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53 CONTENTS
UK Coach Joe B. Hall_______________________________________4
Tonight's Game__________________________________________9
UK President, Athletics Director____________________________12
UK Chancellors___________________________________ ------13
Wildcat Feature________________________________________14'15
Around Campus_______________________________________18-19
College Basketball Roundup_______________________________22
Wildcat Team Photo_______________________________________25
Scorecard ___________________________________________________*1
Wildcat Scrapbook____ ------50
Faces in the Crowd________________________________ ----54-55
Opponent Section______________________________________58-60
UK Statistics____________________________________ Mf4"65
Wildcat Greats of the Past________________ ----7-71
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TZl AT 3 Joe B. Hall's 10-year record establishes him as one of the finest coaches in college basketball.
While leading the Wildcats to a 22-8 record last year, Hall upped his UK record to 227-74, an average of 22.7 wins per season, to keep ahead of the pace set by his former coach, Adolph Rupp. Rupp averaged 21.5 victories per season over a 41-season span to become the winningest colege basketball coach of all time.
One of the finest compliments Hall has received during his coaching career came from Rupp, who died in 1977.
"A good coach," Rupp said, "is a person who can take good material and win with it. Joe has done that."
Judging from Hall's coaching honors, Rupp was as usual, right on target with his evaluation.
Hall has won such honors as Kellogg's 1978 National" Coach of the Year," three Southeastern Conference "Coach of the Year awards (1973, '75 and 78) and
nomination for Kodak's 1975, '76 and '78 (finalist) "Coach of the Year" awards.
"A good coach," Rupp said, "is a person who can take good material and win with it. Joe has done that."
In 1978 when Kentucky won its fifth NCAA title, Hall was also presented the Rupp Cup (presented to the SEC Coach of the Year by the Birmingham Tipoff Club) and Hall's most coveted personal award, the Dr. James Naismith "Peachbasket" award. The Peach-basket has previously been given to UCLA's John Wooden, Oklahoma State's Hank Iba, Kentucky's Rupp and Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics.
The 1978 national champs, which had a 30-2 record, became the sixth Wildcat team to win 30 or more games, joining such illus-
trious company as the 1947 NIT runner-up (34-3), the 1948 Olympic Champions (36-3), the 1949 NCAA champions (32-2), the '51 NCAA champs (32-2) and the '66 NCAA runner-up (32-2).
The Hall Era has produced five All-Americans and seven All-Southeastern Conference players. Kevin Grevey, Jack Givens, Rick Robey, Kyle Macy and Sam Bowie were selected a total of 10 times.
Hall began his tour as UK head coach in rather auspicious fashion in 1973, becoming the first rookie coach in league history to be designated Coach of the Year by his peers.
Gathering such honors has been one of Hall's trademarks during a career that began at Shep-herdsville (Ky.) High School in 1956 and continued through Regis College before he returned to Kentucky, July 1, 1965, as an assistant to his former coach, Adolph Rupp.
An outstanding athlete at Cyn-
(Continued on page 6)  A Kentucky Thoroughbred . . .
(Continued from page 4) thiana, Ky., Hall played freshman basketball and one year of varsity basketball in the "Fabulous Five" era at UK before transferring to the University of the South at Se-wanee, Tenn., where he set a school single game scoring record and was considered by Coach Lon Varnell as the best player he ever coached.
After touring Europe with the Globetrotters in 1951, Hall returned to UK in 1955 to complete requirements for his B. A. and later received his M. A. at Colorado State University.
Returning to UK again in 1965 as assistant coach and head recruiter, he was instrumental in developing a running-conditioning program which obviously paid big dividends as the Wildcats capitalized on speed and endurance to advance to the championship game of the NCAA Final Four.
Hall became No. 1 varsity assistant and head freshman coach to Rupp after Harry C. Lancaster was named permanent athletics director Feb. 1, 1969. His record with the freshmen was 60-15, including a 22-0 season in 1971-72.
Hall's    basketball reputation
stretches world-wide and has made him a much sought-after clinician and guest speaker. Last summer during the Wildcats' tour of the Orient, he conducted clinics in the Republic of China and in Hong Kong.
He was guest lecturer for the World Basketball Coaches Con-
gress in July of 1977 in the Canary Islands. Hall considers the chance to speak before some 400 coaches from the international set to have been one of his major coaching honors.
He was a member of the 1975 Olympic Basketball Committee and in 1972, he served under Hank Iba in the Olympic Trials at the Air Force Academy.
He is married to the former Katharine Dennis of Harrison County, Ky. They have three childrenMrs. Mike (Kathy) Summers, Mrs. Rick (Judy) Derrickson and Steve of Lexington.
