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By Brenna Reilly

New: Editor

As UK students leave for Spring Break
today, the weather outside is more winter
than spring.

The snow and violent stonns that hit the
South over the past two days may make
travel difficult for students trying to get
away.

For students leaving from Bluegrass Air—
port yesterday there were only slight
delays, saidjohn Case, chiefof Public Safe-
ty at the airport.

“A few flights were delayed for deicing,"
Case said. Butlby last night most of the
delays had been cleared up, Case said.

For students driving to their Spring
Break destinations, Kentucky State Police
reported road conditions to he wet and
slick, and urged the use of caution. AAA
reported that 1—75 and 1-64 bad ice spots
and 1-68 was ice covered last night.

Cold descended on the region yesterday,
raising threats of another round of the
severe storms that left miles of destruction
and killed eight people in Alabama and
Georgia.

Destructive weather extended all along
the East Coast and into the Appalachians.
Many schools were closed in Kentucky and
West Virginia.

The ice and snow developed as cold air
was spreading southward across the state,
the National \Veather Service reported.

Snow accumulations ranged from 1—2
inches across the north and central parts of
Kentucky to 2-4 inches in the southeast
mountains, forecasters said.

Strong northerly winds combined with
temperatures in the 20s to lower 30s, pro—

ducing very cold wind chill readings.

Temperatures dropped into the 505 yes—
terday in northern Alabama after days of
balmy weather. Rain continued, and fore-
casters said more severe storms were possi-
ble.

(iov. Fob James declared a state of
emergency “’ednesday after an earlier
storm left .. iU-inilc swath of ruin in west-
centrai Alabama. snapping trees, curling
billboards, knocking out power to about
20,000 homes, and picking up two-»hy-
fours and jamming them into a cow pasture
like a pin cushion.

The destructive weather, caused by the
convergence of a cold front and warm air
from the (iiilfof Mexico, also caused flood»
ing in (ieorgia with i to 3 1/3 inches of
rain.

The cold air that caused the turbulent
weather isn’t expected to leave the South
for several days.

Students who followed the Cats to the
Southeastern Conference Tournament
may have been planning on warm weather,
but the outlook for New Orleans isn‘t
much better.

The high in New Orleans is expected to
be around 40 and by Sunday when the last
game is played the highest the temperature
will have reached is only expected be about
ii), the National \Veather Service reported
yesterday.

Students who are staying in Lexington
over the break are also in for a cold week.

The National \Veather Service predict-
ed a high around 25 today. The service
expects the temperature to rise over the
weekend. By Monday the high should
reach is.

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Students go Bat crazy

By Chad Preston

("Imitrlliuting ”'i‘iler

The UK Student Development
Council held a pep rally for the,UK
yesterday,

men’s basketball team

before the Cats climbed on a bus for
the Southeastern Conference tourna-
ment in New Orleans to take on Flori-

da.

PHOTOS BY JAMES CRISP KIWI/1141f

WINNERS UK basketball player Tony

Delk, (upper right), awardt a door prize.
UK tenior Laura Cunningham, (above),

pick: up [yer free airline tirkm.

  

About 500 UK students
and Cats' fans gathered in
Memorial Coliseum as
Andrea Sayre from country
radio station K93—FM hosted
the rally. She gave out UK t—
shirts, basketballs and sweat-
shirts to the winners of a tick-
et raffle.

Among the festivities, the
UK cheerleaders and mascot
came out with the school band
to support the Cats and pump
up the fans for the tourna-
ment. Fans also participated
in a shoot—out contest for free
tickets to the Tori Amos con—
cert. UK player Tony Delk
came to help with the ticket
raffle for free Cats merchan—
dise.

few words to the fans.

est fans in the world,” he said.

coming crowd.

 

When the basketball team made a
short appearance, Mark Pope said a

“We're fortunate to have the great-

Also, player Walter McCarty sang a
little R&B song for the more than wel-

The SDC came up with the idea for
the rally, the first since 1989, while in
the midst of a project called Senior
Challenge. The project is designed to
get UK seniors involved with campus
and to create active alumni, said SDC

President Lori Keeton.

team.

Keeton said.

