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By Rob Herbs!
and Jay 6. Tate
Sport t Editors

In the end, after years of flirtation with the fame and fortune of
the NBA. Rick l’itino left UK for the same reasons that initially
brought him to the beleaguered \Vildcat program in 1989.

In his last appearance as the tnodern architect of the UK program
yesterday, l’itino exited Memorial Coliseum under the same circum—
stances which welcomed him to the Bluegrass eight years ago.

“I came to the understanding that I couldn't and shouldn't turn
down this opportunity because it's the same one I had eight years
ago," l’itino said of his choice to accept a head coaching offer from
the NBA's Boston Celtics. “I love challenges ~— that's what
brought me here to begin with."

Though the Celtics are free ofthe NCAA scrutiny that awaited
I’itino when he arrived in Lexington. the challenge in Boston will be
of similar proportions. The once-proud Celtic franchise, which
boasts a record 16 NBA titles. has run aground in recent years.
Boston's 1996—97 record of 15—67 was the team's worst in its storied
history and sent head coach ML. Carr back to the front office.

“I le has a great opportunity in Boston," UK center Nazr
Mohamined said. “I le really wanted to do that."

l’itino said he made his decision before he went to bed t\londay
night after several discussions with close friends who offered their
own insi hts into the situation. With a flurry of contradictory
advice. alzl of which, Pitino said, was thoroughly considered, the
decision to leave was not a simple one.

“I waffled back and forth through the last 48 hours, contrary to
Boston reports." I’itino said. “Before I could do anything, I had to
meet the players, talk to them eyeball-to—eyeball and get their feel—
ings behind it."

Also moving on with I’itino will be a significant portion ofhis
UK staff. Among those making the trek to Beantown will be \Vin-
ston Bennett, who served the program as both a player (1984-87)
and as an assistant (1994—97). Ile looks at the NBA position as a
stepping stone to his dreams.

“I had always said l wanted to be a head coach at the profession-
al level." Bennett said. “This is going to look good on the resume."

is for resumes, perhaps senior guard Allen Edwards should make
ltis objective to become a psychic. Edwards seemed to be ahead ofthe
curve when it came to making predictions about l’itino's departure.

“I felt this was going to be the year he left,” Edwards said. “And
this was just the time for him to do it.

“I Ie wanted that challen re again, just like when he came here
(The players) saw how ba ly he wanted to do this and almost
everyone wanted him to do it."

Details of the Celtics' contract will be disclosed tomorrow,
though Pitino indicated the reported $70 million figure was not
necessarily the offer.

After yesterday's announcement, many across the Bluegrass
wondered about the immediate future of the UK program.

Though neither l’itino See PITINO on 2

ing Arthur is gone, and mighty
Camelot is under siege.
After five years of invincible bliss,
Rick Pitino is no longer the fi rehead of
UK basketball. In the wake ofgfilis
move to Boston, he has left this
basketball power vulnerable.

Pitino admitted that he had
become very much a part of the
fabric of UK and the common-
wealth.

Outside the stone gates of
Administration Drive stand all the
great programs Rick Pitino helped

entucky surpass in eight sterling

anticipation ofa chance to pass UK
before retirement.

Bobby Knight, with his three champi-
onship banners and a struggling behe-
moth ofa program at Indiana,
waits outside Memorial Coliseum
with a row of red and white
chairs cocked into throwing posi-
tion and a Starter sweater to wel-
come his new adversary.

The Hoosier state has been
waiting for a coach who allows
UK and IU become a true rivalry

I again. .
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seasons. BIIOOHIPO 64, Denny Crum is quietly lan-
And North Carolina stands 8 s. ning his cavalry assault on t e
ready with its sword drawn. Led by C0 “3""? cast e of Ru p Arena this winter

with a new- ound optimism that
was crushed by years of pressure
defense.

The Louisville coach has been in Piti—
no's shadow so long, UK’s misfortune
may rovide just enough sunlight to push
his ardinals from relative obscurity back

college basketball’s winningest
coach, Dean Smith, the Tar Heels
are celebrating Pitino’s departure by set-
ting their sights on reclaiming the total
victory crown Pitino took en route to a
national championship.

