Kentucky’s news conference on the eve of the NCAA Tournament baseball regional brought to mind a scene in the movie “Hoosiers.”
To get his players to understand basketball was still basketball even in a state tournament setting like Hinkle Fieldhouse, Coach Norman Dale (actor Gene Hackman) asked for a tape measure. It confirmed that the baskets were still 10 feet high and the foul line 15 feet from the rim.
UK, which is playing host to Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina State in the regional this weekend, spoke of the comfort that comes with familiar baseball dimensions.