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young’s numbers are deceptive Freshman guard’s inefficiency goes unnoticed DAVID SCHUH
Kernel columnist
James Young is one of two players on UK’s team who is almost a lock to enter this summer’s NBA Draft. He’s a shooting guard who has a lot of potential in a pro-style offense. In college, Young’s deficiencies are hidden by his equally talented teammates. At this point in his basketball career, Young isn’t much more than a volume shooter. Volume shooters are one of the worst kinds of offensive players. They score at a high rate only because they take a proportionally high rate of field goals. A volume shooter is the type of guy who will score 15 points per game on just as many shots.
It all adds up to several wasted possessions. Young is that guy. He averages 14.4 points per game on 12 shots. He shoots 39 percent from the field, sixth among Cats who play consistent minutes. And for a guy who head coach John Calipari once called the “best shooter in the country” earlier this season, Young shoots just 32 percent from behind the arc. It’s odd that this is rarely addressed. The reason is there are so many other scorers to deflect the attention. UK’s senior night win over the University of Alabama was a great example. Young finished 1-of-11 from the field and 1-of-10 from 3point land. He got fairly open looks, but Young never looked comfortable. Still, the Cats won, and very little concern was paid to Young’s worst shooting performance of the season. Simply put, as awful as Young can play, his team still has a great chance to win anyway. So
when it did against Alabama, his nine missed 3-pointers didn’t matter. Only five times in UK’s 30 games has Young shot more than 50 percent from the field. He has the ability to change a game with his outside shooting, but more often than not, he doesn’t add much to the team over another arbitrary sub-40 percent shooter besides more shot attempts. And to be honest, he doesn’t do anything else well. He typically only defends well when shots are falling (a common theme in this UK team). And he isn’t a very good passer, something he’ll need to greatly improve in the NBA. And when he gets there, he’ll showcase a style of play that hasn’t been extraordinarily effective. He has the ability to become a prolific scorer, but at UK, within the confines of Calipari’s offense, he is inefficient at best. He’s just a volume shooter. But luckily for him, not too many people notice.
despite experience, uk’s bench is shaky UK’s two most experienced players had seasons where their quality of play was identical to the state of the program. Sophomore forwards Willie Cauley-Stein and Alex Poythress have seen their playing time fluctuate alongside their production, but their experience is something most UK players do not have. Cauley-Stein started 16 of the first 20 games this season, and Poythress started every game last season. Cauley-Stein has had the most rocky road of all returning Cats. He was a mainstay throughout the first half of the season before he was taken out of the starting lineup during a funk that included two scoreless games and a steep drop in playing time. “I’ve had guys where they said I didn’t show up, and in my head I thought I was there,” Cauley-Stein said. “Once you start making mistakes, it’s like a snowball effect.” Poythress has seen a drop in scoring in comparison with last season due to a drop in minutes. But his rebounding totals and block totals have been comparable to last sea-
son’s marks. Head coach John Calipari said that Poythress had a rough stretch throughout February, but complemented his defensive effort against the University of Florida on Saturday, saying he and Cauley-Stein were the only ones maximizing their responsibilities on defense when the game hung in the balance after a large UK run.
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“Guys don’t think it’s their responsibility,” Calipari said. “Those are the plays that changed the game, that gave us our chance to win the game.” Poythress’ advice to teammates throughout the last two weeks has
been centered on focusing forward and not hanging their heads at the past. “Leave it. Just think about the next game. You can’t think about the last game,” Poythress said. “Nobody can in this world. So you just got to get focused.” Calipari called the Cats timid in their season-finale loss to Florida, a repeat of the last two weeks where he said “a couple guys shouldn’t have been in the game” because of a lack of energy when they lost to Arkansas. Cauley-Stein was taken aback by the comments. “I never thought (energy) was going to be an issue,” Cauley-Stein said. “It just goes to show that you need to keep reiterating stuff before you go to play.” Cauley-Stein has gone through his own focus struggles and said his freshman teammates must not get lost in the moment. “The next thing you know, you’ve made another mistake. Not only are you getting talked to about the first mistake, now it’s the second mistake. And then you’re going to make a third mistake, and next PHOTO BY JONATHAN KRUEGER | STAFF thing you know, you’ve got to take yourself out and take a step back UK sophomore forward Willie Cauley-Stein started 16 of the first 20 games this real quick and get your mind right season, but his production has been inconsistent despite his experience. and go back in.”
