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11-08-2012, 05:08 PM
Nov. 8, 2012

Gameday Information
Kentucky vs. Maryland
Fri., Nov. 9 - 8:30 p.m. ET
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Coverage
TV: ESPN
Radio: UK IMG
Live Video via WatchESPN

Under the direction of fourth-year head coach John Calipari, the Kentucky Wildcats will open the 2012-13 season away from Rupp Arena for the first time since the 2002-03 season with a neutral site contest against ACC-member Maryland. UK captured wins in its two exhibition contests with freshmen Archie Goodwin and Nerlens Noel leading the scoring both averaging 16 points per game.

Maryland also won its lone tune-up in preparation for the season under second-year coach Mark Turgeon. The Terps went 17-15 in Turgeon's first season.

Kentucky edges the Terps in the all-time series by a 8-5 mark. Maryland has won each of the previous two meetings including a Sweet 16 victory in its 2002 NCAA Championship season.
Scouting Maryland

Maryland, which went 17-15 last season, welcomes back four scholarship players in guards Pe'Shon Howard and Nick Faust, forward James Padgett and center Alex Len. A recruiting class rated in the top 20 nationally by analysts includes four-star prospects Shaquille Cleare and Jake Layman, and three-star prospects Seth Allen and Charles Mitchell. The addition of Albany transfer Logan Aronhalt gives the Terps yet another new player.

The Terps finished eighth in the ACC with a 6-10 mark during Mark Turgeon's first season in College Park. Faust is the leading returning scorer with an average of 8.9 points per game after making 31 starts a season ago.
Media Opportunity - November 8, 2012
Coach Calipari

On traveling to New York with the current weather situation …
“We changed what we were going to do. Normally, what we do is we have class, practice and then leave. The weather is so unpredictable with all that is going on so we just said, ‘Let’s get out of here in the morning and get up there.’ We will practice in the Barclays Center, either in the practice court or on the (main) court. We didn’t have Ryan (Harrow) [at practice yesterday] he got some sort of flu or something and did not practice. Julius (Mays) took the day (off) and we are just trying to make sure his leg (is fine). There was nothing structurally or anything wrong, but he didn’t practice. Jarrod (Polson) looked pretty good, and I think Jarrod will be fine if we had to play him. The other guys worked pretty hard. We are what we are right now.”
more (http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110812aac.html)