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11-15-2006, 06:04 AM
class=sidebarBy Brett Dawson
bdawson@courier-journal.com (mailto:bdawson@courier-journal.com)
The Courier-Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It's a new year for the University of Kentucky men's basketball program, and when it opens tonight against Miami (Ohio), you'll be hard pressed not to notice the changes.
There will be a new player in the starting lineup at Rupp Arena.
There will be new roles for familiar faces.
One fixture, though, is Tubby Smith, who will open his 10th season at UK the way he has his previous nine.
"I'm pretty nervous," the coach said yesterday. "You always are nervous before a game, and I think the players probably saw that this morning. Coach was a little intense this
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061115/SPORTS03/611150612/1002/SPORTS
bdawson@courier-journal.com (mailto:bdawson@courier-journal.com)
The Courier-Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It's a new year for the University of Kentucky men's basketball program, and when it opens tonight against Miami (Ohio), you'll be hard pressed not to notice the changes.
There will be a new player in the starting lineup at Rupp Arena.
There will be new roles for familiar faces.
One fixture, though, is Tubby Smith, who will open his 10th season at UK the way he has his previous nine.
"I'm pretty nervous," the coach said yesterday. "You always are nervous before a game, and I think the players probably saw that this morning. Coach was a little intense this
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061115/SPORTS03/611150612/1002/SPORTS