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Get revenge on neighbors tothe north: check. Blow outhyped 3-seed: check. Beatarchrival in red: check. TheCats are now a few lobs,dunks and blocks away fromcoveted title No. 8.
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LOS ANGELES — After barely a year, Cur-rent TV has sacked fiery host Keith Olber-mann.
In a statement Friday afternoon, formerVice President Al Gore and legal entrepreneurJoel Hyatt, who co-founded the upstart cablenetwork, took an extraordinary swipe at theiroutspoken host, who endured rocky tenureswith a series of previous network employers,including MSNBC and EPSN. "Countdown,"Olbermann's show, will evidently be canceledimmediately.
Gore and Hyatt said Current was foundedon "the values of respect, openness, collegiali-ty and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunatelythese values are no longer reflected in our re-lationship with Keith Olbermann and we haveended it." Former New York Gov. Eliot M.Spitzer, whose CNN talk show failed to catch
on, will replace Olbermann, the pair added. A Current spokeswoman declined to elab-
orate. But a source familiar with the situationsaid Olbermann was actually fired Thursdaymorning, after managers grew increasinglyfrustrated with his absenteeism and other workhabits. The network expects litigation over theouster, the source added.
The host bashed back quickly. "I'd like toapologize to my viewers and my staff for thefailure of Current TV," Olbermann tweetedlate Friday. "Editorially, 'Countdown' had nev-er been better." He also vowed a lawsuitagainst the network.
Patty Glaser, an experienced litigator whohas represented Olbermann in the past, did notimmediately return a phone message seekingcomment.
Olbermann’s show is canceled
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PHOTO BY MIKE WEAVER | STAFFA car rests on its top after being flipped over and set on fire by fans during celebrations on State Street Saturday. As of midnight of Saturday, 39 fires had been responded to or reported.
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e Video of fans lighting car on fire on State Street
Photos of fans before, during and after the game
Photo slideshow from UK-Louisville game in NOLA
Celebration timeline
PHOTO BY MIKE WEAVER | STAFFFans stand on top of an overturned car during riots after UK’s win. Multiplecars were flipped during the celebrations.
Fans set cars, couches on fire after UK’s win over Louisville
Madness is the only way to de-scribe the celebration on StateStreet after UK’s win over the Uni-versity of Louisville.
The street was flooded withfans, decked out in blue and white,who screamed and cheered that theCats would go all the way.
Couches, tree branches andeven a car was burned. At mid-night, at least 39 fires had been re-ported, said UK SpokeswomanKathy Johnson.
Nothing was safe from intoxi-cated supporters who rioted in thefirst block of the street.
“I feel really bad for them,”Madison Rogers, a history and po-litical science junior, said about theowners of the flipped cars.
She said she and her friendsstayed away from the car flippings.
“I think it’s embarrassing itwent that far,” she said.
Multiple cars were flipped onSaturday night. However, fans stillclimbed on any vehicle they couldreach, jumping and rolling the tiresof the overturned ones.
This received mixed reactions;some looked on horrified, whileothers cheered and took photos.
Those who live or parked onState Street tried protecting theircars by begging and yelling at oth-ers to not jump on them.
However, it didn’t stop thecrowd from destroying what itcould.
State Street could have beenconfused with Bourbon Street inNew Orleans, but more extreme —all hell broke loose as soon as thebuzzer sounded, securing UK’s 69-61 win.
But the partying didn’t start atthe end of the game. Fans startedtailgating as early as 10 a.m., play-ing beer pong and grilling out.
A few Cards fans braved thecrowds before the game but wereconstantly booed by UK supporters.
“I’m from North Carolina, andthis rivalry is so much better thanthat rivalry (between Duke andUNC),” Rogers said.
She said she wasn’t surprisedwith the chaos on State and thoughtthe parties would last until earlySunday morning.
“It’s the best night of my entire
life until we win the national cham-pionship,” she said.
Bed-sheet banners were just ascommon as TVs on decks of hous-es. Fans had UK tattoos on theirfaces, and a painted-on unibrow
wasn’t uncommon to see.State Street was closed during
nearly the entire Final Four game.Police released pepper spray on
the crowd, which included fans on
Burnin’ love for UKBy Rachel Aretakis
See STATE on page 6
8:30 p.m. A car with a smashed-in window was
trying to make its way through thecrowd. Fireworks started exploding onState Street and shortly after, at the cor-ner of Woodland and Euclid.
