Even though Pennridge High School is closed for the holidays, plenty of activity is going on inside its walls – literally.
People strolling by the auditorium would have seen a gaping hole in the wall Wednesday, but by Thursday the space was filled with a 340-pound piece of history.
The 43-by-37 inch ceramic mosaic of the high school seal, the class gift from graduates in 1962, was mounted above the auditorium doors in the previous high school building. The gift would have been lost in the rubble when the building was demolished in 2006 if class member Marlene Bryan and others had not rescued it.
They also salvaged some bricks from the old building, using them as centerpieces for the 45th class reunion in 2007 and then allowing classmates to take them home as souvenirs.
“Classmates came from all over the country,” Bryan said. “They really cherish [the bricks].”
The mosaic itself, however, hung in Ray Weidner’s garage until this week.
“We thought now’s the time to place it,” said Bryan, chair of the reunion committee. Bryan has worked on the four previous reunions, which are held every five years, and is currently helping to plan the 50th.
The mosaic, complete with the high school seal’s scroll and quill pen, was originally designed by Richard Kuhn, the cousin of Barry Kuhn, class of 1962 member who headed up this week’s installation project. Olean Tile Company in Lansdale, where a class member’s parent worked, fashioned the mosaic from the artist’s rendering. Olean is the ceramic tile manufacturer that made much of the tile that lines the Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels, according to Bryan.
“It was a huge employer in our area,” Bryan said.
The installation, completed by Gary Schott, was completed in two days rather than the three Barry allotted for the project.
The restored mosaic is just the beginning of what Barry called “a special anniversary.” The reunion will take place on Saturday, Sept 29 at Indian Valley Country Club, but plans are also in motion for an activity Friday evening. The three-day reunion weekend will finish off with Sunday brunch Sept. 30. Invitations for the reunion will be sent out in April or May, Bryan said.
The 14 members of the reunion committee have been working together for many years.
“We’re very close,” Bryan said. “Everyone does their own thing but they all help each other.”
2011年11月15日星期二
Steve Bartlett Blog
I am so lucky! People have been sending me pictures of their cats!
That's got me so excited I've been Irish step-dancing like that thing in the Robaxacet commercials.
In a recent column on my weighty cat, Jakey, I asked readers for advice on how to help him drop a few pounds. They gave it to me. Pics et al.
Some of the responses were even fit to print.
One writer suggested Jakey might just be naturally fat and not have a problem.
"I thought my Barney Boo was fat until I brought him to the vet recently for a check up and was informed that at, 17 pounds and only 2.5 years old, he is considered a 'large' cat rather than a 'fat' cat," she wrote.
I hope she's right because that would mean I didn't play a role in making Jakey reach a weight where he leaves footprints in ceramic tile. (And, no offense, but "Barney Boo?")
Speaking of vets, most respondents suggested that's where I should take Jakey. We'll be heading there, and I'll be more afraid than the cat. Sitting in a waiting room with a fat feline amongst all those humungous, hungry, dogs is about as fun as being the patient in home dentistry.
Anyway, in seeking advice on skinnying my cat, I also requested the responses purr with puns.
If there was a legal limit to pun usage, the email from "Barb" - the woman's real name - would land her in the slammer for a very, very long time.
"Poor Jakey, I know what it's like carrying around extra pounds. I've been doing it for years.
"Get him off the couch. Too much sleep is no good so forget the cat-nap, get him to the cat-walk, or play cat-ch with him (it keeps dogs slim). With all that exercise, you'll need to have lots of cat-ty litter for him. That will keep Stevie out of the dog house. If he does too much exercise, take him for a sail on a cat-amaran to relax him. Or you could cat-apult him through the air and, hopefully, he'd think he's a cat-bird and flap his paws, and that's a great workout.
"You love Jakey, so make sure he doesn't overdo it. Reward him with treats that can be found in any cat-alogue on pets. If he seems in pain, cat-er to him, serve him fresh cat-erpillars, cat-fish and cat-sup, if that's his thing. Please don't be alarmed if you hear his caterwauls - believe me that's a good thing for Jakey. But be on the safe side, and if you are really concerned about his health, take him to your vet for a CATscan. It certainly cat-n't hurt.
"Better go now. Gotta tie up the cat-tails with some cat-gut to bring to the fall sale at a cat-lic church. Cat-ch ya later."
Thanks, Barb, for making me cat-atonic. It must have been cat-hartic for you.
Not all feedback was punny though.
