NO. 25 KENTUCKY (15-4, 4-1 SEC) - University of Kentucky Athletics

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UK Media Relations Scott Stricklin, John Hayden SUNDAY - 21 MONDAY - 22 KENTUCKY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE TUESDAY - 23 859.257.3838 859.323.4310 (fax) WEDNESDAY - 24 THURSDAY - 25 FRIDAY - 26 SATURDAY - 27 Practice 2:00 p.m. Practice 2:00 p.m. Interviews 1:00 p.m. Practice 2:00 p.m. at Georgia 8:00 p.m. ET Stegeman Coliseum (LFS) Practice 2:00 p.m. Interviews 1:00 p.m. Practice 2:00 p.m. Practice 2:00 p.m. SUNDAY - 28 MONDAY - 29 TUESDAY - 30 WEDNESDAY - 31 THURSDAY - 1 FRIDAY - 2 SATURDAY - 3 vs. Tennessee 1:00 p.m. ET Rupp Arena (CBS) Practice 2:00 p.m. Practice 2:00 p.m. Practice 2:00 p.m. Practice 2:00 p.m. Interviews 1:00 p.m. Practice 2:00 p.m. at Arkansas 1:00 p.m. ET Bud Walton Arena (LFS) QUICK FACTS Location: Lexington, Ky. Founded: 1865 Enrollment: 26,545 Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Blue (PMS 286) and White Conference: Southeastern (Eastern Division) Stadium: Rupp Arena (23,000) President: Dr. Lee T. Todd Jr. Athletics Director: Mitch Barnhart Faculty Representative: Dr. Alan DeSantis BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach: Tubby Smith (High Point, 1973) Associate Head Coach: David Hobbs (VCU, 1971) Asst. Coach: Reggie Hanson (Kentucky, 1991) Asst. Coach: Scott Rigot (Buffalo, 1986) Asst. AD for Men’s Basketball: Leon Smith (Kentucky, 1995) Dir. of Basketball Operations: Shawn Finney (Fairmont St., 1985) Athletic Trainer: David Kindy (Florida State, 1991) Equipment Manager: Bill Keightley Grad. Manager: Steve Goodson Video Coordinator: Tim Asher Administrative Associate: Marta McMackin Staff Associate: Linda Carmack Student Assistant: Andrea Mullikin MEDIA RELATIONS Associate AD/Media Relations: Scott Stricklin Assistant Media Relations Dir.: John Hayden COMMUNICATIONS (area code 859) UK Media Relations: 257.3838 UK Media Relations fax: 323.4310 Stricklin Home: 266.9910 Stricklin E-mail: stricklin@uky.edu Hayden Home: 559.9399 Hayden E-mail: John.Hayden@uky.edu Press Row: 252.3602 MEDIA INFORMATION PRESS CONFERENCES UK coach Tubby Smith holds a press conference the day before each game at 11:00 a.m. in Memorial Coliseum. Select players are available for interviews prior to the press conference at approximately 10:30 a.m.. Times and dates are subject to change with any changes released by the UK Media Relations office. INTERVIEWS Media wishing to interview UK coach Tubby Smith are asked to notify Scott Stricklin with UK Media Relations at (859) 257-3838. Players are available during regular media time and upon special request. No player interviews will be allowed the day of a game. All interviews with Kentucky student-athletes must be coordinated through John Hayden with UK Media Relations. Telephone interviews will be fulfilled at a time that does not interfere with the player's academic schedule. POSTGAME INTERVIEWS The Kentucky locker room is closed to the media following games. Coach Smith and player interviews will be conducted in the Rupp Arena Interview Room following a brief cooling-off period. SEC TELECONFERENCE The SEC conducts weekly teleconferences with the league’s coaches. The conferences run every Monday and Thursday from January 4 through March 5. TIME (ET) COACH 11:00 - 11:07 a.m. Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt 11:07 - 11:14 a.m. Billy Donovan, Florida 11:14 - 11:21 a.m. Dave Odom, South Carolina 11:21 - 11:28 a.m. Dennis Felton, Georgia 11:28 - 11:35 a.m. John Brady, LSU 11:35 - 11:42 a.m. Tubby Smith, Kentucky KENTUCKY NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/College) 1 Michael Porter G 6-2 180 Fr. HS Modesto, Calif. (Modesto Christian) 3 Ramel Bradley G 6-2 176 Jr. 2L New York, N.Y. (IMG Academy, Fla.) 5 Derrick Jasper G 6-6 213 Fr. HS Paso Robles, Calif. (Paso Robles) 10 Lukasz Obrzut C 7-1 265 Sr. 3L Gliwice, Poland (Bridgton Academy, Maine) 13 Bobby Perry F 6-8 215 Sr. 3L Durham, N.C. (Hillside) 20 Jodie Meeks G 6-5 206 Fr. HS Norcross, Ga. (Norcross) 21 Perry Stevenson F 6-9 178 Fr. HS Lafayette, La. (Northside) 22 Ramon Harris F 6-5 219 Fr. HS Anchorage, Alaska (West Anchorage) 23 Sheray Thomas F 6-8 236 Sr. 3L Montreal, Quebec (Riverdale Baptist, Md.) 30 Dwight Perry G 6-0 185 Fr. HS Durham, N.C. (Southern) 32 Joe Crawford G 6-5 211 Jr. 2L Detroit, Mich. (Renaissance) 33 Randolph Morris F/C 6-11 259 Jr. 2L Atlanta, Ga. (Landmark Christian) 42 Mark Coury F 6-9 239 Fr. HS West Bloomfield, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) 43 Jared Carter C 7-2 250 So. 1L Georgetown, Ky. (Scott Co.) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE RAMEL Bradley ................(Ruh-MEL) RAMON Harris ...................(Ruh-MOAN) LUKASZ OBRZUT............. (WOO-kosh) (ORB-zhoot) SHERAY Thomas...............(Sheh-RAY) TIME (ET) COACH 11:42 - 11:49 a.m. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee 11:49 - 11:56 a.m. Stan Heath, Arkansas 11:56 - 12:03 p.m. Mark Gottfried, Alabama 12:03 - 12:10 p.m. Jeff Lebo, Auburn 12:10 - 12:17 p.m. Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss 12:17 - 12:24 p.m. Rick Stansbury, Miss. State Gliwice ............................(Gli-VEE-chee) Paso ROBLES..................(ROW-buls)
UK-GEORGIA SERIES HISTORY • This is the 128th meeting between the Wildcats and the Bulldogs. • Kentucky is 106-21 all-time against Georgia. • UK has won five in a row against Georgia, including last year’s series sweep (69-55 in Athens; 68-61 in Lexington) • Kentucky owns the series’ longest winning streak at 20 consecutive victories from 1950- 1966. • The Wildcats are 36-14 all-time against Georgia in Athens and 29-11 against the Bulldogs in Stegeman Coliseum. UK is 29-13 all-time in Georgia’s home arena, having lost two games (107-83 to Western Kentucky; 91-74 to Marquette) in the 1971 NCAA Tournament. • Tubby Smith is 15-4 against his former school, with all games being played since he came to Kentucky. SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS • Located in Athens, Ga. (378 miles south of Lexington), Georgia is in the SEC’s East division. • Georgia enters Wednesday’s game with a 3-2 record in league play. The Bulldogs come into the game off a heartbreaking loss at No. 10 Alabama on Saturday, where they never trailed until a buzzer-beating shot by Ronald Steele sank the Bulldogs 78-76. • Prior to the Alabama game, the Bulldogs had won three league games in a row (vs. USC, vs. Vanderbilt, at Arkansas). They are also one of only four teams (Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt) to have a league road win, doing so at Arkansas. • The Bulldogs are under the direction of fifthyear head coach George Felton. Felton has guided Georgia to a 50-55 record. He is 150-109 in nine years as a head coach, having served as the head man at Western Kentucky for five years before going to Athens. Felton is 3-5 against UK. PEACH STATE SUCCESS Over the years, the Wildcats have met with success when it comes to schools from the Peach State. Kentucky possesses a 168-37 (.820) record against teams from the state of Georgia. The bulk of UK’s games against Georgia based teams have come against SEC rival Georgia (106-21). The Wildcats also enjoy a 99-43 record when playing in the state of Georgia. WHO AM I? Bespectacled, husky-voiced and heavily built (though he has lost weight in recent years), this Georgia attendee has been one of Hollywood's busiest and most recognizable character actors since the early-1990s. He was an undergraduate at the University of Georgia where a professor once told him that if he loved the theatre, he should stay big. He left the college as an honor student but one credit shy of a degree to pursue his career at the Barter Theatre in Virginia. He is best known for his role as Newman, the self-serving postman on the hit TV show Seinfeld. Answer: Wayne Knight UK-GEORGIA CONNECTIONS • Kentucky coach Tubby Smith first joined the SEC as a head coach in Athens, leading the Georgia Bulldogs from 1996-1997. Smith totaled a 45-19 record while in Athens, guiding the Bulldogs to two NCAA Tournament appearances, including a