Around 8:40 p.m. A car was flipped on State Street and
multiple fires were burning. At the sametime, at least 2,000 people had gatheredat the corner of Woodland and Euclidavenues. Couches were also on fire onState Street.8:53 p.m.
A car was reported on fire on the 200block of State Street, according to thepolice scanner.
9:02 p.m. A couch fire was reported at Rose
and Maxwell streets. Burning coucheswere also reported on State Street, andnear Elizabeth Street and TranscriptAvenue in the same area.Around 9:10 p.m.
Fans uprooted the stop signs fromState Street.9:30 p.m.
Parts of Maxwell Street were beingclosed and there was heavy traffic onsouthbound South Upper Street.Around 9:35 p.m.
Police starting forming a line in the200 block of State Street to move peopleout. On South Limestone, conditions weremuch calmer. The road was closed, butfans were out celebrating and taking pic-tures with police.10 p.m.
Police were lined up on State Streetto start moving crowds. People werethrowing beer bottles and other objectsat police. Multiple cars had been flippedover. Other couch fires were reportedaround Maxwell and Upper streets.10:30 p.m.
Injuries were being reported fromState Street, many from thrown beer bot-tles. There were also reports of the mount-ed police unit helping to clear the crowd. 10:58 p.m.
A large fire was reported in the mid-dle of the road on Transcript Avenue.
11 p.m.Police were still trying to control
crowds on State Street. Arson investiga-tors were on the scene and people werebeing arrested for throwing bottles.
11:03 p.m. UK head coach John Calipari tweet-
ed: “#BBN, I’m as happy as anyone forour players to win, but please celebratesafely tonight. Remember, we still haveone more to go.”Just after midnight
UK released a statement about theaftermath of State Street. At least 39fires had been responded to or reported.The fire department had also made atleast 12 first-aid runs.
12:53 a.m. A chair was reported on fire on
University Avenue.
1:30 a.m. The university reported that all roads
were reopened around campus. PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFPolice wear riot gear and hold pepperball guns, which shoot balls of pepper spray, while monitoring fan celebrations Saturday on State Street.
“ I think it’s embarrassing it wentthat far.”
MADISON ROGERS, history and political science junior
PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFUK freshman forward drives to the basket during UK’s Final Four game against Louisville. UK won 69-61.
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFSophomore forward Terrence Jones dunks over Louisville guard Wayne Blackshear during the Cats’ win on Saturday.
NEW ORLEANS — The sounds of “My Old Ken-tucky Home” rang bittersweet to the Kentuckians inred. UK escaped an aggressive U of L team Saturdayto defeat the Cardinals 69-61 and advance to theNCAA Tournament championship game on Monday.
“Louisville will be rooting for Kentucky,” U of Lhead coach Rick Pitino said, “which doesn’t happenvery often, to bring home that trophy to the state.”
Despite U of L scoring the first bucket of thegame, the Cats went on an 8-0 run to force a Cardstimeout and lead 8-2 with 17:34 to play in the firsthalf.
While the Cats held a lead throughout the first halfand shot 60 percent from the field in the first 20 min-utes, the Cards were still able to shorten the pointmargin and remain within striking range.
“(U of L) rebounded the ball, created turnovers onus in the first half, stayed in the game,” UK headcoach John Calipari said, “never gave up.”
Two early fouls sent freshman forward MichaelKidd-Gilchrist to the bench in the first half after aboutseven minutes of play and he was scoreless in the firsthalf, but tallied nine points and four rebounds in thesecond half.
“(Kidd-Gilchrist) plays with high intensity. We
feed off that,” senior guard Darius Miller said. “We al-ways need him in the game. Just his presence helps usout.”
Although the Cats held U of L to shooting 35 per-cent from the field, the Cards grabbed seven offensiverebounds to keep threatening and ended the game out-rebounding the Cats 40-33.
“We weren’t ready for it,” sophomore forwardTerrence Jones said. “Usually, they were coming in alittle short and me and Anthony and Michael would bedown there. But they were coming long out for theguards. I think we’re not used to that.”
