Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie used humor in responding to Bruce Pearl’s assertion the day before that UK, not his Vols, should be the favorite in the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division.
When asked about the Tennessee coach disagreeing with a media poll that tabbed the Vols the favorite, Gillispie said, “Is he part of the media?”
A moment later, Gillispie (presumably with tongue in cheek) put Pearl’s comment in perspective.
“If he said that, he’s saying he knows more than all the media,” Gillispie said. “He’s totally discounting what you say.”
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
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