The council also gave out a prize to
a senior for participating. The main
prize of the project was two free
round—trip tickets on Southwest Air—
lines. To make a production of the
group’s endeavor, they decided to
throw the pep rally and to support the

“It’s a good way to raise awareness
of our project and support the team,”

Pam West, an undeclared junior
who attended the rally, said, “I wanted

 

to show my support for the team, and I
really like pep rallies."

“It’s a good way to show support
and it’s the last time to say good luck
before the NCAA," said Sean Shevlin,
a mechanical engineering sophomore.

Many students said they are travel-
ing to Louisiana to support the Cats.

\Vill Terwort, a political science
junior, said he couldn’t make the trip
but had friends who were.

“A lot of my friends are going to
New Orleans, they’re really excited
about it,” Terwort said.

llli committee formed
to improve retention

By Gary Wuli
Staff Writer

To combat UK’s low satisfac-
tion and retention rate, a student
satisfaction committee has been
formed. The Student Satisfaction
Committee was created to learn
more about the source and nature
of student satisfaction and dissat—
isfaction with undergraduate
instruction and non-instructional
services.

“We want to understand better
what students are and are not sat-
isfied with so that we can make
directions to improve,” said Con-
nie Christian, associate director
for effectiveness.

The committee was formed in
January on a sug estion from UK
President Char es Wethington,
for the purposes of looking into
the statistics that point out UK
students’ dissatisfaction with the
University.

One suggestion the committee
may implement is the formation

.\ l

of a focus group, composed of
incoming freshman recruited dur—
ing summer orientation, to answer
questions about common expecta—
tions of the college experience.

“The one thing we have decid-
ed is that we need to know more
about our students’ expectations
when they come here. We can’t
increase satisfaction if we don’t
know what their expectations are,”
Christian said.

To analyze the statistics, the
group must look into the back-
ground influences, which may
affect the way a person votes. One
example of this is gender differ-
ences.

One study showed that women
rated their professors higher than
their male counterparts. Other
influences include ethnic group,
socio-economic class, employ-
ment status and the usefulness a
student sees in taking a particular
subject.

Another suggestion was to add
more members to the committee,

 

so that other or anizations and
departments coul be involved.

“We have to keep very close
contact with the people who we
hope are going to fix these prob—
lems,” said Louis Swift, dean of
under aduate studies.

Jac Blanton, vice chancellor of
administration, disa reed.

“Our responsibifity is to pre—
sent back to the president things
we have learned and things we
have su ested to implement,” he
said. “ en you get a roup that
comes together to deci e how and
they are going to implement the
pro ams and in what 'way

hough the group as only
met only three times, Melanie
Cruz, student committee member,
thought the committee was off to
a good start.

“We are starting to finalize our
goals and find ways to achieve
them,” Cruz said. “My '0b as a
student committee mern is to
make sure students have a voice in
this.”

Cruz, who is also associate
director for the Student Govern-
ment Association, added that
“with the information I get from
this I can see what SGA can do to
increase the retention and satis-
faction of students on campus.”

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Future ol digital libraries
subject ol sneaker series

Staff report

Converting paper and microfilm into bits and
bytes -— and the pros and cons of the new tech-
nologies available to libraries for preserving doc-
uments —- was the focus of a speaker series at
UK.

The speaker series was part of the Northeast
Document Conservation Center's three-day
Workshop on Preservation Microfilming that
was hosted by UK.
is The speaker series featured two experts in this
' feild.

They were Paul Conway, head of the preser-
vation department of Yale University‘s Sterling
Memorial Library, and Christina Craig, coordi-
nator of the Preservation Microfilm Service of
SOLINET, the Southeastern Library Network.

The speaker series was intended for anyone
“interested in digital libraries, imaging projects
or document preservation principles in general,”
said Becky Ryder, UK preservation librarian.

UK Libraries’ Microfilm Center recently
changed its name to Reprographics to reflect its
increasing use of digital technologies in addition
to established microfilming techniques.

Photographs of UK's Reprographics facilities
are part of a new book, Preservation Mimifilming:
A Guidcfiir Librarian: and Arrhivim, by Lisa Fox,
preservation consultant.

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NEWSbytes

Clinton urges
renewed war on drugs

(iRlCiCNBPL'l‘, Aid. ln remarks that were
part lecture and part emotional appeal, President
Clinton urged young people nationwide yesterday
to avoid or abandon drugs.