Freshmen Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague,along with sophomore Doron Lamb led the Cats inscoring at the half with eight points apiece. Davisgrabbed seven rebounds and blocked two shots in thefirst 20 minutes while Teague had four assists.
U of L jumped on the Cats early in the second halfwith a layup and a block by U of L center Gorgui Di-eng. The increased Cardinal press posed problems forUK, which was unable to complete an inbounds passand forced to turn to a timeout.
But UK went on a 8-0 run to improve its lead 45-32 with 16:14 to play.
U of L answered back in an 8-0 run of its ownsparked by Louisville guard Russ Smith to close thelead 46-42 with 11:23 to play. A 3-pointer byLouisville guard Peyton Siva tied up the game for thefirst time at 49-49 with 9:12 to play.
“We ran the same things we’ve been running allyear,” freshman guard Marquis Teague said. “(Cali-pari) wants everybody to get in position and be strongwith the ball because we know they’re aggressive onthe defensive end.”
Then the Cats slowly began to string togetherplays while executing defensive stops. The Cats heldU of L to scoring just two points in seven minutes.
A 3-pointer by Miller sparked a roar from Catsfans and fueled enough fire for the Cats to finish outthe game. Miler recorded 13 points and three re-bounds, sinking a perfect 4-for-4 from the line. This isthe third time he has scored in double-figures in theNCAA Tournament.
“(Miller) comes out with a lot of intensity,” Davissaid. “Can shoot the ball, rebound, does it all on thefloor. When we get in tough situations, he calms usdown and tells us what to do. He’s the leader.”
The Cats’ win over U of L brings them one stepcloser to achieving their ultimate goal.
“This is the game we’ve been reaching for. At theend of this game we have a chance to win a nationalchampionship,” Miller said. “It’s an opportunity thatnot most people get; can’t really explain it in words.You have to experience it.”
By Sam Rothbauer
Cats squeak past U of L 69-61,
advance to title gameDavis, Kidd-Gilchrist help send UK to 8th championship
Calls senior forward ‘the mostunselfish player’ he’s ever coached
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFFreshman forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist celebrates duringthe end of the Cats’ second half against Louisville.
“Louisville will be rooting
for Kentucky, which doesn’thappen very often ... ”
RICK PITINO, U of L head coach NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis and MarquisTeague sat in the back of a golf cart outside theUK locker room, waiting to be whisked away topost-game interviews, and they were singing.
Singing.Not relaxing. Not recuperat-
ing. Not feeling relieved.Singing.
OK, maybe not an actualsong, but still. As Teague andDavis broke down their own 69-61 win over rival Louisville inthe Final Four, they sang thewords instead of speaking them.They went over key plays in thatsing-song voice, and they repeat-ed phrases from head coach JohnCalipari in that sing-song voiceand they celebrated in that sing-
song voice.“The emotions, I’m just glad to be here, in the
national championship game as a freshman,”Davis explained later, not in that sing-song voice,but at a press conference lectern.
Davis was the main reason he himself was atthat point. On a weekend when he won more na-tional player of the year awards, including the Nai-smith Trophy, he backed up the voters with 18points, 14 rebounds and five blocks in 39 minutes.
He only missed one shot — no Louisville defendercould guard his now-refined post moves, anarrangement obvious enough that Davis eventuallyinsisted on getting the ball — and caused waymore than one miss on the other end.
At the end of the game, Davis exploded withthose emotions. He hurled the ball up in the airand screamed ... well, something. It started with“This is my” but ended with either “state,”“stage,” or “s---,” depending on which pair ofcourtside ears you trusted.
“I said, ‘This is my stage,’” Davis clarified af-ter the game. “We’re from Kentucky. We’re builtfor this.”
It sure seems like UK is built for a title at thispoint. The Cats handled Louisville’s variety of de-fensive looks to shoot 57.1 percent against a teamthat allowed opponents to shoot 38 percent, thethird-best mark in the nation. Full-court press,man-to-man, 2-3 zone — UK found enough of ananswer for them all.
And when Louisville went on a searing 15-3run to tie the game at 49-49 midway through thesecond half, the Cats didn’t melt from the pres-sure, which had been collecting all season and wasnow suddenly magnified on the biggest stage.
They went on an 11-2 run of their own.And as the minutes kept ticking after that, and
the Cats were assured of a victory, the emotionsmounted, bursting through at the end.
