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Women candidates debate on campus
Commonwealth gets three female lieutenant governor candidates for first time in state’s history By Lexington Souers news@kykernel.com
This year’s unprecedented lieutenant governor’s race features only female candidates. Two candidates, Jenean Hampton and Heather Curtis, would bring more diversity to the office. Hampton would be the first African American, and Curtis would be a part of the first husband and wife team. Sannie Overly, the Democratic candidate and running mate of Jack Conway, has served as the state representative for the 72nd state district. “It’s important that we have women at the table when big decisions are being made,” Overly wrote in an email. “It helps ensure that Kentucky’s women and families have a true voice in the future of our Commonwealth.” Overly wrote female politicians face the same issues that women in other fields face. These shared issues are what
makes having a woman in office so important, she said. “Having more women in elected office is the key to overcoming some of these challenges that we face,” Overly wrote. “A female lieutenant governor will ensure that women have a strong voice in state government, and will have the opportunity to be an advocate for Kentucky’s women and families.” Hampton, a former Air Force captain and the running mate of Republican Matt Bevin, said she is running because of her passion for Kentucky, not because she wants to make history. “I know I’m female, I know I’m black, but I don’t approach life as Jenean Hampton, female black person,” Hampton said. “I’m in it because I believe I have something to offer to Kentuckians.” Hampton said her ability to empathize with people, especially those who are poor and
struggling, has to do with her childhood as well as her sex. “Do I have a special view point because I’m a woman? I don’t think so.” Hampton said. “I’m just Jenean.” Curtis, wife and running mate of Drew Curtis, is new to the political world of Kentucky. Curtis was trained as a therapist, but became chief operating officer of the couples’ independent business in order to be closer to their children. Curtis said she was surprised by the buzz that surrounds the lieutenant governor’s race. “What I’ve heard about Kentucky politics is that it’s an old boys network, and there are a lot of problems with that if that’s true,” Curtis said. “So if that’s the case, then ... yes, I’m glad that there’s more women in politics. I think that we can change things.” Curtis and her husband are running as independents. During the debate, Curtis said she would focus on mental health
PHOTO BY BELLE LEININGER I STAFF From left to right: Independent candidate Heather Curtis, Democratic candidate Sannie Overly, and Republican candidate Jenean Hampton. The three women are running for Lieutenant Governor.
and small businesses. She said she would work with legislators to help process the 3,000 untested rape kits in the state. Curtis said her ability to listen, a skill she has cultivated over her years of being a mother and COO, would help her in office. “Listening is a stereotypi-
cal skill of women, and if that’s what I can bring to Kentucky, I think I can do it well and I can do it in a really valuable way,” Curtis said. “Once you listen, you know what the problems are and you have a whole lot more ideas of how to solve them.” While Kentuckians may not
know who will be in office after the Nov. 3 elections, one thing is certain, a woman will take the position of lieutenant governor for the third time in state history. “This is why it’s so great, that no matter who wins, Kentucky will have a woman as our next lieutenant governor,” Overly wrote.
‘Sage Rabbit’ owners taking their second shot By Emily Markanich news@kykernel.com
Business is up and down and could get better for new Chevy Chase restaurant, Sage Rabbit. Head chef and owner John Foster and his wife and business partner, Nance Everts, opened up shop in July in hopes of a second chance at the restaurant business after co-owning Harvest a few years back. “The only issue we have now is people don’t know about us,” Foster said. Foster said portions aren’t small and their menu is full of made-from-scratch items and is constantly changing. “We need to push local more and more because it keeps everything here,” Foster said. “(It) keeps money in the community, jobs in the community and food in the community.” Elmwood Stock farms in Georgetown set aside 30 hens a week for Foster when they heard Foster was opening Sage Rabbit. There is no walk-in freezer at Sage Rabbit. Foster said they preserve food items like the 2030 pounds of local tomatoes they have stored for January. “Friday afternoon at about 5
John Foster’s Top Dishes 1. Pan-Fried Oyster Appetizer “I had people who ate at Harvest, who when they first heard I was opening a restaurant, the first thing they asked me was not, ‘What are you going to serve?’ They said, ‘Are the oysters going to be on the menu?’”
