve to win one. She was simplylooking ahead to what wouldhopefully be a long career.
“A Grammy is like an Oscar,”Adele said in between drags of acigarette — one of six she smokedduring an hourlong interview atWest Hollywood’s London Hotel.“You win an Oscar when you givethe performance of your life. Ihope this isn’t the performance ofmy life.”
Fast-forward two years and the concernis no longer whether or not the 23-year-oldartist has already given the performance ofher career, but rather whether she’ll be ableto perform again.
Adele has been sidelined since earlyOctober after vocal hemorrhaging forcedthe star to cancel her 10-city, sold-out U.S.tour. “In terms of recovery, it’s going aswell as could be expected,” said RichardRussell, whose London-based XL Record-ings signed Adele. “We’re taking it one mo-ment at a time.”
The vocal trauma has scarred what hasotherwise been a blissful year for Adele.Her sophomore album, “21,” was awardedsix nominations Wednesday for the 2012Grammy Awards, including one for albumof the year. Additionally, it’s the top-sellingrelease of 2011, with 4.6 million copies
sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.It’s also one of the year’s most critically
beloved releases. Her success has signaledthat songcraft, raw emotion and a dazzlingvoice can still triumph over artifice. Yetthere’s now a chance Adele will be forced
to sit out what could be her corona-tion as the Grammy Awards takeplace Feb. 12.
Russell said Adele would treatthe Grammys with respect. “Musi-cians everywhere have heard of theGrammys, and they’re taken seri-ously, and it’s very few musicianswho can honestly say they wouldn’tbe honored,” he said. “They are anhonor.”
Adele had surgery to repair hervocal damage in early November, and it re-mains unknown when she’ll be given thegreen light to sing again. All accounts, how-ever, are that she is expected to make a fullrecovery. She posted on her official websitethat the operation was a success and thatshe was “chilling out now” until she got the“all-clear” from her doctors.
Without knowing the particulars ofAdele’s case, Dr. Lee Akst, a laryngologistand director of the Johns Hopkins VoiceCenter in Baltimore, said typically perform-ers could fully recover from the surgery, al-though it could take two or three months,possibly more depending on the damage be-fore surgery. Once cleared to sing, Adelewill probably need a three-week rehearsalperiod, Akst said. “It’s not the kind of thingyou go from zero to 60, to being right backonstage tomorrow,” he said.
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