On the other side, UK’s gutsy performancewas enough that Louisville head coach Rick Pitinosaid he would be “rooting” for UK to bring thechampionship trophy back to the state.
“To tell you the truth, I haven’t always likedsome of the Kentucky teams,” Pitino said. “But Ireally like this team a lot because of their attitudeand the way they play.”
Join the club, Pitino. The Cats have attracted anearly infinite amount of praise this season. Thatpraise will only escalate with a national title atstake Monday.
Will they feel the pressure? Consider this: they were singing after the
game, remember?The players are ready to handle it. In the locker room about 20 minutes after the
game, Terrence Jones admitted that the feeling ofthis win was “a lot different” than a normal victo-ry, but reaffirmed that the Cats knew their journeywasn’t over.
Doron Lamb, sitting feet from him, had thesame message.
“We haven’t really won anything,” Lamb said.“If we win on Monday, then we’ll celebrate. Butright now we have to take care of business andmove on.”
Davis propels UK pastLouisville in Final Four
AARONSMITH
Kernelcolumnist
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFMichael Kidd-Gilchrist hugs Anthony Davis after UKbeat Louisville to advance to the championship game. “
I said, ‘This is my stage.’ We’re from Kentucky.We’re built for this.”
ANTHONY DAVIS, freshman forward
NEW ORLEANS — DariusMiller, freshman year: NIT.
Darius Miller, sophomoreyear: Elite Eight.
Darius Miller, junior year:Final Four.
Darius Miller, senior year:National Championship game... at least.
The only four-year playeron UK’s roster has experi-enced a journey that un-spooled in extraordinary fash-ion, a progression that can beclearly seen when viewingthose year-ending results.
And now his career willend in the national title game.
“It’s an opportunity thatmost people don’t get,” Millersaid. “Can’t really explain itin words. You have to experi-ence it.”
He will, on Monday, afterUK beat Louisville 69-61 to
advance to one last game.Miller scored 13 points, in-cluding a dagger 3-pointer,with three rebounds and twosteals in the victory.
With the win, Miller willnow break the school’s all-time record for most gamesplayed as a Wildcat, previous-ly held by Wayne Turner. Itwill be his 152nd appearancein a UK jersey.
“He’s beloved,” headcoach John Calipari said.“He’s one of those guys, 50years from now they’re goingto be talking about him. …He could run for governorand win.”
His career stats have beenmore a function of accumula-tion than anything else.
But in those four years ofaccumulation, he showedsomething beyond stats. Hewas a starter his sophomoreand junior years under Cali-pari, then accepted a role offthe bench for his final season.
“My hat is off to him,”Calipari said. “He’s the mostunselfish player I’ve evercoached.”
Coach Caliparisays Miller
is a team player
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFSenior guard Darius Miller looks for a teammate to pass the ball toduring UK’s game against Lousivlle on Saturday.
“He could run for governor and
win.”JOHN CALIPARI, UK head coach
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KansasConference: Big 12Record: 32-6Head coach: Bill Self
NEW ORLEANS – The season of rematcheswill culminate Monday night when UK facesKansas in a rematch of their Nov. 15 game.
Kansas and UK are the two winningestprograms in college basketball history andhave some shared history.
“This is Kentucky and Kansas. I mean,(Adolph) Rupp and (former Kansas coachPhog) Allen and (inventor of basketballJames) Naismith, all of them,” UK headcoach John Calipari said. “Rupp grew up inKansas, we stole him. It should be an excitingball game.”
This is also a rematch for Calipari andKansas head coach Bill Self from the 2008Memphis-Kansas national championshipgame.
“Bill and I have known each other for along time,” Calipari said. “I said after theybeat us in 2008, if there was any coach orschool that was going to beat us in that ven-ue, I would have said, ‘Let it be Kansas.’ Ihad fond memories and really respectedBill.”
Along with a rivalry between the two pro-grams, freshman forward Anthony Davis andKansas’ junior forward Thomas Robinson,
the top Naismith National Player of the Yearcandidates, face off Monday.
“We know (Robinson) is a great player;rebounds the ball — finishes with authority,”Davis said. “Probably one of the best playersthat we’re going to face this year. It’s going tobe a great challenge for me, so I just can’twait to play.”