The exterior view of Sage Rabbit on Tuesday.
o’clock the grower and one of my main suppliers came in and dropped a 275 pound pig on us. Whole pig, head and all,” Foster said. With all that pork, Line Chef Amy Harris, also know as the ‘resident magician,’ planned some specials for Sage Rabbit’s first ‘pork week.’ Along with local farmers, Sage Rabbit also embraces lo-
cal breweries. The drink menu changes once a month to go with the season. “I always run things by John or the kitchen (because) it’s meant to be a symbiotic thing,” bar manager Joann Greenwood said. “It’s very much a partnership in the way things are decided upon.” For example, Greenwood and Pastry Chef Missy Arm-
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City officials prepare for likely traffic fiasco
Traffic prompts playing hooky for gameday By Joshua Qualls jqualls@kykernel.com
As expected, students and faculty members are divided over classes being canceled for Thursday night’s football game against Auburn. Instructors who teach on Thursdays are concerned about the commute to campus and many students who have class want to enjoy UK’s first Thursday night football game since 1939. The university decided not to cancel all classes despite expected traffic problems. Eric Monday, the executive vice president of Finance and Administration, sent a campuswide email Tuesday and said it would ultimately be up to the instructors to decide whether to have class. Instructors typically do not park in game day restricted areas, but many anticipate students will have trouble finding parking or will decide to skip class. Some instructors gave their students the option to attend class, while others have decided to cancel. Mark Stuhlfaut, an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Strategic Communications, teaches a 2 p.m. class on Thursdays, has a midterm exam scheduled on game day and said he will not
cancel class. “It’s a matter of principle,” Stuhfaut said. “The function of the university is to educate students and have regular classes.” Stuhlfaut’s class ends at 3:15 p.m., leaving several hours before kick-off. Stuhlfaut said students will have enough time to leave class and do whatever they want. “I think it’s kind of trivial
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I think the university could have done a better job with scheduling.”
MICHELLE SHAMROE human health sciences freshman to have classes canceled because of a sporting event,” said Michelle Shamroe, a human health sciences freshman who has two classes canceled because of the game. “In all honesty, I think that the university could have done … a better job with scheduling.” Like many students, Shamroe parks in K Lot and will have to move her car to the
Lexington Legends’ Whitaker Bank Ballpark by Thursday at 7 a.m. Shamroe had a midterm scheduled for Thursday, but it was pushed back a week. Despite her criticism, she welcomes the relief during midterms and admitted having classes canceled is fun. “I think that a lot of students are planning on not coming to class,” Shamroe said. “Some will just see it as a hassle.” Gray Manis, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, teaches a class at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays, which is only an hour before the scheduled start of the game. He expected his students would want to go to the game or avoid the traffic and parking troubles, so he decided to reschedule class. Manis expected problems at the beginning of the semester and requested to have his Thursday night class moved to Tuesday night because of the game. The administration approved his request. “I think it’s a great opportunity for the university to get some national exposure,” Manis said. “I’m all for it.” The Kernel reached out to several professors who canceled classes because of the game, but all declined to comment.
Lexington police and Lextran coordinate to ease flow of traffic for UK’s showdown with Auburn By Joshua Qualls jqualls@kykernel.com
The university has been preparing for the Thursday night football game against Auburn for over a year, but many commuters are concerned about the flow of traffic through Lexington on Thursday. UK has developed a comprehensive parking plan for students, faculty and staff, but UK’s power is limited in alleviating traffic conditions off-campus. As a result, the Lexington Police Department and Lextran have both developed plans to help the university community and other commuters get from point A to point B on game day. LPD spokeswoman Anne Welch said they expect a convergence of daily commuter traffic with the elevated amount of traffic the city normally experiences from football games held on Saturday nights. “Even if it’s just average attendance for the UK game, it is definitely going to bring more traffic into the area —
especially during those rush hours,” Welch said. “What we are really hoping to do is get our normal commuters ... to plan around the game day traffic that we are expecting to be coming in.” LPD is asking commuters to plan alternate routes and avoid the campus area if they can. It will also release realtime traffic updates on Twitter to inform those who must travel through the area about what to expect. “Hopefully we will be able to assist our motorists and especially our commuters getting in and out with some alternate routes and some things to do should that become necessary on game day,” Welch said. Whereas Nicholasville Road typically has three outbound lanes open during rush hour, the road will have two lanes open on both sides to help increase flow through the city. Jill Barnett, Lextran’s director of community affairs, said the police are usually very good at communicating with Lextran about signal and access control throughout
the city, as well as the areas where high traffic volume is expected. She said Lextran is accustomed to the traffic conditions during Saturday football games, but it will be a challenge, especially for bus routes, because it will mix with commuters from the campus community, the hospitals and other places around town. “We’ve been working to get information in an effort to serve our passengers as best we can,” Barnett said. Lextran will begin detouring some of its routes at 3 p.m. in an effort to avoid delays or traffic jams near Commonwealth Stadium, and it will use social media to communicate information about delays on any affected bus route, or if any stop needs to be relocated. “Any time there is a football game or a special event that creates increased traffic of this level, we encourage passengers to expect delays,” Barnett said. “Unfortunately we’re just like a car in that we get stuck in traffic just like (drivers) do.”