run to the 1996 Sweet 16. • Kentucky junior Randolph Morris and freshman Jodie Meeks hail from the Peach State. Morris (Atlanta) is making his fourth appearance in his home state where he has posted a 4-1 record. Meeks (Norcross) is returning to Georgia for the first time. • Georgia head coach George Felton served as the head coach at Western Kentucky University during the 1999-03 seasons. Felton posted a 100- 54 record as the head coach of the Hilltoppers. • UGA associate head coach Pete Herrmann was an assistant under Felton at Western Kentucky. • Bulldog freshman Albert Jackson is from Earlington, Ky. Prior to transferring to Oak Hill Academy for his senior season, Jackson was one of the top big men in Kentucky, playing at Hopkins Central H.S. in Madisonville. Jackson also played football at Hopkins Central. CATS COME AND GO IN RANKINGS After an eight-week hiatus Kentucky returned to the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll this week at No. 25, but dropped out of the AP Top 25. The Wildcats had entered the AP rankings at No. 25 last week. The Cats began the season ranked 22nd and rose as high as No. 20 before losing twice in Maui to ranked foes. CATS LEAD SEC IN DEFENSE Through five conference games, UK leads the SEC in scoring defense (59.2), holding four of its five opponents to 60 or fewer points. Kentucky also tops the league in field goal percentage defense (.360). The Wildcats also lead the league (and are sixth nationally) in overall field goal percentage defense at .372, which is the lowest opponent field goal percentage against UK since the 1961-62 Cats held foes to just .368. SEC DOMINATION Since the SEC’s inception in 1932-33, the Wildcats have been the most dominant team in the league, recording an 837-222 mark (.790). Only one other team has won more than 680 regular-season SEC games (Alabama) and no other team has a better winning percentage. UK has averaged 11.4 wins and 3.1 losses per season in 73 seasons in the SEC. • The Wildcats have won 43 SEC titles and 25 SEC Tournament Championships, more than the other 11 teams combined. • Kentucky has won 10 of the last 15 SEC Tournament titles. • UK has won 11 SEC East titles in the 15 seasons since the league expanded. • Tubby Smith is in his 12th season in the SEC this year - including two at Georgia and nine at 2006-07 SEC STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION (thru 1/22) Team SEC Pct. GB All Florida 4-0 1.000 — 17-2 Kentucky 4-1 .800 0.5 15-4 Georgia 3-2 .600 1.5 11-6 Vanderbilt 3-2 .600 1.5 13-6 Tennessee 2-2 .500 2.0 14-5 South Carolina 0-4 .000 4.0 10-7 WESTERN DIVISION Team SEC Pct. GB All Mississippi State 2-2 .500 — 11-6 LSU 2-2 .500 — 13-5 Alabama 2-2 .500 — 15-3 Auburn 2-3 .400 0.5 12-8 Arkansas 2-3 .400 0.5 13-6 Ole Miss 1-4 .200 1.5 12-7 AROUND THE SEC TUESDAY - JANUARY 16 Kentucky 87, at South Carolina 49 WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 17 at Auburn 83, Tennessee 80 at LSU 62, Ole Miss 55 at Vanderbilt 94, Alabama 73 Georgia 67, at Arkansas 64 SATURDAY - JANUARY 20 at Florida 79, Ole Miss 70 at Alabama 78, Georgia 76 Vanderbilt 72, at Kentucky 67 at Mississippi State 87, Auburn 76 at Arkansas 72, LSU 57 at Tennessee 64, South Carolina 61 TUESDAY - JANUARY 23 Alabama at Auburn [ESPN] WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 24 Kentucky at Georgia [LFS] Arkansas at South Carolina Vanderbilt at LSU [CSTV] Tennessee at Ole MIss Florida at MIssissippi State [LFS] 9:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. SATURDAY - JANUARY 27 Ole Miss at Vanderbilt [LFS] 1:00 p.m. Arkansas at Alabama [LFS] 3:00 p.m. Florida at Auburn [FSN/SUN] 5:00 p.m. S. Carolina at Miss. State [FSN/SUN] 7:00 p.m. SUNDAY - JANUARY 28 Tennessee at Kentucky [CBS] TUESDAY - JANUARY 30 Mississippi State at Ole Miss [ESPN] WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 31 Vanderbilt at Florida [LFS] Auburn at South Carolina Georgia at Tennessee Alabama at LSU [LFS] 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. all times eastern
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