The Cats are playing a team with size andhas the ability to block shots. Davis leads thenation in shot blocking with 4.6 blocks pergame while Kansas’ center Jeff Withey isfourth in the nation with 3.6.
“It is going to be a challenge,” Davis said.“Both teams go against great shot blockers inpractice every day, so they know a couple ofthings, a couple of moves for how to scorethe ball over a great shot blocker, so it is go-ing to be a great game.”
Ultimately, the Cats seek to win the na-tional championship (their eighth) for thestate of Kentucky, for senior guard DariusMiller and for Calipari.
“Before the season started, everyone ex-pected us to win every game,” sophomoreguard Doron Lamb said. “Throughout thepostseason everyone talked about winningchampionships and bringing the eighth backto Kentucky. We’re finally here and excitedto be here.”
By Sam Rothbauer
A game of rematchesUK’s game against Kansas pits two similar teams
3 things to watch: UK vs. KU1. Player of the Year debate settled — AnthonyDavis went to Sunday’s press conference withhis jersey draped around his neck like a cape.
Maybe Kansas forward Thomas Robinsonsaw it. Maybe he didn’t. Ei-ther way, his comments aboutDavis were telling:
“Anthony Davis is a greatplayer,” Robinson said, “buthe’s not Superman.”
He may not be, but onMonday, the two get thechance to prove themselvessuperior to the other. They ran1-2 in the national player ofthe year race all season. Davishas come out on top in everyone to date, with just one ma-jor award (the Naismith) left
as of Sunday. But the title game gives both theopportunity to prove their worth on the courtinstead of on a ballot.2. Defensive spectacular — UK ranks first inthe nation in field-goal percentage defense(37.4 percent). Kansas ranks second in the na-tion in field-goal percentage defense (37.9percent).
So, yeah, every point will matter.Both teams have developed dominant de-
fenses by protecting the basket. They each holdopponents to 39.8 shooting inside the 3-pointarc, tied for best in the nation. And this interiordefense is a function of their shot-blockers. ForUK, it’s Davis, who leads the country in blocks
per game (4.6). For Kansas, it’s Jeff Withey,who ranks fourth in the country in blocks pergame (3.6).
“I don’t think any players are coming to thehole,” Davis said. “On either team. It’s going tobe a challenge.”
It will be a challenge for both teams toscore, so this game might come down towhich team can make shots, either by control-ling the inside or heating up from outside. Itsounds simplistic, but simple doesn’t mean it’snot true.3. Calipari’s redemption — John Calipari may nothave re-watched the 2008 national champi-onship game, when his Memphis team blew anine-point lead with 2:12 left in regulation tolose in overtime to Kansas.
“That tape was flung out the door of the busas we were going to the plane,” Calipari said. “Ihave never looked at that tape, nor will I.”
But he still remembers it. It was his first national title appearance, and
he watched his team’s sizable lead slip away asthey missed four of five free throws down thestretch. Now he gets his second appearanceagainst the same coach (Bill Self) and the sameschool (Kansas) at which he began his coachingcareer as an assistant, from 1983-85, and methis wife.
The personal connections are nice, but thebiggest professional connection he has with thatprogram remains the title-game loss.
Calipari can erase all those questions, andmore, with a win on Monday.
AARONSMITH
Kernelcolumnist
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFSophomore forward Terrence Jones attempts to drive past a Kansas defender dur-ing the Cats’ game against the Jayhawks on Nov. 15.
NEW ORLEANS — Almostthere.
After a year of dreamingand striving for its goal — the
loftiest goal — UK is now onthe precipice of realizing it.
A national championshiptrophy is waiting in the Super-dome to be handed out to thewinner of Monday’s game.
And all UK can thinkabout is — well, not the tro-phy. Anything else, actually.Anything but the trophy, be-cause they’re close, but closeis not what this team wants.
So the players are choos-ing — being forced? — to putoff thinking about what a titlemight mean.
When a reporter asked theplayers, sitting beside theircoach, to describe what a titlewould mean, head coach JohnCalipari jumped in.
“I’m going to tell you,we’re not thinking about that,”he said. “We’re playing a bas-
ketball game.”The players, for their part,
agreed. They have to. Thinkahead, and run into danger.Staying in the moment hasbeen a principle they’vepreached all year, and theycan’t abandon that now.
