Barnhart discusses Kentucky’s NCAA draw and fans’ threats against referee
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Mitch Barnhart spoke Friday about his work on the NCAA Selection Committee and reacted to some Kentucky fans’ treatment of referee John Higgins.
Herald-Leader
Kentucky putting the mad in March Madness has become an annual rite (or, to hear UK complaints, an annual wrong) of the NCAA Tournament. Wrong seed. Wrong site. Wrong days of the week for games.
Having just completed his first year on the Selection Committee, UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart vouched for the panel’s good-faith effort to get the bracket right.
When asked Friday if Kentucky had been treated fairly, Barnhart said, “Yeah. Very fairly.
“I can honestly look at my basketball coach and our team and people on my staff and our fans and say we were treated very fairly.”
Having just completed his first year on the Selection Committee, UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart vouched for the panel’s good-faith effort to get the bracket right.
When asked Friday if Kentucky had been treated fairly, Barnhart said, “Yeah. Very fairly.
“I can honestly look at my basketball coach and our team and people on my staff and our fans and say we were treated very fairly.”
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/sports/coll...tball-men/article143446194.html#storylink=cpy
Mitch Barnhart spoke Friday about his work on the NCAA Selection Committee and reacted to some Kentucky fans’ treatment of referee John Higgins.
Herald-Leader
