UK Coach Billy Gillispie scoffed at the rumors of his viability as a candidate for the job at Oklahoma State this spring.
“There’s always a ton of rumors,” he said at a Thursday news conference.
Gillispie said he made it a policy not to discuss such speculation until it becomes “real,” which he defined as another school asking for permission to talk to him about a job.
“That definitely never became real,” he said of the Oklahoma State job.
Former UK player Travis Ford is widely expected to be named OSU coach as soon as Thursday.
When asked if he saw value in clearing the air of such speculation, Gillispie said, “I certainly don’t.”
He said it would be “disrespectful” if deny involvement in another job if not approached by that school’s officials.
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.