“lfyou're in doubt, don't do it; it you're in trou-
ble, get help,“ Clinton said. “\Ve‘ve got to make
drug use the exception, not the rule. Choose
wise, and we'll be all right."

Slapping the lectern in the auditorium of
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Clinton made the
appeal personal and emotional, saying that drug
abuse had nearly destroyed his generation and
“nearly cost my brother his life."

Addressing a politically popular theme iii this re»
election year, the president announced that l?
pharmaceutical companies have amassed a $33 mil~
lion pool to distribute material on drug use detec»
tion and treatment to millions of parents through
the offices of 400,000 doctors coast to coast.

But while Clinton said that drug use is down
among all Americans except those 18 and younger,
a report by the Republican~dominated House Gov—
ernment Reform and Oversight Committee
claimed drug use is up across the board and accused
Clinton of neglecting the drug issue until now.

“Drug use of all types and anion r all ages.
including juveniles, has risen sharply anti-alarming—
ly every year during this administration," said Rep.
“'illiani I". Clinger ,lr.. (R—Pa.), the committee
chairman.

Clinger said that early in the administration,
Clinton cut the staffof his administration's office of
drugscontrol policy by 80 percent and only this
month promised to fully staffthe office.

“lf the president chooses to move drugs to the
front burner because it’s an election year, fine; no
time is too soon," Clinger said.

 

 

  

 

Bailey spends lirst day in jail

TALLAlIASSEP, Ha. ~--»— I? Lee Bailey spent
the first day of a six—month sentence in jail yester»
day in a clash of wills with the gm ernment over
$25 million in stock from a drug‘dealer client.

Bailey's attorney said he was trying to get the
famed lawyer released, although no new hearings
were set by the judge who jailed Bailey for con‘
tempt “’ednesday after he failed to turn over the
disputed stock.

“\Ve’re hopeful he‘ll be out shortly." his attor-
ney, Roger Zuckernian, said \Vednesday. Zucker—
man didn’t return phone calls Thursday.

Bailey, ()2, was housed in an individual cell for a
screening period all inmates go through to deter-
mine if they pose a threat to — or are in danger
from — other inmates, prison spokesman Tony
Kelly said.

After that period, which can last several days, he
will be moved to one of the facility’s regular two—
man cells, Kelly said.

Kelly wouldn't comment yesterday on what
meetings or calls Bailey had during his first full day
behind bars.

House votes “I avoid another Shutdown
\VASHINGT( )N --- In a fresh round of budget

hrinksmanship, the House narrowly approved a bill
yesterday aimed at avoidin r a new federal shut~
down btit billions shy of w at President Clinton
wants for domestic programs.

Congress moved on another front to head offan
un irecedented and political] ' explosive federal
deflault by voting to temporarify give the Treasury
De iartment extra borrowing authority. But even
wit i that issue solved for now. a yawning gap exists
between the two sides over how to keep the gov-
ernment running.

Five months into fiscal 1996, the House voted
209-206 fora Republican-written measure financ—
ing dozens of government departments and agen»
cies for the rest of the year. Temporary authority
for these programs expires March 15, and without
new funds there would be a third partial govern-
ment shutdown since November —— an unlikely
outcome that neither party wants.

\Vith moderate Republicans upset with low
spending levels for some pro rrams and abortion
restrictions, GOP leaders lob )ied hard all day to
ensure the measures passage. They argued that the
bill will be changed in u coming negotiations with
the administration and t e Senate, which debates it
next week. A defeat would have left the impression
that Republicans cannot govern effectively and
complicated the path to a deal with the \Vhite
House, the leaders said.

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SCIIWII‘IIIIIIIOI' may play Bltlllll II"

LOS ANGELES —— Arnold Schwarzene ger
may muscle his wa into the next “Batman” Em,
playing villain Mr. l'xreeze.

The star of the “Terminator” movies was quot—
ed by Daily Variety yesterday as saying he would
try to fit the role in around his commitment to
another new film, “Wings of ans.”

Ifthat's not possible, Bruce illis is waiting in
the wings, the trade newspaper said.

The sequel, titled “Batman and Robin” is sched~
uled to be 'n filming this summer, but has had
castin diffigulties.

