St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin, who is still recovering from prostate cancer surgery, will not travel to Lexington to coach his team tomorrow night.
[I]St. John’s assistant [B]Mike Dunlap[/B] will coach the Johnnies while Lavin continues to recover from prostate cancer surgery Oct. 6.[/I]
[I]“I was at a lot of St. John’s games last year,” the 6-foot-8 Harkless said Tuesday. “They made me real anxious to get here and be able to play in these types of games. Kentucky coming up is going to be real exciting.”[/I]
[I]The Wildcats (6-0) will be playing their first game as the new No. 1 in the land after North Carolina lost to UNLV over the weekend.[/I]
[I]After facing St. John’s, Kentucky will host the Tar Heels on Saturday. That game was to have featured No. 1 against No. 2, but the Heels have now dropped to No. 5.[/I]
[I]“This early in the season it’s nice, but it’s not that significant,” Kentucky head coach [/I][B][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/B]
[URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/calipari_john00.html”][B][COLOR=#000000][I]John Calipari[/I][/COLOR][/B][/URL][I] said of the No. 1 ranking. “It just puts a bigger target on us. Obviously, not everyone thinks that we’re the best team. Starting three freshmen and two sophomores, they may be right. I’ll be anxious to see how the team accepts the challenge this week.”[/I]
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