With another practice set for Wednesday afternoon, Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie couldn’t give a firm answer on a starting lineup for UK’s first exhibition game against Pikeville College that evening. (Hear the coach’s pregame comments.)
But barring a surprise, he said a lineup would probably be Ramel Bradley, Jodie Meeks and Ramon Harris on the perimeter with Perry Stevenson and Mark Coury at the post positions.
Heralded freshman Patrick Patterson probably would not start because he’s missed a few practices because of an upper respiratory infection. “But he’ll be in pretty qiuck,” the UK coach said Tuesday.
Harris, the sophomore wing from Alaska, said he has been trying to earn playing time by dedicating himself to becoming a defensive stopper.
Gillispie noted that players earn the starting jobs, which he downplayed in importance, through good play in practice.
And a lot could happen in Wednesday’s practice. Gillispie said he customarily practices his team hard for an hour on game day, usually beginning five hours before tipoff.
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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