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Can we move on from the Louisville basketball and Kenny Payne chatter? | Jeff Greer

UK assistant Kenny Payne addresses reports tying him to Louisville job Jon Hale/Courier Journal

Can we move on from the Kenny Payne-to-Louisville chatter?

I get how we got here: A few of Payne’s well-known friends told a writer they’ve known for a while they’d like to see their old pal get the head-coaching gig at their alma mater. The writer wrote that as any writer would, because it’s newsworthy when big-name alumni speak up about something like this.

Twitter freaked out. Message board threads rapidly expanded. Radio shows dedicated hours to it, and other media outlets weighed in, too.