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A Special Message From Joe Hall.
During my nine years as head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, it has been a tremendous thrill to see our basketball teams gain success and notoriety in the academic arena. It has always been my philosophy that a college athlete's number one objective should be to earn an undergraduate degree. In our basketball program at U.K., we are always conscious of this goal and motivate our players daily in this direction.
Our coaching staff demands the same from our players in the classroom as we do on the basketball court.
Through daily academic meetings, tutoring sessions, and study halls, our players develop a sound routine that is conducive to self-discipline and scholastic emphasis. Our Athletics Association has established a full-time academic advisor, who directs these activities and reports our players' academic progress to me on a daily and weekly basis.
I am convinced that academic success in college athletics today is being achieved at a high rate, and am very proud to say that with our 88% graduation rate over the past nine years, it is definitely being achieved in
Head Coach Joe B. Hall
the basketball program at the University of Kentucky.
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LEONARD HAMILTON
Associate Coach
Leonard Hamilton was named the University of Kentucky's first associate basketball coach on October 15, 1980.
Hamilton has been a member of the Wildcat coaching staff for seven years. He came to Kentucky 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. Most remarkable in his coaching career is the fact that in nine of his 10 years as a coach on the collegiate level, the team he has been associated with has advanced to postseason play. Only in his first season at Austin Peay has Hamilton not been involved in a postseason tournament.
A native 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 Tennessee-Martin, where he graduated in 1970.
The 33 year old Hamilton is married to the former Claudette Hale of McLemoresville, Tenn. They have a son, Lenny, 11.
JOE DEAN
Assistant Coach
Enthusiastic, hard-working Joe Dean is beginning his fourth season with the University of Kentucky basketball program.
The Baton Rouge, La., native earned letters in both football and basketball at Baton Rouge High School. From high school, he went to Mississippi State University where he played three seasons against the Wildcats. Dean was a member of the 1976 Academic All-SEC squad.
After earning an undergraduate degree from Mississippi State in 1976, he served one season as a Bulldog graduate assistant coach while earning a master's degree.
Besides his duties associated with the Wildcat regular basketball season, 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, 2.
BOB CHAMBERS
Assistant Coach
Bob Chambers, a respected high school coach in Tennessee for 20 years, is now in his second season with the University of Kentucky Wildcats.
Prior to the 1979-80 season, Chambers coached for nine years at Tennessee High in Bristol, Tenn., where he compiled a 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.
Chambers works in all phases of the Wildcat basketball program except off-campus recruiting.
He is married to the former Elva Jean Potter of Elizabethtown, Tenn. They have a daughter Robin Lea, 19, and Chip, 17. SCORECARDS
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Dicky Beal
5-11, 170, So. Covington, Ky.
Played very well early in the season before suffering thigh injury  Selected to the All-UKIT team  Played in 27 games, starting six.
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Tom Heitz
6-8, 225, So. Hamilton, Ind.
Red-shirted last season after seeing action as a freshman  Has added strength, weight, and maturity  One of the top performers in Kentucky's conditioning and weightlifting program.
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Bret Bearup
6-9, 230, So. Centerport, N.Y.
Played in 26 of the 28 games  Scored in double figures three times as a reserve forward  Averaged 2.7 points and 1.7 rebounds.
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Derrick Hord
6-6, 215, Jr. Bristol, Tenn.
Superbly talented player with the ability to play both forward and guard  Second on the team in scoring last season  Played in all 28 games, starting 21.
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Sam Bowie
7-1, 234, Jr. Lebanon, Pa.
One of college basketball's outstanding players  Named to several All-America teams last season  Named to every All-SEC team.
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Charles Hurt
6-6, 215, Jr. Shelbyville, Ky.
Started more games (23) than any other forward last season  Led team in fewest turnovers per time played  Ranked fourth on the team in minutes played.
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Bo Lanter
6-1, 175, Sr. Versailles, Ky.
A transfer walk-on who earned a scholarship  Came to Kentucky after a season at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Tex.  Saw action in 11 games last season, 17 games the year before. e Wildcats
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Jim Master
6-5, 175, So. Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Outstanding shooter who showed flashes of brilliance last season  Played in 27 games, earning three starts  Scored season high 16 points against Georgia (A) on national television.
Mike Ballenger
56-3, 185, Fr. Jasper, Ind.
Outstanding three-sport star at Jasper High School  Attracted attention as a basketball guard, football quarterback, and baseball pitcher  Scored 1,433 career points.
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Dirk Minniefield
6-3, 180, Jr. Lexington, Ky.
Co-MVP of squad last season  One of the top guards in the nation  Effectiveness is amazing.
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Troy McKiniey
6-6, 195, Fr. Independence, Ky.
Most valuable player in last season's Kentucky state high school baskeball tournament  Led Simon Kenton High School to the title  Average 25.3 points and 10.6 rebounds per game as a senior.
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Melvin Turpin
6-1 1, 240, So. Lexington, Ky.
Played in all 28 games  Averaged 4.7 points and 3.8 rebounds  Averaged more than five points and four rebounds against SEC foes.
GORDY PARIDO
Graduate Assistant
Gordy Parido, a native of Winchester, is in his first year as a graduate assistant in the Wildcat basketball program. He has assisted the UK basketball team for three seasons, serving last season as a student assistant.
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6-6, 225, Jr. Lincoln, III.