Smith and his 879 wins are giddy with

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to national prominence.

Across the Mississippi River, Roy
Williams can sit back for a few moments
and ponder the possibility of being the
basketball power of I997.

\Vith the core of a team that owned
that brand last year and lost just three
games all season, Kansas can cross off one
contender for that pre-season recognition
— not that having a number one tattooed
on its chest has ever been a help at tour-
nament time.

In the remote reaches of the Kingdom,
too distant to participate in battle, young
page Steve Lavin sits in Westwood
admiring the 11 championship banners
hanging at Paulcy Pavilion.

Pitino had threatened to minimize
Bruin tradition with consistent greatness,
but UCLA can rest for now. Gone is the
one demon who dared challenge the great
John Wooden foundation. The Bruins
can fortify their castle and await the next
challenger to their greatness.

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Kentucky mourns the loss of its adored
leader, C.M. Newton must pick the
Lancelot from a host of Monty Python
Black Knights.

This loss is much more than just a
flesh wound.

When Pitino chose Beantown over the
Bluegrass, he ended a time when no men—
tion of great college coaches could
exclude UK's.

You cannot replace the charisma ofa
man who waltzcs into an arena and com-
mands respect with a state, a man who
forever changed the game of college has-
ketball with his helter-skelter style of play
and a man who could la the media like
an Eastern Kentucky d le.

He took this University to three Final
Fours in five years and was the most suc—
ccssful active coach in NCAA Tourna-
ment play until yesterday.

No one can blame the man for making
the decision to leave. There are no pro-
fessional sport franchises like the Boston
Celtics.

I‘ siege ill wake Of ”1an move

The hallowed halls ofthe Boston (iar—
den hosted some of the greatest National
Basketball Association moments In histo-
ry —— from Michael jordan‘s 63-point
playoff performance to Larry Legend's
mid-'80s title runs.

l’itino has a new arena 7— the Fleet
Center — and a chance to put his stam )
on a franchise with more history than t 0
Discovery Channel.

This is a crossroads for the UK basket-

ball program. lfthe job search takes too ,3
long, or the wrong candidate is named, ‘1'»!
UK could face a rebuilding project much gt“,

like the one that lured Pitino from the
New York Knicks in the first place.

“Kentucky Will not lose a step," Pitino
said. “lfit does, then I haven't built a very
strong house."

UK fans just better hope that when the
Italian Stallion leaves horse country, the
tailwind doesn't discover a house of cards.

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By Dan Shaughnessy
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\Yhat’s the Big Deal, you ask.>
\\'11y is every local sports fan
excited about the prospect of Rick
l’itino coming to coach the
Celtics?

It's a big deal because l’itino is
.1 dynamic, successful coach. He
restores credibility to our most
storied sports franchise.

(letting 1’itino is also uplifting
because he's one of us. Bill Par-
cells was .1 great coach, probably
the best local sports leader since
Rcd Auerbach.

But the Tuna never was a New
[Cngland guy. (live l’arcells a gas-
guzzling car and a doughnut shop
and he’s happy anywhere. New
l‘ingland? New Jersey? Same dif—
ference.

Parcells hardly ever made it
into the Hub. He didn't know the
Hancock Tower from the Citgo
sign. He thought the Swan Boats
were yachts owned by 3 Cardinal
defensive lineman.

l’itino is different. He went to
college at the University ofMas-
sachusetts in Amherst. He worked
and lived in Boston and Provi-
dcncc. His son goes to school in
Milton. Rick l’itino knows that
the (ilobe is a broadsheet and the
Herald a tabloid. He‘s a card—car—
rying member of Ted Nation.
liven whilc coaching at Kentucky,
he managed weekend getaways in
Boston. trolling Newbury Street
in search of fine dining and expen—
sive SUITS.

1’itino played forJack Leaman
at L'.\1ass. He played in the back—
court with Billy lindicott and he
knows that lindicott got beat up at
the Boston (iarden after playing
in the old Tech Tourney. He
knows that former ()riole Cy
Young winner Alike Flanagan -
another L'Alass contemporary —
is from Manchester. NJ 1.