The only steady cat
In a season filled with inconsistency, Randle has been UK’s steady performer ngray@kykernel.com
UK’s season has featured anything but predictability — except for the performance of freshman forward Julius Randle. Randle has been consistent and predictable almost to a fault for a Cats offense that has sputtered from the outside since November. He started his college career with a handful of 20point, 10-rebound games including a 27-point, 13-rebound performance against Michigan State University in November’s State Farm Champions Classic. The buzz around Randle grew to the point that fans and the media were predicting that he was going to have a double-double in every game this season. UK’s opponents made
sure that it was not the case. Realizing that Randle was throttling single-and-double team defenses, teams took to triple-teaming him in the high or low post. Early in the season, Randle tended to
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winning bucket in overtime. Calipari said that his passing is good when he is willing to rely on his teammates to make plays. “There are times they’re going to take you away,
Defenses are going to load up on me ... There’s different ways I can affect the game.
try and force a shot up against three defenders instead of passing to an open teammate. Now, Randle has earned seven double-doubles in UK’s last eight games, the exception being against Louisiana State University, where he made the game-
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then they take you away and your teammates do the damage and we win anyway,” Calipari said in February. Randle has fought to get good position on offense in order to help himself and be able to have room to find open teammates. Defenses have tried to trap him into
corners and on the baseline, and it has forced Randle to find other ways to change the game on offense. “It doesn’t have anything to do with me getting the ball in the right spot,” Randle said after the Arkansas loss on Feb. 27. “Defenses are going to load up on me. Regardless, there’s different ways I can affect the game.” He has shown an outside shot that is capable of falling, and his defending has gotten better, Calipari said. Randle, a guy who was the centerpiece of his AAU and high school teams, is learning that there are other ways to use his talents for the team’s success. “If I score or I don’t, it doesn’t really matter,” Randle said after the Cats beat Ole Miss on Feb. 18. “If I do those things (like passing and defending), I think I can put my team in a good position to win if everybody just does what Coach (Calipari) is asking them to do.”
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By Tyler Spanyer tspanyer@kykernel.com
In December, UK Hoops was riding high and looking to grab a 1 seed in this season’s NCAA Tournament. The Cats played well in nonconference play, headlined by a four-overtime win against Baylor University at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. They got news after the game that senior forward DeNesha Stallworth was going to need arthroscopic knee surgery and would be out for five games. “It was my first time being seriously hurt,” Stallworth said. “And I was scared.” Stallworth missed the final four nonconference games and the first SEC game against Alabama. When she returned, she was not the fearless, tenacious rebounder who had left that court in Dallas. The Cats lost against Florida and three other SEC teams
before they were able to “right the ship,” head coach Matthew Mitchell said. “I felt 100 percent when I came back versus Florida,” Stallworth said. “But my conditioning was not there. I think mentally I was worried about re-injury.” It was not until wins against Louisiana State University and the University of
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my conditioning was better,” Stallworth said. Senior forward Samarie Walker said she does not think about what could have been if Stallworth did not get injured. “Everything happens for a reason, and I think it taught us a lesson and made us play harder,” Walker said. Senior guard Kastine Evans said Stallworth gives this team something that no one else can. “For one, size,” Evans said. “When DeNesha is re-
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Tennessee that the Cats started to look themselves again, and it coincided with Stallworth’s increased comfort on the floor. “I would say around the LSU game is when I felt like
bounding it helps us so much more. It also makes the inand-out game more effective because when we feed DeNesha we know we are getting the ball back.” After Stallworth returned,
but before the LSU game, UK lost four of its seven games, including losses to the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama, who were both unranked. In those games, Stallworth averaged just 6.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per contest. Despite those struggles, in the Cats’ final eight regular season games, Stallworth had four double-doubles and scored in double digits in six games. Most importantly, her rebounding returned as she averaged 10.4 per game, including a career-high 20 against Mississippi State University on Feb. 27. The senior forward’s rebounding dipped at the SEC Tournament, but she averaged 15.3 points per game. Stallworth was a national player of the year candidate in the preseason. Injury may have slowed her down and damaged her psyche, but now she is back and knows how important she is to her team’s success. “I know I’m an important piece,” Stallworth said. “RePHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES | STAFF bounding has been my main focus, and I really want to UK senior forward DeNesha Stallworth, who missed five games this step up and do the best I can season due to injury, had four double-doubles in the final eight regular season games. for my teammates.”
