In the latest example of his longstanding distaste for Kentucky basketball, Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight said last weekend that UK's five starters in the 2010 NCAA Tournament did not attend class that spring semester.
The statement seemed a product of Knight's well-known dislike of so-called one-and-done players who turn professional after one college season. But it was easy to see Knight was mistaken in UK's case since one starter, Patrick Patterson, was a junior en route to graduating in three years. Another, then-sophomore Darius Miller, just completed his junior season for Kentucky.
"Kentucky, year before last, started five players in the NCAA Tournament games that had not been to class that semester," Knight said, according to the YouTube video shot at the Honeywell Center in Wabash, Ind., on Saturday. "And that's that one-and-done philosophy that we have now."
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