So they’re thinking about abasketball game and what abasketball game it should be.It’s the school with the mostwins in history (UK, 2,089)against the school with thesecond-most wins in history
(Kansas, 2,070). It will be acoaching rematch of the 2008title game (Calipari vs. BillSelf). It will be a matchup be-tween the two leading candi-dates for every national playerof the year award (AnthonyDavis vs. Thomas Robinson).
So UK is understandablyfocused on those 40 minutesand not the ramifications thatwill follow those 40 minutes.
Calipari, especially, con-strained his thoughts to Mondaynight’s tip-off. Everything pastthat, he’s not considering. Hedismissed the questions of howa national title, his first, wouldshape his legacy. He rejected thenotion that a win would bring
his career validation.All this despite the fact
that, three years and a daysince being formally intro-duced as UK’s head coach,Calipari will go for his 102nd— and most important — winsince then.
But ignoring the realitydoesn’t mean the reality isn’tthere. And the reality is this:One of the most captivating UKteams ever has a chance to winthe program’s eighth nationalchampionship in one of its mostspectacular seasons ever.
“That’s all everybody hasbeen talking about,” DoronLamb said, “bringing numbereight back to Lex.”
Cats focus on staying in the momentTrying not to think about what final game means
AARONSMITH
Kernelcolumnist
AARONSMITH
Kernelcolumnist
PAGE 6 | Monday, April 2, 2012
Fans rushed UniversityPlaza in excitement after theCats’ Final Four win overLouisville.
Mere seconds after thegame, fans rushed the inter-section of Euclid and Wood-land avenues waving Ameri-can and UK flags in unison.
“This is what we waitedfor for the last four years,”said Rachel Hensley, a politi-cal science and Spanish sen-ior. “There is no way the Catswill not win the nationalchampionship.”
Within minutes, chants of
“Go Big Blue” belted fromthe mouths of 2,000 studentsstrong.
Fireworks and beer bot-tles went flying.
“What other school hasfireworks for a game likethis?” Larissa Caton, an inter-national studies freshman,said after a series of fireworkswent off. “This is absolutelyinsane.”
Police lined the sidewalksof the plaza while fans con-tinued to celebrate the Cats’victory.
Not one Louisville fanwas outwardly spotted in thecrowd.
“I grew up in Louisville,
and this is what I came herefor,” Jenny Zimmerman, a ki-nesiology freshman, said.“Right here is where I want tobe.”
Fans printed off oversizedheads of men’s basketballplayers that floated above thecrowd.
“Cat City,” a UK remix ofTyga’s “Rack City” playedwhile fans sang along andcrowd surfed.
“We sprinted here fromthe dorms, we could only ex-pect the most from UK fans,”Alison Stavola, an equine sci-ence freshman, said. “This ismore than I expected nowthat I am here.”
Fans flood intersection atEuclid and Woodland
By Kayla Pickrell
Thousands gather in the street to celebrate win
While chaos erupted on StateStreet, campus was more tame onSouth Limestone as fans celebratedUK’s win over Louisville.
The street was blocked off andfans celebrated at different businesses,cheering and screaming for the Cats.
People started going crazy as thelast minute counted down. They flood-ed the street more slowly than they didon State Street, but by the end of thenight, it was packed with fans.
At Tin Roof, viewers packed aparking lot where there was a 16-by-9foot screen in the parking lot. A lineformed past the patio and almost toThe Local Taco, as people waited toget in hours before the game.
Fans also climbed on the roof ofTin Roof, and Hugh Jass Burgers hadtwo large tents outside.
STAFF REPORT
South Limestone sees hundreds after UK’s win
PHOTO BY QUIANNA LIGE | STAFFFans celebrate on South Limestone after the Cats’ win over Louisville on Saturday.
PHOTO BY MIKE WEAVER | STAFFFans fill the intersection at Woodland and Euclid avenues after UK’s win over Louisville.
top of cars, almost immediatelyafter the game ended. The pep-per spray was released frompaintball guns, which con-tained pepperballs.
During halftime, policewalked in groups up and downthe street, some carrying thepepperball guns. As theypassed, fans cheered “C-O-P-S” instead of “C-A-T-S.”
By 9 p.m., fans uprootedstop signs on State Street andparaded around with them.