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All of a sudden, the preseason favorites in the Southeastern Conference are fighting for their lives.
Sure, there is depression in the Bluegrass, but what about Knox-viile and Tuscaloosa?
Alabama has won only once in five league games and Tennessee is lucky to be 2-2. The Vols could have easily lost at LSU last week.
Kentucky has to solve its own problems, starting tonight with the Florida Gators.
Coach Norm Sloan's team from Gainesville comes into Lexington at 2-2 in the league and the Gators hope to catch the Wildcats still smarting from Saturday night's 75-67 loss to Auburn.
Florida probably won't be quite as tough on the backboards as Auburn, but the Gators are a better shooting team.
Florida's 1-2-3 punch of Ronnie Williams, Eugene McDowell and Vernon Delancy will tax Kentucky's strained inside defense.
Kentucky must not be so preoccupied with the high-scoring Williams that it permits the 6-8, 225-pound McDowell to score inside.
On Saturday night, UK and fouls neutralized Auburn center Charles Barkley, but forward Dar-
rell Lockhart scored almost at will and led the Tiger upset.
Florida will no doubt take note of Auburn's 37-26 rebounding edge over the 'Cats and crash the boards tonight.
No one is more perplexed than UK coach Joe B. Hall.
VERNON DELANCY
"Their attitude is great. They're a great bunch of kids, but they're in a fog right now and they can't see out," Hall said yesterday.
KENTUCKY 11-3
SEC: 3-2 VS.
FLORIDA 9-6
SEC: 2-2
 Bret Bearup feature on page 14.
 NCAA Roundup on page 22.
"I've taken starters out before and let them see things from the bench," Hall added. "Maybe it's time I did something like that with this team."
It seems everything that could go wrong lately, has. Dirk Minnie-field had to leave the Mississippi State game a week ago with a back spasm, but Kentucky managed to leave Starkville with an important win. Against Auburn, Charles Hurt fell backwards on the floor, bumping his head and sending him to the bench for the rest of the game.
A big consolation is the fact UK is only a half game back of Auburn going into tonight's play and there is still two-thirds of the league season left to play.
SERIES HISTORY: Kentucky holds a 47-11 edge in the series dating back to 1927. The Gators have won in Lexington twice, in 1966 and 1974. The Gators' last win over Kentucky was a 76-65 triumph in Gainesville in 1979.
LAST MEETING: (Feb. 17, 1982 at Lexington)Five Wildcats were in double figures, led by Derrick Hord's 17 points, as Kentucky won, 84-78.
PROBABLE LINEUPS
	FLORIDA	HT.	PPG	RPG	POS.		KENTUCKY	HT.	PPG	RPG
33	NABE PALMER, So.	5-11	6.4	2.9	G	10	DIRK MINNIEFIELD, Sr.	6-3	8.6	3.4
23	CHARLES GRIFFIN, Jr.	6-6	4.9	2.3	G	20	JIM MASTER, Jr.	6-5	11.5	1.6
40	EUGENE MCDOWELL, So.	6-8	16.7	8.3	C	54	MELVIN TURPIN, Jr.	6-11	12.3	5.6
25	RONNIE WILLIAMS, Jr.	6-8	20,1	9.2	F	44	CHARLES HURT, Sr.	6-6	9.5	5.6
12	VERNON DELANCY, Jr.	6-5	14.2	2.4	F	32	DERRICK HORD, Sr.	6-6	13.1	4.6
Top Reserves: 24-George Jackson (F-G, 6-5, So., 5.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg); 32-Tony Rogers (G, 6-3, So., 5.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg); 43-Randall Leath (C-F, 6-9, So., 6.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg).
Top Reserves: 11-Dicky Beal (G, 5-11, Jr., 5.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg); 24-Bret Bearup (F-C, 6-9, So., 3.9 ppg, 2.3 rpg); 34-Kenny Waiker (F-C, 6-8, Fr., 3.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg)
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Assistant Coaches
LEONARD HAMILTON
Associate Coach
Leonard Hamilton was named UK's first associate basketball coach on Oct. 15, 1980.
Hamilton has been a member of the Wildcat coaching staff for eight years. He came to Kentucky
JOE DEAN
Assistant Coach
Enthusiastic, hard-working Joe Dean is in his sixth season with the University of Kentucky basketball program.
The Baton Rouge, La., native earned football and basketball letters at Baton Rouge High and played basketball at Mississippi State, making the 1976 Academic All-SEC squad.
Besides his duties associated with the Wildcat basketball team, Dean also serves as director of the annual Wildcat Coaching Clinic and the popular Joe B. Hall Wildcat Basketball Summer Camp.
He is married to the former Ellen Anger of Jackson, Miss. They have a son, Scott, 3.
after serving three years as an assistant coach at Austin Peay.
