Oct. 9, 2002

Blue-White Game

The Wildcats’ annual Blue-White game will be played on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum. Ticket information for the intersquad scrimmage will be announced at a later date.

Pure Madness

Free tickets to 21st annual Big Blue Madness were distributed last Saturday in 37 minutes. A capacity crowd of more than 8,500 is expected to fill Memorial Coliseum on Friday, Oct. 11. Doors open at 10:30 p.m. and the program begins at 11 p.m. It should conclude following a team scrimmage at 1 a.m. The event tips off the program’s 100th season and will include special appearances by former Wildcats.

Book Project I

Basketball reporter Chris Dortch has authored a book, String Music – Inside the Rise of SEC Basketball. Dortch, who publishes the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Forecast, chronicles the league’s dominance in the 1990s. Beginning with Rick Pitino’s revival of the University of Kentucky from the perdition of probation, to the University of Arkansas’s entry into the conference and subsequent national title, Dortch chronicles SEC history up to its present pinnacle. The Wildcats’ Tubby Smith is featured prominently as well after coaching at both Georgia and Kentucky during the decade.

For more information on the book, log on to http://www.brasseysinc.com/Books/1574884395.htm.

Important Dates

Oct. 11 Big Blue Madness – Memorial Coliseum

Oct. 12 Basketball Practice Begins

Oct. 17 Tubby Smith at Lexington Rotary – Fasig-Tipton Horse Sales, Lexington

Oct. 31 Tubby Smith at Jefferson County Alumni Luncheon – Galt House, Louisville

Nov. 2 Blue-White Game – Memorial Coliseum

Nov. 11 Exhibition Game vs. Athletes in Action – Rupp Arena