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In this March 12, 2009, file photo, Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie questions a call during the first half of an NCAA game against Mississippi at the SEC tournament
Billy Gillispie says he isn't angry. There's no trace of defiance in his words or tone of voice, even while he makes it abundantly clear that he believes his Ranger College basketball program has been unjustly sanctioned.
Breaking his silence for the first time since the National Junior College Athletic Association ruled that Ranger must forfeit last season's 31 victories and vacate its fourth-place national tournament finish, Gillispie explained in detail to The Dallas Morning News the odd case of Joshua Simmons.