He knows that students used to
line up outside Curry Hicks Cage
to watch Dr. J. He knows that
John Quincy Adams is a high-rise
in Southwest, and he knows that
Melville is a low-rise. He remem-
bers when ou could buy a pitcher
of beer at the Blue Wall.

He knows that Case Gym is
upstairs from Brown Arena at
Boston University. He remembers
coachin players named Tom
Channel, Steve Wright, Wally
West, Glenn Consor, Desmond
Martin, Brett Brown, John
Teague, Tony Simms, and Gary
Plummet when he went 91—51 in
five seasons at BU.

He knows that a piece of old
Braves Field, where Babe Ruth
finished his career, still stands as
part of Nickerson Field. ' He
knows that Martin Luther King,
HowardStern, and Faye Dunaway
matriculated at Boston University.

Pitino went to work with Hubie
Brown and the New York Knicks
when he left BU. He knows that
one day before the Celtics met the
Knicks and red-hot Bernard King
in the 1984 conference semifinals.
Cedric Maxwell pointed to King
and said, “The bitch won’t score
50 off me." He knows that
Bernard went for 50 in Game 3.
l’itino was there when Larry Bird
torched the Knicks in Game 7 at
the Garden on a Sunday after—
noon.

Pitino knows what the Celtics
were like in those days. He saw
firsthand what the Celtics stood
for. He saw Bird, Parish, and
Mcllale at the top of their games.
He was with the Knicks when
Auerbach counterpunched New
York’s interest in McHale by sign-
ing three New York free agents in
a one-day flurry.

After his first NBA experience,
Pitino took over for Joe Mullaney
at Providence, leading the Friars
to the Final Four in 1987. He

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knows that Dave (iavitt was .1 god
in Providence. lle kn(i\\‘s that
l‘irnic l)c(;regorio is the all-time
gym rat. and that Marvin Barnes
once went after teamnmtc Larry
Ketvirtis with :1 [HT iron. He
knows that Billy Reynolds is the
best scribe in l’rovldcnt‘c. He
knows that everybody goes to
Murphy's Deli after l‘iriar gamt-s.
llt-‘s been in Lexington for
eight years. His New l‘ingland
knowledge served him there only
when he came to Boston to row uit
\Yaync Turner at Beaver ( Iountry
Day (which l’itino knows is always
the first school to postpone when
it snows) and .\likc Bradley .It
\Yorccster Burnt'oat not far
from lloly Cross. wlittc l’itino
played against (.‘cni- llvllll' and
coached against (it'll! gi- lllmcy.

At UK, l’itino rebuilt college
basketball's signature school (the
Boston Celtics ofthc NCAA) and
won a national championship.
Along the way, be adjusted to the
food and the customs. He took a
liking to bluegrass and thorough-
bred racing. And when he
touldn‘t find any good Italian
food. he opened his own restau~
rant.

’utt now it‘s time to come back
to his basketball roots. It‘s time to
return to the land ofJack Lcaman.
Dr. J, Al Skinner. Dave (iavitt.
Ronnie l’crry. Joe Mullancy. lt's
time to come home to the New
(iardcn where Red and K.C., and
the Cool and Tommy lleinsohn
still prowl. lt's time to come back
to New England to rescue the
once—proud Boston Celtics.

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FEEDING FRENZY .llt‘tlia parked .llwnorial Coliseum (above) for Rick Pitr'no’r final nrtwronferenre as math at UK. Pitino 07910112), who bar spent eight semen:
in I .l'.\’lllgf0n, annuunt‘ed'yerterddy that he’ll accept the Barton Celtics" offer to [Jerome their new bead roar/,1.

Pitlno

Rebuilder moves 072,
faces next challenge
From PAGE 1

“1 le wanted that challenge
again. just like when he came here
(The players) saw how badly he
wanted to do this and almost
everyone wanted him to do it."

Details of the Celtics' contract
will be disclosed tomorrow,
though l’itino indicated the
reported 571) million figure was
not necessarily the offer.

\Yhile there is little doubt the
new Celtics coach will receive a
hefty sum, l’itino said the money
was not the determining factor.