He has always been noted as an outstanding recruiter and as a defensive specialist. In 10 of the 11 years Leonard's been coaching, the team he has been associated with has advanced to postseason play.
A product of Gastonia, N. C, Hamilton lettered three years in football and two years in basketball in high school. He captained his basketball team for two years at Gastonia Community College, and also served as team captain at the University of Tennessee at Martin, where he graduated in 1970.
The 34-year-old Hamilton is married to the former Claudette Hale of McLemoresville, Tenn. They have a son, Lenny, 13.
BOB CHAMBERS
Assistant Coach
Bob Chambers, a respected high school coach in Tennessee prep circles for 20 years, is now in his third season with UK.
Prior to the 1979-80 season, Chambers coached nine years at Tennessee High in Bristol, Tenn., where he compiled a shining 228-68 mark and made three trips to the state playoffs.
Of his 20 total years in high school coaching, he spent 13 as a head coach. His overall record is 317-116.
He is married to the former Elva Jean Potter of Elizabethton, Tenn. They have a daughter, Robin Lea, 20 ,a student at UK and 18-year-old Chip.
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Dr. Otis A. Singletary, the eighth president of the University of Kentucky, assumed that office in August 1969. He had previously served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, executive vice chancellor for academic affairs in the University of Texas System and director of the Job Corps for the Office of Economic Opportunity.
Dr. Singletary, a native of Gulf-port, Miss., holds degrees from Millsaps College and Louisiana State University.
As president of the principal institution of higher learning in the Commonwealth, Dr. Singletary is greatly concerned with the University's role as a land-grant institution, a "people's university" accessible to all who can profit from education.
In the 13 years he has been president, the University has grown to where there are now about 23,000 students on the Lexington campus and about 22,-000 students in UK's 13 community colleges, and the University has become one of the major research institutions in the country.
Great strides toward academic excellence have been made during Dr. Singletary's presidency at UK. Two professional schools dentistry and pharmacyhave been ranked among the best in the nation. Departments such as political science, history and mathematics have gained national attention. The UK Library now ranks among the best in the Southeast, and a large portion of the world-wide research related to tobacco and health is now done at UK.
Under Dr. Singletary's guidance, strong efforts have been made to meet the needs of minority groups including the establishment of an office of vice chancellor for minority affairs.
Recognition of his service to the University was evidenced by the UK Alumni Association which presented to Dr. Singletary its Alumni Service Awardan honor rarely bestowed upon a non-alumnus of the University.
He and Mrs. Singletary, the former Gloria Walton, have three children: Bonnie, Scot and Kendall.
Athletics Director
Continued growth in practically all phases of UK athletics has been a hallmark of Cliff Hagan's seven-year reign as Wildcat athletics director, with fine attendance at football and basketball games, increased attendance at Lady Kat basketball and men's baseball, and a steady up-grading of facilities.
Recent physical improvements include a new baseball grandstand behind home plate, a new athletic learning center for the academic advisory staff, new locker rooms in the football dressing rooms and construction of a new equipment shed for track.
On the institutional side of the ledger, the University was host
to both the men's and women's Southeastern Conference basketball tournaments earlier this year and will host the NCAA Mideast Regionals in 1984 and the NCAA Championship Finals in 1985.
Hagan, who has seen and overseen vast improvements in all phases of the UK athletics program since returning to his alma mater as assistant athletics director in 1972, has under his command a total of 20 sports ranging from football and men's basketball in Level I, to women's basketball in Level II, and 17 sports in Level III.
On the personal side, Hagan received one of his highest individual honors in 1978 when he
OTIS A. SINGLETARY University President
UKAA Board of Directors
Faculty Members
Dean Marion E. McKenna
Dr. Daniel R. Reedy
Dr. N. J. Pisacano
Dr. Paul Sears
Dr. Charles Ellinger
Dr. Charles Roland
Trustee Members
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Dr. R. G. Zumwinkle
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CLIFFORD O. HAGAN
became the first University of Kentucky basketball player to be installed in the Naismith Memorial National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
He is married to the former Martha Milton of Owensboro. They have four children: Mrs. Barry "Lisa" Thaxton of Lexington, Mrs. Jim "Laurie" Hill of West Liberty, and Amy and Kip, both of Lexington.
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PETER BOSOMWORTH Medical Center
Dr. Peter Bosomworth, vice president of the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center since 1970, was named chancellor of the center when a major reorganization of the University was completed in August.
ART GALLAHER Lexington Campus
Dr. Art Gallaher is chancellor of the Lexington campus in the University of Kentucky system. Dr. Gallaher came to UK in 1963 as chairman of the UK anthropology department and in 1972, he was named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
CHARLES WETHINGTON UK Community College System
Dr. Charles Wethington became vice president of the UK Community College System in 1980 and is now chancellor of the system. Dr. Wethington began his UK career in 1964 as an instructor of educational psychology.