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Associate professor leads research on Tet Offensive in Vietnam War By Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com
Associate professor LienHang Nguyen has spent her career studying one of America’s most controversial wars, and now she’s writing book about one of its most pivotal moments. Nguyen plans to have the book completed by January 2018 in time for the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Tet Offensive, a campaign of surprise attacks on military and civilian compounds by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces against U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. “I had an idea to write a comprehensive history of the battles that incorporated the Tet Offensive because it was probably one of the most wellknown events of the Vietnam War,” Nguyen said. “When I looked around for histories of that offensive, there just weren’t that many that really told the whole story.” Nguyen is originally from Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, which played a major role in the war. She said she had a personal connection to the war because her father and several of her uncles fought for the South Vietnam-
ese Army, and some relatives joined the Communist revolution in the South. As the youngest of nine children, Nguyen said she grew up listening to relatives talk about the war and how it impacted her family. She has taught at UK since 2006 after earning her Ph.D. at Yale University and completing a fellowship at Harvard University. In addition to the history of the Vietnam War, Nguyen focuses on U.S. foreign relations with Southeast Asia and how American policy during the Cold War helped shape the current status of the region. Her first book was on former president Richard Nixon, who is often remembered for the Watergate Scandal that led to his resignation is also the president credited for opening relations with China. “I was interested in how Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger shaped policy towards the Vietnam War as well as Southeast Asia,” Nguyen said. She said her book on Nixon focuses his strategies to end the Vietnam War and how they were effective “in certain ways.” “In pretty much every way (the war) affected Vietnam’s
PHOTO BY CAMERON SADLER I STAFF Lien-Hang Nguyen poses for a portrait in her office on Tuesday.
development for the remainder of the Cold War and beyond,” Nguyen said. In the classroom, Nguyen said she tries teach history in a way that makes it more relatable, from telling stories to having students participating in role play.
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She said that she encourages students to respectfully debate each other to grow intellectually and learn to see different perspectives. “Whenever I do organize discussion, it’s just great debate,” Nguyen said. “Great intellectual debates.”
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UK needs low-income housing The ever-present sound of construction means new classrooms and dorms, but it could be bad news for UK’s low-income students. According to the UK Campus Housing website, students pay $2,393 per semester to live in the Kirwan-Blanding complex for the 2015-16 school year — the cheapest on-campus housing option. These dorms make up just 5 percent of campus housing. Soon, lower-priced dorms will stand empty or be torn down and new, more expensive dorms will likely fill the void. As a community we must ask, where will students from low-income families go? “There’s tons of kids that want to go to UK that can’t afford it, so they don’t,” architecture freshman Jesse Cornelius said. “They stay in their hometown. If they did lower the prices, a lot more kids would show up.” A month of “rent” in Kirwan-Blanding dorms will be just under $500 for the 2016-17 school year. Offcampus housing is often about the same price. For two person suites, which will be 65 percent of UK’s housing in 2016, students will spend $4,142 a semester — over $900 a month. “I hope people look at the value that can come from living on (campus) and how
enriching it is,” said President Eli Capilouto in an interview with the Kentucky Kernel. “Our financial aid arrangements allow (students) to cover housing too.” While financial aid helps pay for housing, more than $900 a month for rent is still expensive, especially for in-state students. Kentucky is one of the poorest states in the
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While financial aid helps pay for housing, more than $800 a month is still expensive”
country, according to Poverty USA. “The likelihood of students’ success increases when you live on campus,” Capilouto said. “Your likelihood of getting out of here in four years, which is a cost saving means I think, increases.” While older dorms are replaced, students who cannot afford to live on campus have nowhere to go but off-campus apartments and houses. Like Capilouto said, those students
The Kirwan-Blanding Complex currently provides the lowest-income housing for students.