What’s next foR the cats? Regardless of scenario, UK will be challenged By Tyler Spanyer tspanyer@kykernel.com
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UK beat Louisville on Dec. 1, but since then, the Cardinals’ only two losses have been to undefeated Connecticut.
March Madness is a time for joy and heartbreak, triumph and defeat. But before any of the 64 women’s teams take the floor, they must be seeded and placed on Selection Monday. For UK Hoops, dreams of a National Championship run will be mapped out on March 17. The draw has three possibilities: good, bad and ugly. UK is looking at a possible 4 seed, which would mean its Sweet 16 matchup could be against the No. 1 seed in its region.
The University of Notre Dame and the University of Connecticut have been the most dominant teams this season, running through their schedules without a loss. The ugliest draw would be with either Notre Dame or Connecticut as the 1seed in the Cats’ region, coupled with the University of Tennessee as the 2-seed. The only positive to this placement would be the proximity to home with Louisville and South Bend, Ind., getting the regional nods (though the South Bend games will be played
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The good, the bad and the ugly
The good: • 1 seed: Stanford • 2 seed: West Virginia • 3 seed: Penn State The bad: • 1 seed: Notre Dame • 2 seed: Louisville • 3 seed: Maryland
The ugly: • 1 seed: Connecticut • 2 seed: Tennessee • 3 seed: Duke
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floating on the bubble Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri fight for NCAA bids
By Nick Gray ngray@kykernel.com
The postseason fate of several SEC teams will depend on the SEC Tournament in Atlanta this weekend. The University of Florida will be a 1seed with its current resume; UK is solidly in the tournament with 12 wins against the RPI Top 100 and one loss outside of it. The RPI is a rankings statistic that the NCAA Tournament selection committee uses to help decide who gets a bid. ESPN, CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated had as many as four SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament. The experts’ “bubbles” are cluttered with a handful of teams from the conference. A “bubble” team is the term given to teams whose chances at an NCAA Tournament bid are questionable. Five teams seeded behind UK and Florida in the conference tournament have different claims to an NCAA Tournament berth with one common denominator — an opportunity to boost their resume starting on Thursday. University of Tennessee Best win: vs. University of Virginia RPI: 44 Record vs. RPI Top 50: 2-5 Tennessee had leads against UK and Florida in the second half of games earlier this season but could not finish off either team. Its resume lacks depth as a result. If Tennessee moves onto the semifinals, a possible matchup against No. 1 Florida will be its best opportunity to feel comfortable on Selection Sunday. But its first game could be against the University of Arkansas, a fellow bubble team. University of Arkansas Best win: UK (twice) RPI: 62 Record vs. RPI Top 50: 3-3 The Razorbacks have won six of their last seven games, picking up a win in Rupp Arena against the Cats two weeks
ago. The Razorbacks are one of two SEC bubble teams that have wins against one of the SEC’s top two. University of Missouri Best win: University of California, Los Angeles RPI: 52 Record vs. RPI Top 50: 2-3 Missouri has skirted toward the bubble with bad losses at Vanderbilt University and the University of Alabama, and a .500 conference record. It does own a series sweep over Arkansas but was swept by Georgia. The Tigers have the most immediate opportunity to improve their chances with a possible quarterfinal matchup against Florida to open up Friday’s action. Louisiana State University Best win: UK RPI: 74 Record vs. RPI Top 50: 2-5 Under head coach Johnny Jones, LSU has four 4-and 5-star recruits but no NCAA Tournament berths. The Tigers’ resume features home wins against UK, Missouri and Arkansas but only three total road wins and four wins against the RPI Top 100. Their SEC Tournament road includes a possible quarterfinal game against the Cats if the Tigers can get past Alabama. University of Georgia Best win: Missouri (twice) RPI: 73 Record vs. RPI Top 50: 0-6 The Bulldogs have no Top 50 wins and had three RPI sub-Top 100 losses during a November tournament. But only Arkansas and Florida can match their record over the last 11 games (83), and Georgia’s road to the SEC Tournament provides a possible semifinal matchup against UK. That matchup is dependent on the Bulldogs defeating Ole Miss on Thursday.
