In its pre-season rankings of the 308 Division I schools, The Sporting News placed Kentucky at No. 7, Morehead State No. 284. Morehead will dress only 10 players, four of which are freshman starters. Macy, the former UK All-American who decided at age 40 to become a coach, would neither confirm nor deny that he would be his team's best player. Oh, by the way, it's also the first game as coach for Macy, one of the most beloved figures in Kentucky basketball history. I don't know if that makes it any more or less important.
History is to be read about.
I'll probably appreciate it more at the end of the year or end of my career. The game was Macy's idea. When he took the Morehead job last spring, he remembered then-UK Coach Rick Pitino's willingness to play. He called about a game. That UK agreed did not fill Macy with hopes of springing a shocking upset in his debut.