are less likely to succeed than those on-campus. On-campus students can take advantage of the Living Learning Program, known as residential academic experience. According to the LLP website, “Students involved in
the Living Learning Programs are retained at higher rates, are more engaged in University life, adjust more quickly to the academic demands of college.” Do students from lower-income families not deserve the success that comes with living
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in a dorm? According to Capilouto, “The price, when you compare it to our peers, and choices that students can make about what college they want to attend, you will see that we are (UK) where everybody else is,” Loans and financial aid help
low-income students come to UK, but living on campus can be a financial struggle. As Kentucky’s flagship university, UK needs to create affordable housing. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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Overly wins debate with Pabst Blue Ribbon is governmental experience king of common beers Jack Conway’s running mate uses political ben wade, Kernel illustrator
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Superior confidence and political experience allowed Democrat Sannie Overly to win the Lieutenant Governor’s debate on campus Tuesday night. Overly, the only state representative candidate and running mate of Jack Conway, used her knowledge of legislation and government work groups to answer questions. Jenean Hampton, Republican running mate of Matt Bevin, referred more to busi-
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questions. Like the governor’s debate in September, the republican and democratic candidates spent time criticizing each other rather than answering questions about policies. Curtis, in her closing statement, was the only candidate to speak solely about her platform. Hampton, along with the expected mudslinging, relied on the idea of bringing business to Kentucky for too many issues.
Overly ended up on top, especially after explaining a plan to increase the minimum wage.”
ness experience than knowledge of government. Heather Curtis, wife and running mate of Independent Drew Curtis, gave fresh answers to questions about poverty and the pay gap, but was soft spoken amid tough
Overly, on the other hand, let her governmental experience shine through with the rape kit question. Overly said the audit that uncovered the backlog of rape kits gives recommendations to solve the problem, like requiring that
kits be tested within a certain time period. Curtis also suggested a time limit, but Overly was the only candidate to reference the audit. On issues of poverty and opportunity, Hampton took a lead by using her youth in the Detroit’s West Side to bring personal experience. While Overly and Curtis brought more interesting answers to questions of poverty. Overly ended up on top, especially after explaining a plan to increase the minimum wage. Hampton opposed raising the wage completely, and Curtis suggested raising the wage but exempting small businesses. Through her knowledge of how other states raise the minimum wage, Overly suggested a three year plan that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour gradually, enough to let businesses adjust. Overly’s experience and knowledge of government is irreplaceable when debating how to run a state that is struggling to provide for its citizens. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
ADAM PENNAVARIA Beer Columnist
I may or may not have the reputation amongst my friends for only drinking snobby, unheard of beers. Some seem to be under the impression that I refuse to let anything but the finest craft brews flow freely over my tasters. However, I come to you today to tell you that this is only partially true. There is a single massproduced beer that I will enthusiastically drink until the day my liver quits. This beer is the legendary, flavorful and magnificently reliable Pabst Blue Ribbon. PBR isn’t just a beer, it’s a mentality — it’s a way of life. Much in the same way that one adopts a religion as one’s basis for many of life’s decisions, one may adopt PBR as a higher calling. There’s something about the familiar red, blue and silver can (or bottle) that’s just reassuring. It reminds me that there’s still cheap happiness in the universe. Few things bring me greater joy than one
of my friends tapping me on the shoulder and saying, “Hey, wanna pick up a 30rack of PBR and watch half a season of Parks & Rec?” I developed a soft spot for PBR some time over the last two years. It offered something that Budweiser, Miller and Coors just couldn’t: a non-craft niche. I like to observe the different drinks
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knows it’s great. I can walk down the street carrying a large quantity of PBR without feeling the shame that I would feel if I were carrying the same quantity of Steel Reserve, or worse, Bud Light. Whenever I’m trying to ball on a budget or play one of my go-to drinking games, PBR is what my eye instantly
PBR isn’t just a beer, it’s a mentality — it’s a way of life.”