One guy sent an email titled "See ya Jakey." In it, he suggested how to get rid of our portly pussycat's poundage permanently. Thanks for the advice, but my house has a no-kill policy for all creatures except European earwigs - and husbands/fathers who harm Jakey.
That's got me so excited I've been Irish step-dancing like that thing in the Robaxacet commercials.
In a recent column on my weighty cat, Jakey, I asked readers for advice on how to help him drop a few pounds. They gave it to me. Pics et al.
Some of the responses were even fit to print.
One writer suggested Jakey might just be naturally fat and not have a problem.
"I thought my Barney Boo was fat until I brought him to the vet recently for a check up and was informed that at, 17 pounds and only 2.5 years old, he is considered a 'large' cat rather than a 'fat' cat," she wrote.
I hope she's right because that would mean I didn't play a role in making Jakey reach a weight where he leaves footprints in ceramic tile. (And, no offense, but "Barney Boo?")
Speaking of vets, most respondents suggested that's where I should take Jakey. We'll be heading there, and I'll be more afraid than the cat. Sitting in a waiting room with a fat feline amongst all those humungous, hungry, dogs is about as fun as being the patient in home dentistry.
Anyway, in seeking advice on skinnying my cat, I also requested the responses purr with puns.
If there was a legal limit to pun usage, the email from "Barb" - the woman's real name - would land her in the slammer for a very, very long time.
"Poor Jakey, I know what it's like carrying around extra pounds. I've been doing it for years.
"Get him off the couch. Too much sleep is no good so forget the cat-nap, get him to the cat-walk, or play cat-ch with him (it keeps dogs slim). With all that exercise, you'll need to have lots of cat-ty litter for him. That will keep Stevie out of the dog house. If he does too much exercise, take him for a sail on a cat-amaran to relax him. Or you could cat-apult him through the air and, hopefully, he'd think he's a cat-bird and flap his paws, and that's a great workout.
"You love Jakey, so make sure he doesn't overdo it. Reward him with treats that can be found in any cat-alogue on pets. If he seems in pain, cat-er to him, serve him fresh cat-erpillars, cat-fish and cat-sup, if that's his thing. Please don't be alarmed if you hear his caterwauls - believe me that's a good thing for Jakey. But be on the safe side, and if you are really concerned about his health, take him to your vet for a CATscan. It certainly cat-n't hurt.
"Better go now. Gotta tie up the cat-tails with some cat-gut to bring to the fall sale at a cat-lic church. Cat-ch ya later."
Thanks, Barb, for making me cat-atonic. It must have been cat-hartic for you.
Not all feedback was punny though.
One guy sent an email titled "See ya Jakey." In it, he suggested how to get rid of our portly pussycat's poundage permanently. Thanks for the advice, but my house has a no-kill policy for all creatures except European earwigs - and husbands/fathers who harm Jakey.
2011年9月7日星期三
Commercial Market 2011 - June 2011
The commercial flooring industry grew last year, following two years of losses, though growth was modest and spotty. Some sectors were actually down last year. However, the biggest sector, corporate, showed some growth and that was enough to pull the market up.
According to Market Insights/Torcivia, commercial flooring sales were up 1.4% last year to $4.151 billion. Last year’s growth was fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things—it’ll take a lot more than 1.4% growth to offset the losses of the past two years. However, the fact that the commercial market turned positive so quickly, recovering ahead of the residential market, is great news for the industry and holds a promise of greater gains in the next couple of years.
A strong rebound in corporate earnings has been central to the recovery of the commercial flooring industry, and pent-up demand cycling through different sectors at different rates is also helping push numbers up. In general, everything that was trending up in the second half of 2010 has continued to trend up this year.
Refurbishment is generally a larger part of the commercial flooring business than new construction, and as the economy emerges from the recession, the ratio is even more pronounced. In most commercial sectors, there’s very little new construction. The economy is still too fragile, confidence is still too low and banks are still maintaining high hurdles for borrowers.
Pressure on Manufacturers
When demand for products falls and it becomes a buyer’s market, manufacturers have to contend with all sorts of pressures. This time around, everyone from designers to end users is demanding an extraordinary level of service. They’re looking for an immediate response on everything from samples to lead times, and manufacturers have had to dig deep to find ways of getting product out as quickly as possible.
While the market seems to be stabilizing, raw material prices are rising at unprecedented rates. It’s as though every element that influences raw material costs—be it crude oil prices, refinery capacities, droughts, floods, demand from China—is acting to add cost to the equation. Worst hit are the flooring categories with the highest polymer use, like carpet and vinyl flooring, but every type of flooring is getting more expensive to produce at the very least from material transportation costs, facility operating costs, specialty chemicals costs and, almost universally, competition from China.