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Mardracus Wade and the Arkansas Razorbacks beat UK at Rupp Arena on Feb. 27. Arkansas is one of several SEC teams that could use wins this weekend to help its NCAA resume.
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Sophomore guard Michael Frazier II Frazier’s stats: 12.9 points, 3.1 3-pointers made and 7.1 3-pointers attempted per game. Stat to watch: Florida’s full-court pressure helped the Gators rank fifth nationally in scoring defense (58.5 points per game).
Freshman forward Julius Randle Randle’s stats: 15.4 points per game, 10.4 rebounds per game, 52 percent shooting. Stat to watch: UK is fifth in the country in rebounding per game (41.3 per game).
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Freshman forward Sindarius Thornwelll Thornwell’s stats: 13.7 points per game (third in the SEC among freshmen). Stat to watch: Gamecocks have the second lowest shooting percentage in the SEC.
Sophomore forward Gavin Ware Ware’s stats: 10 points per game, 7.2 rebounds per game, 58.9 percent shooting. Stat to watch: The Bulldogs finished the season on a 13-game losing streak.
cats’ past has been telling From DeMarcus Cousins’ buzzer-beating bank shot to Ryan Harrow’s emotional postgame interview inside the locker room, the SEC Tournament has produced moments on all sides of the spectrum for UK. It has been a good test for teams and may be telling of what is to come in the NCAA Tournament this season.
2013 UK’s worst season under head coach John Calipari culminated with a loss in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament against a 16-15 Vanderbilt University team that had been swept by UK and was playing in front of a blue-clad crowd. The Cats needed wins to pad their NCAA Tournament resume that had sagged after the loss of Nerlens Noel and defeats to the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama and the University of Arkansas. It did not happen.
2012 Vanderbilt was also the team that knocked off the eventual national champion Cats in the finals of the SEC Tournament in overtime. UK, ranked No. 1 in the polls, did not make a shot in the final 8:04 as its 24game winning streak was broken. Throughout the week, Calipari said he believed that conference tournaments were a nuisance for high-ranked teams. “I wish this would have happened yesterday so we got home a day earlier,” Calipari said after the game.
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A hot UK team stormed into Atlanta and swept through the bracket to claim its 27th SEC Tournament championship. Darius Miller was the trigger throughout the weekend, part of a deep backcourt (Brandon Knight, DeAndre Liggins and Doron Lamb) who outlasted several teams in March. UK used the momentum to win four games in a row in the NCAA Tournament before falling to the University of Connecticut in the Final Four by a point.
The 2010 SEC Tournament reaffirmed two things for UK fans and Calipari: that the Cats were among the most talented teams in the country and that their shooting was going to hold them back in the late rounds of the NCAA Tournament. UK used DeMarcus Cousins’ lastsecond bank shot to force overtime against Mississippi State University. UK outlasted the Bulldogs in overtime to win the SEC Tournament. But its 13-of51 mark from the 3-point line (including a 1-of-13 effort in the quarterfinals against Alabama) showed a crack in the Cats’ armor that was exposed later in the Elite Eight against West Virginia University.
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at Notre Dame). Connecticut’s dominance and proximity makes the Huskies the worst 1-seed to draw. The Volunteers have never missed an NCAA Tournament since its inception in 1982 and have only missed out on the Sweet 16 once, in 2009. Duke as a 3-seed would be a major blow, as the Cats would be facing three of the top four programs in women’s basketball history. After the top four seeds, the competition should be manageable for the Cats. The University of Louisville as a 2-seed would be a test for each team, as the Cats have already beaten the Cardinals this season. Since losing to UK, the Cardinals have lost just twice, both against Connecticut. A battle of the Bluegrass with a Final Four spot on the line would be intense but dangerous for the Cats. The second-tier 3-seed could be the University of Maryland. The Terrapins won eight of their last nine games heading into the postseason, but none were against ranked opponents. The downside to this region is the Cats would have to play in Lincoln, Neb., which is almost 14 hours from Lexington.