that different social groups typically consume. It seems to me that PBR transcends more social groups than any other beer on the market; Greeks love it, athletes love it, nerds love it and hipsters (REALLY) love it. I think it’s safe to say that handing someone a can of the alleged best beer in the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago is a surefire sign of a friendship built to last. PBR is consistent. PBR is steadfast. PBR is safe. It knows its worth, and it
lands on. Am I going overboard with my adoration of this initially unimpressive beverage? Possibly. Do I sound like the follower of a PBR-obsessed cult? Probably. But does PBR hold a spot in my heart formed from many a night spent tossing back can-after-can that no other mass-produced beer could ever hold? Absolutely. Adam Pennavaria is the beer columnist for the Kentucky Kernel Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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6’9’’ 224lbs Forward Junior Antioch, Calif. Lee has yet to live up to expectations because he hasn’t had the chance with
so many NBA draft picks playing in front of him. Now, Lee has a chance to put his athleticism and shotblocking abilities on display, after showing them in yeas prior.
Skal Labissiere
6’11’’ 225lbs Forward Freshman Port-au-Prince, Haiti The long, athletic forward comes to UK as the crown jewel of the 2015 recruiting
class. His length allows him to be a great rim protector and his shooting touch will allow him to contribute right away on offense. He needs to gain weight and muscle to succeed in the low post.
Tyler Ulis
5’9’’ 160lbs Guard Sophomore Lima, Ohio After a year of backing up Andrew Harrison, Ulis is now ready to take full control of
the offense. The point guard has stepped up as the leader of this team and will look to contribute to wins with his shooting and playmaking on offense and swarming speed on defense.
Charles Matthews 6’6’’ 189lbs Guard Freshman Chicago, Ill. Often considered an afterthought in the incoming recruiting class, Matthews will
find his niche on the defensive side of the ball rather than on offense. His 6’6” frame and long arms will help him step up and be one of the team’s best perimeter defenders from the start of the season.
Dominique Hawkins 6’0’’ 190lbs Guard Junior Richmond, Ky. The third year guard will look to be a bigger part of the rotation this season after
working hard on his jump shot this summer. Hawkins will provide pesky defense off the bench and could be more of a threat on offense, now with more confidence in his shot.
Mychal Mulder
6’4’’ 185lbs Guard Junior Windsor, Canada The junior college prospect was brought in with the reputation of being a lights
out shooter. He will be vital to the team by providing spacing and driving lanes for the guards. His height gives him the potential be a solid defender for the Cats throughout the season.
Isaiah Briscoe
6’3’’ 202lbs Guard Freshman Newark, N.J. Briscoe was the No. 1 ranked point guard coming
out of high school. His size allows him to bully his defender into the lane and finish through contact at the rim. His shooting ability allows Calipari to play him alongside Ulis.
Isaac Humphries
7’0’’ 260lbs Forward Freshman Sydney, Australia The 17-year-old big man was the last addition in this year’s recruiting class. His
size gives the team a defender that can guard the more opposing big men the Cats may come across. He also comes in with a nice outside stroke that will be dangerous in the pick-and-pop game.
Alex Poythress
6’8’’ 230lbs Forward Senior Clarksville, Tenn. It has yet to be seen how Poythress has recovered from the ACL tear he suffered at
the beginning of last season, but either way he will be a vital veteran presence. His size and athleticism allows for him to guard multiple positions and be great at pulling down offensive boards.
