UK Coach Billy Gillispie saluted Tim Asher, the man who runs the program’s video department.
Shortly after learning that UK would play Marquette in the first round of the NCAA Tournanent, Gillispie said that Asher told him that there were 29 game tapes on Marquette available.
“He’s not reactive,” Gillispie said of Asher. “He’s proactive.”
Asher’s promptness becomes “really important,” the UK coach said, “when we have to travel to the West Coast and play Thursday. That’s a huge deal.”
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.