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He is described by head coach Joe B. Hall as possessing more overall abiity than any other Wildcat.
Hall mentions his scoring ability, then his defensive ability, his shooting ability, then his passing ability, his leaping and rebounding ability, then his quickness. But to top things off, he isn't even a starter. Matter of fact, he's eighth on the team in playing time. No, he's not a freshman, but he's been in Lexington for two and one half years now. He's none other than 6-9 sophomore Bret Bearup.
Bearup on defense.
The "Bear" came to Kentucky touted as perhaps the finest power forward in the nation his senior year at Centerport High School, in Centerport, N. Y. But Bearup had a difficult time adjusting to the college game his freshman year, despite the fact he appeared in 26 of the Cats' 28 games. Always noted as a fine shooter, he shot only 37.8 percent from the
field and finished the season with a 2.7 average.
Before the 1981-1982 campaign got under way, Bearup made a decision that will perhaps rate as one of the best he has made in his young career. He decided to sit out the yearto gain an extra year of experience and more importantly, maturityto enable him to achieve the potential Hall speaks so fondly of.
Before the 1981-82 campaign got under way, Bear-up made a decision that will perhaps rate as one of the best he has made in his young career. He decided to sit out the seasonto gain an extra year of experience and more importantly, maturityto enable him to achieve the potential Hall speaks so fondly of.
Though Bearup's numbers are not a great deal better than those of his freshman year, he is a vital cog to the team and will be a decisive factor in the SEC race, Hall said. "Bret's played outstanding on several occasions. He will definitely be a factor for us in the SEC race," Hall said.
Bearup and Hall agree thai the "Bear" has played well in the 'Cats' four SEC games to date. "I think I've played well more often than not," Bearup said. "I played some of my best games against LSU, Mississippi State, Mississippi and Alabama," he added.
The one area of Bearup's game that Hall would like to see improvement is consistency, specifically through confidence. "Bret's getting better and better all the time, but he needs a couple of games in which he really excells to build that confidence. But if he does have a weakness, it is his consistency."
An increased amount of playing
time may be the best solution for his consistency problems, Bearup said. "At times I do play well, but overall, the more I play, the better I play. But I think the playing time will come in time."
"I'm improving with experience and I'm beginning to refine and hone the talent I have. I'm becoming more relaxed and loose. I'm beginning to play better against the tougher teams, which is a complete reversal of my freshman year."
One noted area of Bearup's game that has improved greatly this season is his defense. "Defense is something involved here at Kentucky, but offensively I think I can score more. However, if I think I can make the pass,
The "Bear" goes up for a basket.
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it's just as important as scoring," Bearup said.
The competitive balance of the SEC this year is of no surprise to Bearup. "I think it's the toughest conference in the nation. It's so tough to win on the road. Everyone things it's tough to win at Notre Dame, but they've never played at Mississippi State or Alabama and we still have to go to probably the two toughest places to play at, in Tennessee and LSU."
Bearup concedes the Cats are not playing as well as they were in the beginning of the season, but he isn't about to call it a slump. "Once we hit the SEC games, the newness of the season wears off. We definitely have to pick up our defensive intensity and we haven't been shooting as well as we were in the beginning of the year, but it's hard to keep up with that pace."
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talented front line into Lexington tonight and Bearup is fully aware of the strength of the front-liners. "They have an excellent inside game in Ronnie Williams and Eugene McDowell and Vernon De-lancy is beginning to play as they expected him to when he went down there. It'll be a tough game but they have to come to us. We will be playing in front of our home crowd in Rupp Arena."
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FRANK HAM Asst. Director of Athletics
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Sue joined the athletics association in 1978 with the merger of of the men's and women's programs. She had been the director of women's athletics prior to her appointment as assistant director of athletics.
BOB BRADLEY
A product of Frankfort, Feamster came to UK as a grad student in 1970 and was named assistant director of campus recreation in 1972 and women's athletics director in 1974.
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Bob Bradley came to UK in 1971 to pursue a master's degree in education psychology and counseling.
He served as coordinator of career counseling and director of financial aid for the Lexington Technical Institute before joining the Athletics Association in 1977.
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University of Kentucky employees welcomed the new year with a new telephone systemdubbed the UKSX4600which is expected to save the university about $6.5 million in telephone costs in the next 10 years.
The university effected the switch to the computerized, digital, state-of-the-art telecommunications system Dec. 28, 1982.
Virtually, every employee, student, visitorany and all who communicate by telephone on and off campusis affected by the new phone system. For