Captain of the 1981-82 squad
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1980-81 RESULTS
GAME	UK-OPP.	HIGH SCORER	HIGH REBOUNDER
EAST TENNESSEE (H)	62-57	Bowie 1 5	Bowie, Turpin 8
OHIO STATE (H)	70-64	Bowie 1 9	Bowie 1 1
INDIANA (A)	68-66	Bowie, Cowan 1 4	Cowan, Turpin 5
KANSAS (H)	87-73	Bowie 29	Bowie 1 6
ALASKA (H, UKIT)	91-56	Hurt 16	Hurt 10
ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM (H, UKIT)		Bowie 2 5	Bowie 1 2
NOTRE DAME (N, Louisville)	61-67	Bowie 1 8	Bowie 1 1
MAINE (H)	100-54	Hord 24	Bowie 1 4
GEORGIA (H, SEC)	76-62	Cowan 22	Bowie 9
AUBURN (A, SEC)	79-66	Cowan 1 7	Bowie, Hord 7
TENNESSEE (H, SEC)	48-47	Hord 1 6	3 with 5
MISSISSIPPI (H, SEC)	64-55	Bowie 1 8	Bowie 8
ALABAMA (A, SEC)	55-59	Cowan 1 4	Bowie 9
LSU (A, SEC)	67-81	Bowie 22	Bowie 9
FLORIDA (H, SEC)	102-48	Bowie 29	Turpin 1 1
VANDERBILT (A, SEC)	78-64	Minniefield 1 8	Turpin 1 1
MISSISSIPPI STATE (H, SEC)	71-64	Bowie 27	Bowie 1 2
GEORGIA (A, SEC) 2 OT	71-68	Bowie 1 8	Bowie 9
AUBURN (H, SEC)	102-74	Bowie 23	Bowie 1 0
TENNESSEE (A, SEC)	71-87	Bowie 26	Bowie 1 4
MISSISSIPPI (A, SEC)	62-55	Bowie 25	Bowie 8
ALABAMA (H, SEC)	77-62	Bowie 21	Bowie 1 4
FLORIDA (A, SEC)	69-56	Verderber 1 6	Hord 7
VANDERBILT (H, SEC)	80-48	Bowie 1 9	Bowie 1 5
MISSISSIPPI STATE (A, SEC)	78-74	Minniefield 20	Bowie 8
LSU (H, SEC)	73-71	4 with 1 1	Bowie 9
VANDERBILT (N, SEC-T)	55-60	Hurt, Bowie 1 2	Hurt 8
ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM (NCAA)	62-69	Verderber 1 6	Verderber 9
ATTENDANCE - Overall: 517,052	1 8,466; Home:	345,996 - 23,666; Away:	1 22,334 - 1 2,223;
Neutral: 39,722 - 13,241
1980 81 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FINAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS (28 Games)
player	g fls	minutes	field goals	free throws	rebounds	pf-d	a	to	s	points
Bowie	28-28	895-32.0	185-356-52.0	1 18-164-72.0	254-9.1	80-2	39	51	16	488-1 7.4
Minniefield	28-28	890-31.8	118-213-55.4	55- 63-87.3	79-2.8	79-4	151	71	35	291-10.4
Hord	28-21	710-25.4	97-239 40.6	54- 72-75.0	- 91-3.2	56-0	48	49	9	248- 8.9
Cowan	26-17	514-19.8	76-182-41.8	61- 84-72.6	100-3.8	65-3	20	32	9	213- 8.2
Verderber	19-14	414-21.8	54- 96-56.2	35- 49-71.4	80-4.2	47-2	24	22	9	143- 7.5
Hurt	28-23	683-24.4	79-138-57.2	33 57-57.9	127-4.5	92-6	30	31	13	191- 6.8
Master	27-3^4	512-19.0	64-142-45.1	48- 56-85.7	26-1.0	43-0	25	29	9	176- 6.5
Turpin	28- 0	380-13.6	50- 95-52.6	31- 44-70.5	106-3.8	62-2	1	21	8	131- 4.7
Bearup	26- 0	258- 9.9	28 74-37.8	15- 24-62.5	43-1.7	35-1	8	10	5	71- 2.7
Beal	27- 6	344-12.7	23- 52-44.2	24- 42-57.1	19-0.7	44-2	50	31	26	70- 2.6
Lanter	11- 0	32- 2.9	5- 12-41.7	0- 2-00.0	6-0.5	9-0	5	4	3	10- 0.9
Gettelfinger	7-0	18- 2.6	2- 3-66.7	4- 7-57.1	3-0.4	4-0	1	5	1	8- 1.1
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Ky. Totals Opp. Totals Record: 22-6	28 28 Home: 150	Away: 7-3	781-1 602-48.8 651-1494-43.6 Neutral: 0-3	478-664-72.0 458 640-71.6 SEC: 15 3	995-35.5 899-32.1	616-22 616-20	402 333	356 401	143 154	2040 72.9 1 760-62.9
BLOCKED SHOTS: Bowie 80, Turpin 23, Cowan 8, Minniefield 4, Bearup 3, Hurt 3, Verderber 1, UK 122. Opp.-48
HIGH SCORING GAMES: Bowie, 29-Kansas and Florida (HI; Cowan, 22-Georgia (HI; Hord, 24-Maine; Minniefield, 20-Miss. StatelAI;
and Georgia (A); Hurt, 18-Auburn (HI; Verderber, 16-Florida (A) and Alabama-Birmingham (NCAA); Turpin, 17 Florida (H); Beal,
12-Alaska; Gettelfinger, 4-Maine; Lanter, 4-Mississippi |H|
Master, 16-Vanderbilt (A) 9-Mississippi (H); Bearup,