UK stuck on elite eight
The “good” option for UK would be Stanford University as the 1-seed. The Cardinal, though talented, have their flaws. Stanford has the third-highest scorer in the nation in senior forward Chiney Ogwumike, who scores 27 points per game. No other Stanford player scores in double digits. The Cardinal also play in the weaker Pac-12, which is the fifth-hardest conference by RPI. The SEC is the best. After Stanford, UK would hope to avoid the streaking University of Nebraska and land West Virginia University, which needed six comeback wins this season to stay near the top of the Big 12 standings. The weakest 3-seed UK would hope to face, in terms of resume, is Pennsylvania State University. Penn State has won a share of the Big 10 title for the third straight season, but has lost games to San Diego State University and the University of Iowa. The downside to this region is that Stanford would host the region, so UK would have to travel across the country to play if it made the Sweet 16 or Elite Eight. These scenarios are all in a perfect world, of course. The reality is that UK will likely get a mixture of good, bad and ugly.
Hoops should hope UConn doesn’t halt its run again KEVIN ERPENBECK Kernel columnist
The regional final has become a wall the Cats can’t seem to surmount. The Cats will appear in their fifth straight NCAA Tournament this season. While it’s a streak that certainly shouldn’t be scoffed at, it’s something that UK and its fans have grown accustomed to. In the NCAA Regional Finals last season, UK Hoops led top-ranked University of Connecticut, 2322, with nine minutes to play in the first half. Hope was starting to surface among UK fans, and the dream of making it to the program’s first Final Four was beginning to look like a possibility. Then Connecticut went on a 26-3 scoring spree in those nine minutes to close out with a 48-26 halftime lead. The dream was dead, and the UK Hoops fan base accepted its team’s losing
fate before the players even took to the court in the second half. It was a familiar sight for the Cats, as they fell to the Huskies in the regional finals just a year earlier. In fact, losing in the Elite Eight in general was becoming a norm for the program, losing there three of the past four years. So UK Hoops fans have to ask themselves: Is expecting anything greater than an Elite Eight appearance just wishful thinking? Will the program ever cement itself as a dominant power in the NCAA Tournament? Unfortunately for the program, losing one game short of a Final Four appearance has also become a customary theme. Considering the opponent the last two years, realizing the dream looked impossible to begin with. Connecticut has proved it is a dominant power in women’s college basketball, winning eight national titles, including last season. When facing an opponent with that much history, the task of winning seems like climbing a thousand-foot wall. But UK has stayed in its
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Matthew Mitchell’s Cats have fallen in the Elite Eight, just short of their first ever Final Four, in three of the past four postseasons.
rut while its closest rivals have won national championships. The University of Tennessee has won eight titles during its illustrious history. Texas A&M University won its first championship during the 2011 season. And most recently, the Cats’ in-state rival, the University of Louisville, went to its second national championship game in five years in 2013. When is it UK’s turn to fulfill the dream? Maybe it’s this year. As it stands, ESPN’s Charlie Creme has UK listed as a 3seed in his Bracketology. The 1-seed in that region is Stanford University, while Louisville, which the Cats already beat this season, is list-
ed as the 2-seed. By not facing Connecticut for a third straight season, a Final Four appearance would look a little more plausible heading into this year’s tournament. No matter what UK’s draw is, it will be all for naught if the team can’t get past its customary Elite Eight wall. If the Cats want to be seen in a different light than in the past, they will have to climb over that wall. If they fall short again this year, it’s tough to imagine them appearing in a semifinal game anytime soon. And the more accustomed the fans get to the team’s expulsion from the Elite Eight, the fainter the Final Four dream will be.
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UK fans love to travel with their beloved basketball team. The SEC Tournament has begun, and many in the Bluegrass will be traveling to represent their team. The SEC Tournament began Wednesday in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome and will end Sunday with the championship game at 3:15 p.m. The tournament falls on the first weekend of spring break for UK students. With no rush to get back for classes on Monday, many students are making the six-hour road
trip to Atlanta. Integrated strategic communicaton junior Cabot Haggin and accounting junior Hunter Porter are going to their first SEC Tournament this year. The two are leaving Thursday afternoon and staying a half mile from the Georgia Dome. “We plan to go to every UK game and all the other games,” Haggin said. “We are staying until Sunday regardless of a Kentucky loss.” Haggin and Porter are first-time travelers to Atlanta and are excited to see what the downtown nightlife is like. They plan to check out bars after the games.
