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Smith has Big Blue rolling into March

By Pat Forde
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 5, 2003

Tubby Smith and Kentucky are naturally conflicted. The coach is preternaturally patient, and his fan base is notoriously impatient. That is why Smith's annual slow starts have been met with great howling and gnashing of teeth, year after year. You cannot convince Kentucky fans that December or even November are too early to demand perfection, which is why fans will boo a team off their home court after, say, losing an exhibition game. Or why they can begin speculating en masse about who will re ...

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