Five things about Kentucky men’s basketball’s Friday night opponent, East Tennessee State:
1. Steve Forbes won 51 games his first two years at ETSU
The 52-year-old Forbes was an assistant for two seasons under former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie at Texas A&M before joining Bruce Pearl at Tennessee in 2006. Pearl spent five seasons in Knoxville and was on the staff when Pearl got hit with a show cause penalty after lying to the NCAA about a recruiting violation.
Forbes then became the head coach at Northwest Florida State Junior College, where he went 62-6 in two seasons.