Va Kilmer, who succeeded Michael Keaton as
the caped crusader in “Batman Forever," reported-
ly disliked the latest script and was r , laced with
“ER” TV hunk George Clooncy.

Chris O'Donnell will play the sidekick Robin.

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By Julie Anderson

Assistant Arts Editor

Editor’s note: Rust will be playing
on .Marrh II with Collective Soul at
the ()tis A. .Singletaty Center for the
Arts. In a telephone interview with
lead singer ]ohn Brinton, assistant
ans editor Julie Anderson spoke to
[Ir/ton about Rust, music and movies.

Q: [1011' did Rust get started?

Iohn Brinton: I moved back to
San Diego in 1990, when the San
Diego music scene was really
startin to )ick up. During that
time alfmy firiends were playing in
bands and they seemed to be hav-
ing a great time. I became a little
envious. I was feeling artistically
agitated, so I decided to get a band
together,which took about a year.
This band didn’t really start up
until 1992.

Q: I'Vereyou in school at the time?

.I.B.: No, I was just working
some crummy jobs that paid good
money.

Q: The CD says that all songs
were a collaborative ejj’mt. Is this
true?

I. B.: The majority of the mate—
rial on the record is initiated by
Tim and myself. Between us we
share about 80 percent of the
original songs, but each ofus con-
tributes to the songs in various
ways. The way we wrote this was
very tnuch as a group of individu-
als. \Ve each have four track
recorders and acoustic guitars.
First we wrote songs and
melodies. Then we brought them
to the band room 11nd began play—
ing them electrically. From there
some of the songs would change a
little bit, or they would take on a
new dimension with the addition
of drums and other instruments.
\\ e decided that e1er1 body con—
tributes equ. ally in the long run.

Q' Hot; don .r'orking rel/abom—
ti:'ely help your musir?

_I.B.: The son rs are better
thought out and reerct a complet—
ed idea rather than a group of

fragmented ideas. For instance,.

we use to riff out in the jam room
11nd then we would take the riffs
and write lyrics over it. Now, we
are much more likely to write a

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song based on a melody in our
he..1d

Q: .So you aluays begin uith the
in1tru7nental half?

'I. B.: It s really empowering to
take away the drums and electric
guitar and break it down to an
acoustic gun'ar,
piano or voice.

Q: Do you nor
perform arr/[Lithullv’

1.13.: ()n this
tour we've had 'a
bunch of radio sta—
tions invite us to
come play acousti—
cally in the studio,
which br1ngs .1 11 hole
11c11 dimension to the band. \Ve
111111 these songs as they 11cre o1ig—
inally written, which is really mel-
lo11 ll11s brings 11 new facet to the
band bec'iusi. we 1e never really
thou lht ofdoing acoustic songs.

Q. Ho: long hate you bun on the
road.“

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John Brinton ,,_

_I.B.: We went out for about a
week and a half before we started
this tour - up the West Coast to
Vancouver and back. Then we
started up on the east coast about
a week ago. So, we’ve been on the
road about two and onechalf

weeks. And we will

be out for about

another three and

one-half weeks with

this tour. Hopeful-

ly, we will continue

_J to stay on the road.

Q: Do you like

touring?

I.B.: Yeah, I love

Q; I think it would be draining.
Do you get to look around many ofthe
plates you tour 9

_I. II.. \Ve’ve had two days off in
a two and one— half week period.
Today, our second day off, we
went to the Salvador Dali muse—
um. It is the most comprehensive

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album, ‘Bar Chord Ritual showcases Rust 5 burgeoning talent.

collection of Dali’s work. The
other day that we had off we went
and saw a movie.

Q: What movie did you see?

_I.B.: We went and saw “Dead
Man Walking” by Sean Penn.

Q: Did you like it?

].B.: I had some reservations
about it, though certainly not
about the performances of any of
the actors. Specifically, I liked
Sean Penn 3 lot. I think that Susan
Sa‘randon might have been a little
bit miscast, not that she isn’t a fine
actress.

I guess I had a hard time see-
ing her as a nun. It may sound sex—
ist, but I grew up in a Catholic
school and I know what nuns look
like. I think the movie tried really
hard to portray all the different
angles of the story, which was an
admirable pursuit on behalf of the
director and screen writer. But I
don’t know if they were totally
successful.

