... in 1989, your University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball staff welcomed Orlando "Tubby" Smith and Billy Donovan, as they joined Rick Pitino as assistant coaches. Smith, 37, was an assistant coach for South Carolina. Donovan, 24, played under Pitino at Providence and is best known for turning down the Kentucky head coaching job twice because it would hurt his mentor's feelings.
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... in 2009, Jodie Meeks officially decided to skip his senior season and keep his name in the 2009 NBA Draft. It turned out to be a good decision as he got a guaranteed contract, which many second rounders don't get. Sure would've been nice to have a Jodie-type shooter on the 2009-10 Cats.
Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach
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