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Atlanta to get into the game. Student tickets are available for the floor and the upper level sections for $10 at the UK window at Gates A& D at the Georgia Dome. “We plan on getting in line around noon for the UK game on Friday,” Rose said. Rose and Sinker plan to go to the SEC FanFare at the International Plaza Outdoor Arena. The FanFare features interactive games, live entertainment and interviews with former SEC basketball players. Admission is free. Brad Ruehl, 28, of Highland Heights, Ky., and three of his high school friends will drive down and attend every game of the tournament. Ruehl and his friends have purchased booklets for
all the sessions up until the championship game. Ruehl said he is nervous for the tournament because of the Cats’ latest struggles in SEC play. “We should win, but the only thing I am worried about is making it to the championship and playing Florida,” he said. Fans hope that this year’s tournament will have a different outcome than last year’s, when UK lost in its first game to 10-seeded Vanderbilt University. “Honestly, I am a little nervous because all the SEC teams are fighting to get into the tournament. There is a high chance Kentucky could be one-and-done in the (SEC) tournament,” Haggin said.
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The next in line?
With his predecessors spread across the NBA, Andrew Harrison faces lofty standards DAVID SCHUH
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Andrew Harrison was supposed to be John Calipari’s next great point guard. He had the size and talent to be the cornerstone of the highest-rated recruiting class ever. But playing for a coach and in a system where so much is placed on the shoulders of that position, Harrison has struggled to play up to the level of the expectations. When a Calipari point guard succeeds or falters, he is held up to the s tandard of his successful predecessors. For Harrison, that has been the lofty memories of former freshmen John Wall, Brandon Knight and Marquis Teague. The problem for Harrison is he has been too much like Teague and not enough like Wall and Knight. Harrison actually has played well. After some early hurdles that all young guards battle, he has settled into his role. Yet on this team, where offense has strangely been hard to find at times, he needs to be more of a scorer than a facilitator.
Wall and Knight made plays. They were big for their position and athletic. They also passed well and dominated individual matchups. Teague, on the other hand, was a prototypical distributing guard. And as the 2011-12 team surged to a national championship, Teague became a stabilizing force, an extension of Calipari on the cour t. Harrison has been more of the latter. His offensive skills rarely impress, relying instead on an efficient distributive role. In fact, he actually has a lower turnover rate than any of his predecessors. But too often he’ll disappear for stretches, relying on others to make plays. And unlike Teague, Harrison doesn’t have an ultraefficient team around him that will make that strategy work. UK needs more. When freshman forward Julius Randle is struggling with triple-team defenses and freshman guard James Young is missing jump
harrison’s freshman stats 10.8 points per game 3.5 assists per game 36.8 percent shooting 2.5 turnovers per game
shots, the Cats’ offense can be shockingly limited. Harrison’s main objective is to get the ball to the right person at the right time. That means different things to different teams at different times. For this team, Harrison needs to take it on himself. As the Cats become stagnant and repetitive on offense, he is the one who must raise their level of play. He needs Wall’s aggressiveness. He needs Knight’s determination. He even needs some of Teague’s game management. The Cats have a lot of question marks entering the SEC Tournament — too many to list. Many of those center around Harrison. He won’t be a carbon copy of any of Calipari’s former point guards. That’s too much to ask when we’ve already seen so much to the contrary. But if Harrison can take just a piece from Wall, Knight and Teague, he’ll be better equipped to be the playmaker who Calipari needs.