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Tyler Ulis: Coaching on and off the court Tyler 2.0 is ready to lead Cats after offseason transformation By Josh Ellis sports@kykernel.com
One after another each player walked into the locker room of Lucas Oil Stadium with a state of shock and disbelief on his face. It was over – the undefeated season, the pursuit for UK’s ninth national championship, the making of history. All gone. Losing to Wisconsin in the Final Four wasn’t what the 2014-15 UK men’s basketball team had in mind, and there was one player in particular who may have been hurting more than any other player on the team – Tyler Ulis. On top of suffering the devastating defeat to Wisconsin, Ulis knew he was about to lose a handful of teammates to the NBA. But he knew that next season, it was his time to shine – it was his team to lead. Seven Cats departed to the 2015 NBA Draft, challenging head coach John Calipari to do what he’s known to do best – reload. But this time Caliapri made something very clear, he was going to center this year’s team around the tenacious 5-foot-9 160-pound point guard. “I can do less coaching, let him do more,” Calipari said. “I let him call the plays. It’s like having a quarterback (who’s) not getting signals from the sidelines. You do what you think you need to do.” Ulis accepted his new role as leader of the team head on, noting that he’ll have a much higher level of responsibility with the Harrison twins gone. And with a bunch of new faces in the backcourt this year, leading this new group might take some getting used to for Ulis. “Yeah it’s strange, especially you know walking in the locker room with our picture from last year and none of those guys are here anymore,” Ulis said. “It’s just different, it just shows you what Cal does with this program. He just made everyone’s dream come true last year so now we have a different team.” Understanding the task at hand, one would think Ulis would’ve gotten right to work during the offseason in preparation to lead his team to another Final Four. He did the exact opposite. Right after the Wisconsin loss, when the team was on its post-season break from basketball, Ulis shut everything down. No shooting and no drills, just rest. The Lima, Ohio, native had been suffering with shin splints throughout the 2014-15 season, and they had begun to take a toll on him as the year progressed. “Last year was tough, coming into halftime I could barely walk. I just had to play through it and gut it out – it helped me out a lot that we had 10 guys to play a lot of minutes,” Ulis said.
The freshman point guard known for his quickness and agility, was beginning to go to war not only with the opponents at hand, but also with his own body. Once the season ended, Ulis stepped away from basketball. He said it was one of the longest times he had been away from the game, putting his full attention on his body. “I was just trying to basically focus on my body – because like Cal said ‘my game is my game,’ so I was focused on gaining weight and getting stronger,” Ulis said. “I was sitting out and making sure my legs rested.” The offseason had ended almost as quickly as it had started, pulling all 14 players back to the Bluegrass to begin their journey for title number nine. When Ulis returned to campus, it seemed as if he was a whole different player – a Tyler 2.0. Ulis said he had been watching a lot of film from last year and wasn’t happy with his speed. But after working at it, there’s ample parts of his game that he feels have improved since from last season. “I’m a lot faster, a lot more explosive, I can stop and go a lot better,” Ulis said. “Defensively I’ll be better. Last year was really tough on me but now I just feel like I have a lot more quickness and explosiveness.” This new Tyler 2.0 caught the eye of Calipari, who called Ulis “the best player on the team – and it ain’t close.” Calipari had another challenge for his leading point guard however, to be a coach on and off the court. “To lead, you have to be with them. You’ve got to be around,” Calipari said. “They all look at him when he tells them to do stuff, they listen and that’s really powerful for me as a coach because there will be times in huddles and I’ll say, ‘Tyler, what do you think we should be doing?’ And he’ll say, ‘Let’s do this.’ ‘You guys got that, everybody good? Okay, let’s go.’” Isaiah Briscoe, who has created a special bond with Ulis since arriving on campus, has been mentored by Ulis and believes the two can compete well together this season. “He’s a leader on and off the court,” Briscoe said. “On the court, he’s been showing me how to be a point guard and staying poised in certain situations. We work out together all the time.” The responsibility weighing on Ulis’ shoulders will be heavy this season, but it’s nothing Ulis can’t handle. He knows his time to lead is now. “I understand the things I have to do. (Coach Calipari) isn’t asking me to lead the country. He’s just asking me to run a basketball team. It’s really not that hard. I just have to lead us to win.”
Jamal Murray
6’4’’ 207lbs Guard Freshman Kitchener, Canada He spent the summer lighting up international teams in the Pan American Games. He
will be one of the top scoring options for UK, as he has shown great ability getting to the rim and creating his own shot. He will be competing for time with Briscoe and Ulis for the majority of the season.
Derek Willis
6’9’’ 220lbs Forward Junior Mt. Washington, Ky. The skilled forward is primed to get some major playing time this season. He
offers a different skill set than some of the other forwards on the team with the combination of his outside shooting and ball handling. As a returning player, he should see more playing time this season.
PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF Tyler Ulis poses for a portrait at the Joe Craft Center in September.