About 9:35 p.m., policestarting forming a line in the200 block of State Street tomove people out. By 10 p.m.,police had started movingcrowds, and fans were throw-ing beer bottles and other ob-jects at officers and each other.
Police were arresting thosewho were throwing bottles.
Hours after the game end-ed, fans continued to cheer asif the buzzer had just sounded.
The chaos of State Streetwas met with two reactions —enthusiasm and disappoint-ment.
Bobby Sturm, a businessfreshman, said the celebrationwas amazing.
“I wasn’t expecting thisstreet to be as big,” he said.“The street is being complete-ly occupied, partying anddancing.”
He said he and his friendswere in the crowd when thepepperballs were released butsaid it didn’t hurt his eyes.
Through social media, stu-dents expressed their excite-ment and pride to be a part ofthe Big Blue Nation. Manysaid Monday’s celebrations
would be even more intense.However, while students
enjoyed the pandemonium,many fans on Twitter said theriots weren’t funny or classy.
“These students don’tknow how awesome they haveit,” Brandon Roberts, a 2007UK graduate, said via Twitter.“Us students during the (for-mer head coach Billy)Gillispie years could’ve donethat but didn’t.”
Roberts said many alumniin their 20s were embarrassed.
“My feelings are prettycommon amongst my fellowUK alumni,” he said.
Just after midnight, UKspokesman Jay Blanton re-leased a statement:
“We appreciate the work ofpublic safety officers at UKand Lexington in addressingthe incidents this evening. It isunfortunate that a small num-
ber of people are using whatshould be a night of celebrationas an excuse to attempt to tar-nish the university and thecommunity. To the extent thatstudents are involved in anyillegal activity or actions thatviolate the university’s studentcode, they will be dealt withappropriately.”
After UK’s win, StudentGovernment President MicahFielden tweeted to students tobe safe.
“Let’s not do anything thattakes away from the basketballteam and their success,” hesaid.
However, Fielden doesn’tthink Monday’s game will beas chaotic.
“The win over Louisvillewas huge because of the long-standing rivalry,” he said.“People were more riled upthan normal.”
He emphasized safety forMonday, saying it is “too easyto get hurt in crowds.”
He also said that it wasn’tjust UK students celebratingbut also community members.
The aftermath from party-ing around campus left CatsCruiser shut down Saturdaynight and early Sunday morn-ing due to street closures andconditions, university andLexTran officials tweeted.
By 1:30 a.m., all roadswere reopened around campus.
Though State Street andUniversity Avenue werecleared of people by that time,some fans continued to partyat their houses.
And at 7:30 a.m. on Sun-day, the madness continued as
some people were still outdrinking beer, yelling and say-ing the “C-A-T-S” cheer.
People from around Lex-ington, as well as out of town,drove down State Street in themorning to view the damage.One woman called it “unbelie-veable.”
Some Lexington residentswere out early helping to cleanup trash on State Street.
One was Charles Walker, aresident of 80 years. He wasout picking up cans for theMake-A-Wish Foundation.
“People frown on you fordoing it, but they don’t under-stand,” he said.
Reporters Alex Lovan andBecca Clemons contributed re-porting.
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monday 04.02.12 page 7kernelopinionsState Street ‘celebrations’ disdainful, embarrassing
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The “celebrations” after UK’swin over Louisville in the FinalFour on Saturday were appalling.
The police used pepper spraymoments after the game to try todisperse the crowd around 8:30p.m., but fans continued to gather.
Fans flipped cars and set oneon fire, threw beer bottles at po-lice and created a general scene ofmayhem.
This type of behavior is unac-ceptable.
While property, such as cars,can be replaced, those who partic-ipated in Saturday night’s celebra-tions could have seriously injuredothers.
And people were injured. Asof midnight after the game, 12first-aid runs had been made,said UK spokeswoman KathyJohnson.
And others, though their in-juries may not have been reported,were still hurt by the celebratorson Saturday night, including twoKernel photographers. One pho-tographer was hit in the head witha beer bottle and pushed to theground. The other was pelted onthe arm.
Setting cars on fire, whichcould have exploded and killedpeople, is not funny. Neither isacting drunkenly and throwing ob-jects at police.
Instead, these actions are im-mature and shameful for othermembers of the UK community.The rioting overshadows whatshould have been a light-hearted
celebration after the Cats’ win.Those who participated in the
celebrations on Saturday night re-flect negatively not only on them-selves but on the university as awhole.