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A sweet competition
NYC explosion leaves 2 dead
International students showcase desserts
By Tina Susman and Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times (MCT)
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Aisha Al-Mamari, left, and Eman Al-Maskari, right, serve their dish of awama during the International Dessert Contest on Wednesday. By Yan Wang news@kykernel.com
Students, faculty and staff gathered Wednesday in the Student Center Small Ballroom to taste a variety of sweet treats, learn about food cultures and select the winner of the second International Dessert Contest. The contest was hosted by the Multicultural Affairs Committee of the Student Activities Board. Contestants represented the African Students Association, Arabic Club, Russian Club, Omani Club and Japanese Culture in Kentucky Society. The judging criteria are based on the visual presentation, the taste and the opinions of those tasting the food,
said Teran Sundy, director of the Multicultural Affairs Committee. Points from those tasting the desserts were added up to determine the winner. The Omani Student Association’s recipe for awama, a round, sweet dessert, won the competition. Aisha Al-Mamari, a student from Oman, said awama is a daily dessert in Oman. By participating in this competition, she said the cooks are able to showcase Omani cultural through its traditional food. “I want to show people something from my country, like traditional food,” Al-Mamari said. Eman Almaskri, member of Omani Student Association, said the main ingredi-
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ents include flour, milk powder, starch, oil, sugar and yeast. Annalise Setorie is the assistant director of student involvement and was one of the judges. She said the awama was a good combination of presentation and taste. “It was delicious,” Setorie said. “It’s crunchy on the outside. It’s soft inside. There are lots of different textures and flavors. The glaze on the outside was just magical.” The Japanese Culture in Kentucky Society presented a matcha roll cake. The cake embodied the cultural integration of Japan and Western cultures, said Naomi Hayes, the secretary of the Japanese Culture in Kentucky Society. “Nowadays, (the Japan-
ELEANOR HASKEN
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Editor’s note: This column begins a four-part weekly series about feminism and women’s portrayal in the media. One of the first responses I received after “coming out” as a feminist was: “So, do you organize rallies and things?” I stammered as I tried to respond. I don’t organize rallies, but isn’t that what feminists are supposed to do? If I was a feminist, shouldn’t I be out there burning bras and engaging in lesbian relationships? That’s what feminists do, right? Wrong. Feminism is much more complex than that. I left my first conversation as a proclaimed femi-
nist more confused than I thought possible. I had gone to an all-girl high school, so I was not used to being around males 24/7 as an adult. Coming to college, my faith in humanity was shaken. The men I began to encounter were rude and crass. They would frequently say things to women like “get back in the kitchen” or express general surprise that I cared about video games and comic books. The first time the thought crossed my mind that I may hate the male gender, I thought, “I guess I am a feminist.” I absolutely hated that thought. “Feminism” was a dirty word. Growing up, popular culture described feminists as being horrible man-haters with unshaven armpits and no bras. Good women weren’t supposed to be like that. I wasn’t supposed to be like that. See HASKEN on page 9
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One woman clutched a slip of paper with the name of someone she said lived in one of the destroyed buildings, which had a total of 15 apartments. The man whose name was on the paper had not arrived at work, and his family was worried, the woman said, as she tried to report him missing to police. Officials have not identified the confirmed dead except to say they were women. Among the injured were two FBI agents who sustained minor injuries when the explosion went off while they were driving by, according to a spokesman.
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I heard the boom ... It’s always in the back of my mind that it could be something wrong.” DAMIAN LOPEZ Building resident
The mayor said there had been complaints from people who said they smelled gas. The complaints came 15 minutes before the explosion when a leak was reported to Con Edison, the local utility. Con Ed sent a team to the scene but the explosion took place before the team arrived, de Blasio said. One of the side-by-side buildings that had been leveled had a piano store on the ground floor, while the other had a storefront church.
SG Supreme Court upholds election results By Anne Halliwell
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ese) often mix macha with many desserts with the Westernization,” Hayes said. “It is a good presentation of how Japanese take their own culture and mix it with influences of other countries.” Hayes said matcha powder is commonly used in Japan and it became popular after it reached to Japan from China. The goal of the event was to open students up to other cultures. Sundy said the event helps students to expand their horizons. “It will allow (students) to learn organizations and cultures they have not known before,” Sundy said. “It is a good way to relax and just have some fun in the meanwhile.”
NEW YORK — Damian Lopez said he was asleep in his apartment at 9:31 a.m. when he heard thunder. At least he thought it was thunder. “I heard the boom. But it was more like a rumble,” said Lopez, who lives at 108th Street and Park Avenue, about eight blocks from where a gas leak caused a massive blast Wednesday. “I thought two things,” he said. “That it could be thunder. But then it’s always in the back of my mind that it could be something wrong.” Two buildings on Park Avenue in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan were substantially destroyed by an explosion and a five-alarm fire that burned through the morning. Two deaths were confirmed and more than 20 injuries were reported as officials continued to track down the missing. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference the number of missing remained unclear. Some, he emphasized, might simply be at work and unaware that police were trying to account for them as search teams scoured the wreckage of what had been the pair of residential and commercial buildings. The block on which the buildings stood was closed to all but residents and emergency workers. The acrid smell of smoke wafted through the air, extending even below ground into area subway tunnels. Shards of glass littered streets immediately adjacent to the stricken block, where a gaping hole marked the spot of the explosion.