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After a devastating ACL injury ended his junior year early, Alex Poythress is back and ready to take on his senior season. As a player who potentially could have entered the NBA draft after his freshman year, few expected him to stick around for all four years. But he is here and is reveling in his newly found leadership role. “I definitely feel like our team kind of looks at Alex (Poythress) and I for questions and answers,” junior Marcus Lee said. “Whenever something happens, they just look towards us. It’s kind of a great thing. It puts us on our toes and makes sure we are always doing the right thing.” Despite the motto, “Roar for 22,” Poythress has a quiet demeanor off the court, but is still determined to step up as a leader. “It’s good. Being one of the leaders of this team, I have to step up,” Poythress said. “Myself, Tyler (Ulis), and Marcus (Lee), we have to lead the team by example and by voice, so we just need to lead the team and come in prepared for games.” The forward had surgery to repair his ACL last season but according to head coach John Calipari, he is still not at full speed. “He’s about 75 percent. We need him to be something, like he’s got to be a beast,” Calipari said. “Again, I think with Tyler what we did those two days, every scout said the same thing: ‘Wow, he’s got a chance.’ Now he’s got to get healthy, he’s got to get more confident in his body.
It’s not just confidence in, ‘I can make a shot,’ it’s that he’s confident that I can come down hard and I’m going to be fine.” Poythress has a big weight on his shoulders, being one of the lone veterans on a team of mostly freshman after seven of his teammates left for the NBA. After watching three years skate by, many teammates leaving and championships slipping through his fingers, Poythress is ready to make the most of his unexpected senior year. Finishing his business marketing degree in only three years and now work-
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ALEX POYTHRESS
senior forward
ing toward his masters in sports leadership, Poythress is a proven worker on and off the court. He plans to take his game to the next level by downplaying his weaknesses. “Playing to my strengths is really what is going to get me to the next level,” Poythress said. “Playing to my strengths and staying away from the weaknesses, and just highlighting what I can do.” The McDonald’s AllAmerican has been named to the Naismith preseason watchlist along with teammate Tyler Ulis. Almost recovered, Alex is ready to be great again.
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Cats face tough opponents in SEC South Carolina: The strongest returning group in the SEC belongs to the South Carolina Gamecocks. Head coach Frank Martin welcomes back five players who averaged more than 20 minutes a game last season. Last year the Gamecocks beat five teams that went on to the NCAA tournament, so the talent was there but the consistency was not. Finding consistency will be the key to USC competing with UK for the SEC title.
Georgia: Georgia has seen steady improvment over the last few years, resulting in a trip to the NCAA tournament last year. The Bulldogs return several players, bringing a sense of confidence and purpose. Head coach Mark Fox will rely on his backcourt trio of Kenny Gaines, J.J. Frazier and Charles Mann to fill it up from the outside while he develops an answer for his inside game.
Louisiana State University: The biggest road block to the SEC title for the Cats could likely come from the LSU Tigers. Several strong returning players will mesh with 2015 top recruit Ben Simmons and five star guard Antonio Blakeney, providing the Tigers the talent it needs to compete nationally. Expectations are high for head coach Johnny Jones. Look for a strong battle when the Cats travel to meet LSU on Jan. 5.
Mississippi State: Mississippi State will look to new head coach Ben Howland to help turn things around. Howland went to the Final Four three straight years with UCLA. He will be looking to top recruit Malik Newman as a building block. Even though MSU was given an easy non-conference schedule, the Bulldogs are probably still a few years away from being a top-team.
Vanderbilt: Following a disappointing NIT appearance last year, Vanderbilt begins the 2015-16 campaign as a top 25 team. Center Damian Jones chose to return to Nashville rather than move onto the NBA. The Commodores will pair him with 3-point sharp shooter Riley LaChance to take on the Cats for the SEC title. The combination of Jones and LaChance could be lethal. A mid-January clash at Rupp Arena will have a strong impact on who takes the crown.
Texas A&M: It seems that Texas A&M was on the NCAA Tournament bubble most of last season, ultimately falling short of securing a bid. This year, the Aggies pick up right where they left off — on the bubble. With a nice combination of returning players and new recruits, they are a team to watch in SEC play. Look for the Aggies to lean on the scoring of Jalen Jones and steady point guard Alex Caruso as they look to break through this season.
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