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I ween in-state rivals occurs because the ' tant athletics director at UK). Barber, ketball Award. He went on to play four
E game is played last and that’s what the j formerly an academics graduate assis- I years for UK (1983-87), including two
j fans talk about until the next season. In [ tant for basketball, replaces jeff Mor- j seasons under coach ]oe B. Hall and
r, this case, regardless of whether you win * row (now athletics director and head   two under coach Eddie Sutton. Bennett
or lose the first game, you have to for- coach at Highview Baptist High School j was a two-time All-SEC performer and
get it and get ready for the next game. in Louisville) as administrative assist- r member of Hall`s 1984 team that
l “Second, I think it’s great for creat- l ant/video coordinator. advanced to the Final Four. Bennett
  ing more interest in the season and get-   O’Brien is no stranger to the Pitino scored 1,395 points during his Ken-
lr ting more people talking about football system. Prior to taking the job at Day- tucky career. He was selected in the
, in the spring and summer.” ton, O’Brien spent two seasons on Piti- third round by the Cleveland Cavaliers
l A no’s New York Knicks staff. He then A in the 1988 NBA draft. Bennett played
New Faces moved on to Da ton where he com- three tears for the Cavaliers, followed ,
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(——‘—_?"""” *"o piled an overall record of 61-87. j by a brief stint with the Miami Heat.
, jim O’Brien, Winston Bennett and O’Brien has also coached at Wheeling   Following a career—ending knee injury,
George Barber are the newest mem- jesuit College as an assistant and then Bennett began a career in banking. He
j bers of Rick Pitino’s Kentucky coaching head coach, Pembroke State, Maryland, j joined the Kentucky radio broadcast
‘ staff, filling vacancies created by the St ]oseph’s (Pa.) and Oregon as an assis-   team during the 1993-94 season, pro-
departures of Billy Donovan, Bern- tant coach. l viding analysis during pre- and post-
adette Locke-Mattox and jeff Morrow. “I spent two years with jim O’Brien j game programming.
O’Brien, the head basketball coach at when he worked with me on the Knicks j “I thought it extremely important
the University of Dayton for five sea- staff,” said Pitino. “He was an outstand-   when this opening occurred," said Piti-
sons, replaces Donovan (now head ing assistant coach. He possesses all the   no, “to hire a former University of Ken-
coach at Marshall University) as associ- attributes necessary to be a major con-   tucky player. There is no finer role ,
ate coach. Bennett, who played on Ken- j tributor here at Kentucky. ” model for current and future players
tucky’s 1984 NCAA Final Four team, j Bennett, a Louisville native, was the than VVinston Bennett. His pro experi-
replaces Locke-Mattox (now an assis- Q recipient of Kentucky’s 1983 Mr. Bas-   ence will be a great help in developing
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