“The cynics will say ‘he's going
to get a lot of money,m l’itino
said. “But Kentucky would pay me
anything 1 want and it's never
been about tnoney here because if
I wanted a certain amount. Ken—
tucky would come up with it. You
don‘t. at this stage in my life, leave
for money."

After yesterday's announce-
ment. many across the Bluegrass
wondered about the immediate
future ofthe UK program.

Though neither Pitino nor
Athletics Director C.M. Newton
commented on specific coaching

 

BIOII I’lllllll
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DATE OF BIRTH: Sept. 18. 1952.

HOMETOWN: New York.

FAMILY: Married to Joanne Minardi
Pilino. They have five children.

HEAD COACHING POSITIONS:
Boston University (1978-83); Provi-
dence College (1985-87); New York
Knicks (1987-89); and University 01
Kentucky (1989—present).

COACHING ACHIEVEMENTS:
Lead Providence to NCAA Final Four
in 1987 and Kentucky in 1993. 1996
and 1997. winning national title in
1996. Coached Knicks to NBA
Atlantic Division title in 1989.

 

 

 

candidates, Newton dispelled
claims that it will be difficult to
find a quality successor this far
into the recruiting season.

“This will be a piece of cake,”

Newton said. “There are a lot of
basketball coaches Who want to

come to this program. I think this

is probably an easier time to hire a

coach. Right now, everything is in
order.”

Newton added that the UK
vacancy is one to be coveted by
coaches nationwide. He believes it

offers a can’t-miss 0p rtunity.

“This is a job,

championship, Newton said.

think, will
a peal to coaches who want a
eliance to com etc for a national

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  

 

 

 

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1989-90

V Named head coach UK, a team coming
off its first losing season since 1927 and facmg a
two-year probation from the NCAA,

V Feb. 15. 1990, UK defeats LSU 100-95. In
the biggest Win of Pitino's first season, the Cats
Jump on top of Shaqwlle O'Neal and the Tigers
early and hold on for the Win.

V In the spring of 1990. Pitino sagns Jamal
Mashburn. who in three seasons would lead UK
to one elite eight and one Final Four. Pitino said
of the 6-foot-8 forward. ‘He was the program
turner, He cut the building process in half. Peri-
od.”

 

1990-91

V Feb. 26, 1991, Pitino guides the Cats past
Alabama 79-73 for the school's 200th win in
Rupp Arena. UK becomes only the second
school to win 1500 games.

V With a 114-93 win over Auburn, UK clinch-
es the best record in the Southeastern Confer-
ence. Because the Cats still are on NCAA proba-
tion. the SEC does not recognize the champi—
onship.

1991-92
V With the Cats off probation and back in
postseason play Pitino begins his tradition of get-
ting his UK teams hot at the right time UK mauls

 

        
    

 

Thanks for

219 Victories

3 SEC Championships
5 SEC Tournament Championships
3 Final Four Appearances

1 NCAA Runner up

1 NCAA Championship
Good Luck in Boston!

We’ll miss you.”

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Making

Alabama 80-54 for Pitino‘s first SEC Tournament
title.

V In the NCAA tournament for the first time in
1988. UK marches past Old Dominion, lowa State
and UMass into the elite eight.

V In what many will call the greatest NCAA
Tournament game ever played. UK takes even-
tual national champion Duke into overtime
before bowing out 104-103.

V In the

spring of 1992.
Pitino finalizes \‘ '
his best . ~ . J

recrumng class a..
at UK landing /

’vfi’i'
Top 50 recruits we
Rodrick _ .
Rhodes. Tony ‘ "
Delk, Walter
McCarty and
Jared Prickett.

1992-93

V Sports
Illustrated names UK its preseason No. 1 team.

V The Cats roll over the competition in the
SEC Tournament, beating LSU 82-65 in the
finals to give Pitino his second straight tourney
title.

V In an NCAA Tournament run for the ages,
Pitino’s Cats beat their opponents by an average
of 31 points per game in advancing to the Final
Four.

V Pitino's first Final Four at UK ends in the
semifinals in an 81 ~78
overtime loss to Michi-
gan.