Guided by Voices and
Amps play good show

By Chad Preston

Contributing (i'ritit'

Last weekend, critics’ darling
rock ‘n' roll eccentrics, Guided by
Voices, stopped at Newport, Ken-
tucky‘s Historic Southgate House
in support of their upcoming
album, along with fellow Daytoni-
ans, The Amps. Being totally
obsessed with GBV, I made the
trek to the Cincinnati area to see
them play.

I don't know how many of you
have ever been to the Historic
Southgate House in Newport
(which is right across the river
from Riverfront Coliseum), but it
looks like one of those haunted
houses that _Iaycee’.s has when we
were wee little people, except this
haunted house has a neon Red
Dog sign in the window, along
with 1 stage and bar.lt’s'.1nintcr—
estinu place to see a show.

I he first band was alright, but I
have no idea who they were, and

 

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neither did anyone else. Durmrr
( lI\ s set, singer Bob Pollard
said “I want to thank the \111ps
and Ditchwccd 11nd the first band
for coming out tonight..." The
Second band, Ditchweed was.
well the drummer 11 as pretty
good. \ext. Ilic.\1nps took the
st. 1gc. 1.1111 pl 1yed songs from their
album, I’arer, and 11 couple ofoth—
ers including one from the Breed—
ers‘ Last Splash. Kim Deal's voice
is one ofthe most beautiful I have
ever heard and despite the sound
)roblems (the sound men were a
ittle inept), Deal and co. put on a
great show. “I am decided," and
“Breaking the split screen barri-
er." were standouts as well as
”Mom's drunk "1nd“En1pty"
l l1e1 pl 11 ed “ Tipp ( ity for some
drunk guys from that same town
11 ho were close to the stage

They seemed to like it.

'1 he Amps left the crowd anti—
cli11111ticall1' with 1111 extremely
short mid—tempo number and

then made way for GBV.

Guided by Voices came out
around 11:30 pm. with Pollard
stretching his legs behind his
back, the reason for which, I
would find out later. They also
brought a lot ofbeer on sta e with
them. After drinking halfofga Bud,
Pollard said, “This is a song off
our new album, l..3..3..-l...," and
they belted out one deliciously
catchy, pop song after another in
that same fashion. Every song
started with “This song is
called _.," the count, 1..2..3..4...,”
and ended with more drinking.

Thcir stage presence is incredi-
ble, if not amusing. Imagine five
guys from Ohio in their late 305
pretending to be rock stars, giving
all the effort they can (being as
drunk as they were), with sweat
and emotion pouring from them.
Now add karate kicks frotn the
singer and Roger Daltryesque
mike-twirling, a bass—playing
lawyer in tight, striped flared
pants,'a Pete Townsend—strum-
ming guitarist and you’ve got a
GBV live show.

Saying that, they might sound a
bit pathetic hilt I assure you, they
blew the audience away Even if
they seemed to be stealing from

other bands, it fit because they
were payin homage to their
favorite bantfs in their own way.

Towards the end, the beers
began to take their toll on the
band. Pollard seemed about to
topple over at any second. Obnox~
iously, he says, “You kids these
days don t know how to wear cool
shirts, this IS a cool shirt," he says
pointing to himself. “You don’t
know how to wear cool pants
either, these are cool pants, “ he
says pointing to the bass player’s
flares. It is all in good humor
though, because the people at the
show are the reason GBV are get-
ting so much support lately.

At the end of their set, before
the encore, Pollard says, “We
would like to leave you with this
‘Shark’s Salute.’” They play the
song and then leave the stage
before the encore. As I leave, I
think about how appropriate the
song was as a departure. This song
is a salute to those who love music
and gom to shows. The last stark
lines stifi ring in my head as I
motor away down I—75: “the club
is open..., the club is open...”

This is the best band in the
world, ifnot, at least the best band
in Ohio.

 

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The UK basketball team will go for its fifth
straight title at the UK Invitational, er, Southeastern
Conference Tournament, this afternoon at l at the
Louisiana Superdotne in New Orleans.