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The Student Government Supreme Court upheld the original election results on Wednesday after the Ingram-Jackson and DeanPulliam campaigns argued claims of election infractions. Both filed claims of election infractions last week and presented their evidence to the seven justices of the SG Supreme Court in the College of Law
Building on Wednesday night. “We’re just happy that the Supreme Court decided what we knew was right,” Jake Ingram, the presidentelect, said. The Dean-Pulliam campaign had called for nullification of votes cast for Ingram-Jackson. Micaha Dean and Evan Pulliam filed claims that Ingram-Jackson campaigned while class was in session and in restricted areas. They also said Jake Ingram’s
Twitter access to the SG website was unfair. Another claim said Ingram and running mate Mariel Jackson exceeded their allotted campaign funds in soliciting Ingram’s father to film and edit part of their videos. “I don’t know what a fair retail price is for a service like this … from a father to a son,” said Nolan Jackson, a UK law student who was defending Ingram and Jackson. He is Mariel Jackson’s brother.
Ingram and Jackson argued that the Dean-Pulliam ticket exceeded the maximum number of posters by including QR codes that led to pages on their website and by hanging handbills on boards. “It’s very difficult to turn over an election,” Dean said. “We look forward to seeing what SG does next year.”
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UK students fasting for charity $5 Fast, a group of about 150 students, has raised $20,000 in 2 years By Kenny Hamilton news@kykernel.com
Nutrition junior Taylor Pauley sat down for lunch with everything she needed. Her laptop sat in front of her with headphones plugged in to block out the roar of the Student Center cafeteria. She was perfectly prepared for a great lunch — except she had no food. It was the time of week where she purposefully skips a meal. Pauley is the president of a UK group called $5 Fast, an affiliate of the Christian Student Fellowship. He is one of about 150 other students on campus who participate. They
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fast for one meal each week, for one month of each semester. These students skip meals and give the money they would have spent on food to someone in need. Pauley said the hunger from a lost meal is nothing compared with the satisfaction found in giving to others. “(The hunger) reminds you of the person you are fasting for,” Pauley said. “I’m skipping this one meal for someone in need.” Since its formation two years ago, $5 Fast has raised about $20,000 for people in need. A CSF student with mental disabilities and a professor in financial need are
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two of the people who have received money from the group. Health effects from fasting vary, depend on the length and frequency of the fast. “(There are) no health effects with skipping one meal,” said Ingrid Richard Adams, an associate extension professor with UK’s Department of Human Nutrition. “However, if you consistently skip meals, say breakfast, this could cause someone to intake larger meals throughout the day. This can make weight control harder.” The group credits its endeavor to its members’ religious faith.
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“We want to be a part of God’s physical and spiritual restoration of people,”the group’s website, fivedollarfast.org, read. “Five Dollar Fast is about this restoration happening one meal, one project, one person at a time.”
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HASKEN Continued from page 1 On the Internet, empowered women are described as “feminazis” (thank you, Rush Limbaugh). The goal of a feminazi, according to Encyclopedia Dramatica, is to “literally (turn) women into men.” But that’s “straw feminism,” a variant of the staw man attack that sets up an opponent based on stereotypes to easily knock them down. It goes to the extreme — an obese woman who perfectly embodies every negative feminist stereotype possible. A parody example of “straw feminism” is featured on the show “Portlandia,” where the owners of Women and Women First, a feminist bookstore from the show, take the practices to the extreme.
Is this extreme portrayal that much more exaggerated than the way empowered women are traditionally portrayed in popular culture? The person who asked me if I had organized rallies only considered those heavily stereotyped portrayals of feminists. Portrayals that indicated a direct correlation between feminism and rallies. But feminism extends far beyond rallies. There have been three waves in feminism over the years, and rallies were more of a focal point during the first two waves as feminists focused on larger, singular issues. But the third wave of feminism, what our generation is currently in, does not focus on one singular issue like past generations. Our primary issues include rape culture, reproductive rights and slut shaming. UK’s campus is hosting
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an event that proves we have broader issues than the right to vote and workplace equality — the Take Back the Night walk. Hosted by the UK Violence Intervention Prevention Center, Take Back the Night is centered on a “visible stand against powerbased personal violence in our city.” We have an opportunity to stand up as people and fight against portrayals of straw feminism. By speaking out against the issue and continuing to prove that we are not a congealed mass of overplayed stereotypes, straw feminism can become a thing of the past. Eleanor Hasken is the Kernel’s assistant photo editor and the editor of The Kentuckian. Her column appears weekly in the Kernel. Email ehasken@ kykernel.com.
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