1993-94

V The “Cardiac
Cats" beat Arizona 93-
92 on a last-second tip-
in and rally from 31
points down with 15 min-
utes left in the game to
beat LSU 99-95.

V With a sopho-
more-dominated team.
the Cats bow out early
in the NCAA tourna-
ment. losing to Mar-

Success is a Choice
and we’re glad you
chose Kentucky!

  
 

quette in the se wt round 75-63.
V Pitino is v -. ' 3 iii intense discusswns to
coach the USA f‘llf’lef Lakers

1994-95

V In perhaps tlze grades! SEC Tournament
game ever. UK rallies from nine points down With
a minute remaining in overtime to defeat
Arkansas
95-93.

V Pitino's Cats Win 28 games and advance
to the elite eight before losing to
North Carolina.

1995-96

V Pitino coaches UK to its
first national championship in 18
years, The Wildcats also become
first team in 40 years to go unde-
feated in the Southeastern Con-
ference.

V After the season, Pitino has
serious discusSions with the New
Jersey Nets, who reportedly otter
him $30 million. Pitino eventually
turns down the Nets.

1996-97

V UK advances to the national champi-
mship game. losing to Arizona in overtime.

V Pit tino reportedly entertains a lucrative
("er from the Philadelphia 76ers before rejecting
thi- NBA franchise.

V May 6, 1997, Pitino leaves UK after eight
seasons and agrees to become head coach Of
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for some k'l\ fans, Rick l’ttl-
;; IIX4D\L to the Boston Celtics
u iuht \t‘k'lll like the end of the
wt lTltl.

l‘ior (L..\l. Newton, it's
beginning ot a load of work.

Newton. who scored one of the
six at hiring koups in N( IAA histo—
I\ when lie brought l’ttmo to UK
1mm thi- New York Knicks eight
\t' [is ago. now faces the daunting
talk of replacing one of college
basketball-s elite coat lies.

'l liel l‘\ athletics tlllLklllr an
«s L'ti- h luto-wlf probibly won't
be iblc to l till a mute .is big as Pill—
W! this tutu: uouutl But with eight
plttcrs depend in llie past two
masons. [lie \\ lltledl‘. m: m a state
wt ti insitt. ill. and this lute tigiucs to
it; an iittportant one for Newton.

Suzie vi the names likely to

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layups
\iiuiiiber of candidates nauit-s
da .,s set H! to get tossed around
mi 2 n .oaehiiig vacam ies open up.
\ .' some (lt.ll hes \Hlli his ties
' 2’ 9 seem to be natural tits:

V l ubby Smith The former
l‘\l\l.lll[ has the intensity to
1:1 ii it his mentor and likes to
"1': ‘ii' gun. which makes him a
it; one / .tntlltlatc.

Vl’l (Iarlcsimo 7 The cut—
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l' ill Bit/ers was among the top
: milidates last time L'K searched.
llr- llle\ tlit' flair l'itmo brought
' the court. though. and his fans

”c grown .itciistoiiied to that.

le’alph \Villard --— Another
L'x l’itmo assistant. \Villard
li.1l.llit\'c been a lock had l’iti-

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Vl lerlt Sentlek 7 Yet another
cx-l’itmo assistant. “Villard is
doing great work at N.(I. State.

\tter .I year there, he might

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«in titltezl after his struggles at l’itt.
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lsscl. one ofthc greatest players in
UK history. has NB-\ coaching
The bad news: \\'hile
toiching the Denver Nuggets.
lsv-l got fed up With players~ atti»
miles and burned out on coaching.

threepointers

These longer shots would be
s did choices. but they have down
so 'ws that might work heavily
a ' unst them:

VBilly Donovan -— None of
the many l’itino clones can match
the l'lltl‘ltld coach for sheer L‘loliL”
in ss. but a couple ofsolid years at
Marshall and a mediocre rookie
yc u‘ at l’lorida don‘t exactly make

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iis slowdown style might
not plat m icxxcd up Rupp Arena.