They will be facing off against Florida, a 75-62
winner over Ole MiSS yesterday. The Cats (26»1
overall, 16-0 SEC) haven’t lost a game in the tour—
ney since Rick Pitino first began piloting the \Vild-
cat rogram in 1989.

his dates back to the 1992 tournament, UK’s
first year off probation. That Wildcat squad featured
a young sophomore by the name ofjanial Mash-
burn, and maybe one of the most memorable senior
classes in UK’s storied history, the “Unforgettables”
——]ohn Pelphrey, Richie Farmer, Sean \Voods and
Deron Feldhaus.

That team got some much-needed help from
Tennessee. The Vols played LSU in the quarterfi-
nals, and during the game, Shaquille O’Neal was
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pension. The Cats faced the Shaq-less Tigers in the
semifinals and defeated them to advance to the title
game, where they beat Alabama for the SEC title.

After that year, it seemed like every year it got
easier and easier for UK to win the SEC Tourney.

Vln 1993, Rupp Arena was the host of the tour—
nament, and the home—court advantage must have
motivated UK as they annihilated Tennessee 101 -4()
to advance to face Arkansas. The Cats handled the
Ho , then dispatched LSU 82—65 for the title.

The Pyramid in Memphis was the site for the
Cats’ next walk in the proverbial park in 1994. UK
dismembered Mississippi State, followed by wins
over a pair of Final Four teams in Arkansas and
Florida to take its third straight crown.

VLast year at the Georgia I’ome in Atlanta, UK
breezed past Auburn and Florida with relative ease.
Looming on the horizon for the Cats, however, was
bitter nemesis, Arkansas.

In what turned out to be one of the best games
played during the 1994-95 season, UK battled back
from double-digit deficits in the first and second
halves to send the game into overtime.

In the overtime period, the Cats again faced a
large deficit, this time one of nine points. But when
Anthony Epps sank two free throws and the l'logs'
Scotty Thurman missed a three attempt, UK
stretched its SEC Tournament winning streak to 12
games and four titles.

This year, when people talk about the “Big Easy,"
they might not be talking about New Orleans.
Instead, they could be talking about what ap ears to
be Pitino and his Cats' easiest run through tfie tour—
nament yet.

But Pitino disagrees with this attitude, reminding
people that it only takes one bad game for a team to
lose in the tournament.

“In a tournament, you’ve seen some great (North)
Carolina teams go into the ACC Tournament," Piti-
no said, “or sortie other strong favorites go into a
tournament and et beat."

He also said t at there are large numbers of SEC
teams battling for a berth in the “Big Dance,“ the
NCAA Tournament. Currently, there are four
teams who are considered “locks" no matter what
happens in the SEC Tournament. They are UK
(obviously), Mississippi State, Georgia and Alabama.

The ones who need a strong showing in the tour-
ney are South Carolina, Arkansas, Auburn and Van—
tlei'bilt.

“'I‘herc's a lot at stake for a lot of people in this
tournament,” Pitino said. “\Ve're very motivated to
win. It's not to say we can’t get beat. we certainly
can. 011 any given night, any team can beat any
other tcam."

Pitino was philosophical is his view ofa loss.

“Losing can only hurt,‘Y Pitino said, “winning can
only help."

None of the current \Vildcats have ever lost a
game in the SEC Tournament, btit one ofthe play—
ers who has ex )erienced the winning streak the
longest is senior lI'ony Delk.

Delk was one of only two Cats who were on the
last UK team to go down to the Bayou, in the 1993
Final Four. Jared Prickett was the other.

“I think we’re just focused, the guys are not con—
cerned with who’s getting the playing time,“ Delk
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By Ty Halpln
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NEW ORLEANS — Florida has seen this
before.

Twice this season, the Gators (12—15 overall, 7»l()
Southeastern Conference) have played UK. Twice
the Wildcat juggernaut has reduced UF to (iator
mush, cruising by an average of 22.5 points.

Now, after defeating Ole Miss 75%)}
yesterday afternoon in the first round of
the SEC Tournament, Florida stares a
matchup with No. 1 UK in the eye.

“I don't think any of our players are
ready to go home yet," said Florida
guard Greg \Villiams, who led the
Gators with 22 points against the
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a necessity when playing L'K. Against (Me .\liss.
however, there were signs of that trend subsiding.
UF had four players iii double figures, and forward
Brian ’l‘hoiiipson led the team with 10 rebounds.

“1 was really proud of the way my teammates
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