Arrests were made on Satur-day, and more could be made in
the days to come as police reviewvideos and pictures of the chaos.More are sure to be made Mondayif fans act in such a ridiculousmanner.
We, as students, should notcondone this behavior. This is notto say students shouldn’t celebrate,
but the actions of those on Satur-day night were disdainful and em-barrassing.
If potential arrests or universitypunishments aren’t enough to deterstudents and fans from acting thisway, the possibility of seriously in-juring someone should.
PHOTO BY MIKE WEAVER | STAFFFirefighters work to extinguish a car on fire on State Street in Lexington Saturday. The crowd, which included thousands ofUK fans and students on the street, also lit couches and tree branches on fire. Police were in riot gear and multiple arrestswere made. The celebration scenes on South Limestone and Woodland and Euclid avenues, however, were much calmer.
We won the gamebut don’t be
destructive. Let’s besmart and act like we’vebeen here before (morethan 7 times).”
MICAH FIELDENUK Student Government president,
via Twitter
“#BBN, I’m ashappy as anyone
for our players to win, butplease celebrate safelytonight. Remember, westill have one more togo.”
JOHN CALIPARIUK men’s basketball head coach,
via Twitter
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editorial board members:Editor-in-Chief Taylor Moak,Becca Clemons, Aaron Smith, Eva McEnrue, Sam Rothbauer and Luke Glaser
PAGE 8 | Monday, April 2, 2012
The UK baseball teamrebounded from a game oneloss to take the second twoand the series from the Geor-gia Bulldogs this weekend inAthens, Ga.
All high-scoring affairs,the Cats compiled 26 runs forthe series, their most in a con-ference weekend this season.
Friday’s game was post-poned due to rain, setting upa doubleheader on Saturday.Georgia built a fast lead ingame one, scoring two runsin the second inning, anotherin the third and three more inthe sixth to mount a 6-0 lead.
The UK offense that hadjust three hits in the first sixinnings woke up in the sev-enth. After sophomore LucasWitt scored on an error,freshman Austin Cousino hita three-run home run, hisfourth of the year.
Then with two outs, jun-ior Luke Maile and freshmanA.J. Reed singled to bringsenior Thomas McCarthy tothe plate. McCarthy contin-ued his hot streak and dou-bled to right-center to scoreboth runners. The game wastied at six.
But, the Bulldogs coun-
tered in the bottom of theseventh. An RBI doublescored the go-ahead and theeventual winning run.
The Cats again had todig them-selves out ofa hole in ab a c k - a n d -forth gametwo. Georgiaput up a runin each ofthe first fourinnings. But,again, UKhad answer.
W i t hbases loadedin the fourth,s o p h o m o r eJ.T. Riddle walked to platethe first run. Senior MichaelWilliams then doubled downthe left field line to go ahead4-3 before Georgia tied it inthe bottom half.
UK got another in thefifth on a McCarthy homerun, but the Bulldogs scoredtwo more in the sixth to takethe lead back. But, in the sev-enth, a two-run homer by jun-ior Cameron Flynn highlight-ed a three-run inning to putthe Cats back on top, 8-6.
Georgia scored a run inthe seventh and eighth, but aUK also got one in the
eighth to preserve a 9-8 vic-tory. It was a struggle forboth starting pitchers, neitherof which made it out of thefourth inning.
Sunday’srubber gamewas a bitless stress-ful for theCats. TheB u l l d o g sscored onein the first,but UK re-s p o n d e dwith four inthe second,led by a 3-RBI double
by McCarthy. Cousino and Riddle each
homered in the fourth andfifth, respectively, to breakthe game open. The Catswent on to win 11-2 to takethe series.
Freshmen Reed andCousino now lead the Catsin hitting, batting .359 and.358 respectively.
UK (27-2, 7-2 SEC) isnow first in the SEC stand-ings through three weekendsof conference play.
The Cats return to actionat home against the Univer-sity of Dayton Wednesday at6:30 p.m.
UK loses game 1,but takes 2 0f 3 at Ga.
By David Schuh
Cats score 26 runs during series against Bulldogs
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Next GameWho: UK vs DaytonWhen: Wednesday at 6:30p.m.Where: Lexington, Ky.
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