Halt-court heaves

'l he most unlikely candidates
.iie usually the most fun ones to
spct ulate about Among them:

Vlohn (i.tlllt.ll‘l~v~ The New
Jersey Nets Loach seems cosmieal—
ly bound to l’itmo he got the
[Mass iob after l’itino recom-
mended him, he took the Nets job
after l’itino turned it down. Now
L'Ullltl he come to [K and fill Viti-
no's shoes? Not likely.

Vl’at Riley — 'lhe ex«(lat is
(die of the few torches who can
pull off a rah-rah style in the NBA.
and his: system seems tailorrmade
for college ball. But checkout his
list ofcoachmg stops: l.os Angelcs.
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Riley, of course, is the dream
candidate. But even if Newton
approached Riley about filling
Pitino's position. he'd face a near-
impossible task in landing him.

()f the realistic candidates.
Smith is a natural fit. Ilis intensity
and familiarity with the I’itino sys-
tem make him a logical successor.

Skeptics will argue that UK
isn’t ready to hire an African-
American to guide its basketball
program.

But Newton —— among the wis-
est basketball men in America ——
has the opportunity to prove those
skeptics wrong and to put the UK
program on track to not miss a
beat.

Newton should learn a lesson
from his former coach and seize
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By Price Atkinson
Staff 1 l 'ntm‘

Here we go again. Dot-i vu.
back to November.

UK Athletics Director CM.
Newton now finds himself in the
same position he was in when the
football season ended, in search of
a new head coach.

l‘ixcept this time it's a basket»
ball coach.

This year marks the second
time since Newton has been at
UK that he has had to hire a new
football coach and a new basket—
ball coach in the same year. In his
first year at L'K. Newton hired
Bill (lurry and Rick l’itino as head
coaches.

On Dec. 2, Newton hired llal
Mumme to lead the UK football
team this coming fall. Now he
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lead the UK basketball team in
Rupp Arena later this year.

Mumme came from a small
school in the deep south of(.'eorA
gia. from Division II Valdosta
State.

Football and men’s basketball
are the two major revenue sports
in college athletic programs
which need attention because of
the dollars they bring in to the
athletic department.

But an athletic director is not
usually faced with replacing a
football coach and a basketball
coach in the same year.

Right after a head coach
resigns or is fired. the athletic
director usually sets a time table
for hiring a successor which is
what Newton is in the process of.

“I'd like to have it done either
tonight or by noon tomorrow and
that would suit all of us." Newton

inn-v

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Despite rumors;
Georgia's Smith
sticks to routine

By Paul Nowherry

Astoria“! Prey:

Georgia coach Tubby Smith didn’t waver
from his usual routine yesterday, meeting indi-
vidually with his players as he does every other
week to discuss academics and athletics.

But Rick l’itino's departure from UK sparked
intense speculation that Smith may soon be leav<
ing the Bulldogs.

Smith —- a former assistant to Pitino — did
nothing to deny the possibility that he might
become l’itino's successor at UK. one ofeollegc
basketball‘s most prized coaching jobs.

In a statement. Smith congratulated l’itino
after he officially accepted a reported 1()-year,
$70 million contract to coach the Boston (Ieltics.

.\lore telling was what Smith said next.

“I don't think it would be appropriate for me
to comment on anything else right now," he said.

Smith has made it clear that an offer from UK
would be difficult to turn down, even though he
recently received a new six—year contract from
the Bulldogs that brought his total compensa.
[ion to about $605,000 annually.

The school also had agreed to start an annu—
ity that would pay Smith $500,000 if he remains
at Georgia through the length of the contract.

Smith received the new contract after spurn—
ing a serious pitch from Ohio State.

UK, however, would be able to (lwarfGeor-r
gia's deal with a financial )ackage that likely
would run in excess ofSl mi lion :1 year. Pitino‘s
contract \\ as worth $2 million annually.

Smith‘s stature has grown over the past four
years. He led Tulsa to the NCAA round of 16 in
both I‘M-l and ")5, then did the same when he
got to Georgia in 1996. (1M. Newton. UK's
athletic director, would like to maintain l’itino's
up-tempo style at both ends of the court, which
is right in line with Smith's philosophy.

“\Ve want a Kentucky style of play," Newton
said. “I want a perso