Squeezed at one end by raw material costs and at the other end by the pricing pressure of a buyer’s market, manufacturer margins are getting thinner and thinner. There’s only so much a manufacturer can do in terms of reducing product weight, lowering overheads and streamlining operations. With demand still below par, they can’t pass through high enough price increases to meet their increased costs. And too often, clients come looking to spend what they spent before, and when they trade up from lower quality goods they are not trading up as much as they used to.
The good news is that several manufacturers report increased activity at the higher end—the same trend is taking place in the residential market. And while high end buyers are more price conscious than before, it’s nothing like the battle taking place at medium and low price points.
Global Market Update
The financial crisis, global in scope, had a huge impact on the world’s largest economies. And while the U.S. market is still struggling to find its legs, many of the emerging markets are already in full rebound. Though there are several European countries still in crisis, much of Europe has been recovering faster than expected. However, it’s still a region in turmoil, with several nations facing staggering problems.
In general, developed nations like the U.S. and much of Europe are expected to emerge from the global recession with slow, modest growth compared to the vigorous rebounds of emerging markets. Smaller economies, which felt the impact largely through trade, have by and large recovered already.
The focus of many U.S. exporters is on the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), the four strongest emerging markets. Together, those four markets account for nearly 2.9 billion people, or 43% of the global population. Not only are the long-term prospects good among the BRIC economies, but they’re also rebounding quickly, so there’s plenty of business going on right now. And a lot of that is in new construction.
Commercial flooring producers report that foreign business has picked up faster than U.S. business. Firms with large global operations showed higher growth in 2010 than did those more reliant on the domestic market. Interface Inc., for instance, which does nearly 50% of its business in foreign markets, saw 6.3% growth in the U.S. and 17% growth in foreign business. Shaw reports that its overseas business fell faster and has come back faster than U.S. business. Overall, the Asian market is most robust.
Flooring Categories
Carpet dominates the commercial market, with a nearly 70% marketshare, followed by ceramic tile at just over 13%, then resilient at 11.2%. Then there’s a huge gap before hardwood at 3.8% and laminates, half that size, at 1.9%. There was no significant shift in share last year among the bigger flooring categories. With total commercial flooring sales up a hair, carpet took a tiny bit of share, and both ceramic and resilient lost a little.
The only real action was in the hardwood and laminate categories, which together account for less than 6% of the market. Both categories have limited application in the commercial market and they do best in parts of the retail sector. Last year, commercial hardwood business was down an estimated 8.1%, while laminates were up an impressive 26%.
In the carpet category, the story continues to be gains by carpet tile, largely at the expense of broadloom. The top ten mills, which account for over 90% of the industry, all sell carpet tile. And for half of them, carpet tile is bigger than broadloom. Most of the smaller mills that don’t sell carpet tile are specialists in the hospitality sector, where broadloom still dominates.
Broadloom sales were down last year, while carpet tile was up. Carpet tile’s share is strongest in the institutional market, where broadloom can’t match the performance and maintenance characteristics of tile, and the corporate market, where it’s ideal for workstation applications and over raised access flooring. Carpet tile also has a strong share of the government sector where GSA (General Services Administration) guidelines favor its environmental attributes.
Commercial Sector Overview
Industry experts, from economic analysts to designers to manufacturers, break out the commercial sector in various ways, combining market sectors into different categories. Distinct sectors include leased office space (tenant improvement), owner occupied office space, acute care, assisted living, K-12, higher education, government, retail store planning, public space (everything from airports and stadiums to libraries and churches), hospitality guest rooms, and hospitality public space, which includes casino carpet.
The common categories are: corporate, which includes tenant improvement and owner-occupied offices; healthcare, which includes acute care and assisted living; hospitality, combining guest rooms and public space; retail; and institutional, which includes government, public space and, often, education. Many experts break out the institutional sector into its component pieces.
No matter how you cut it, the biggest sector by far is corporate, with over 40% of the market, followed by institutional (in its broader definition). Retail and healthcare are close in size, and the smallest piece of the pie is hospitality.
According to Market Insights/Torcivia, commercial flooring sales were up 1.4% last year to $4.151 billion. Last year’s growth was fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things—it’ll take a lot more than 1.4% growth to offset the losses of the past two years. However, the fact that the commercial market turned positive so quickly, recovering ahead of the residential market, is great news for the industry and holds a promise of greater gains in the next couple of years.
A strong rebound in corporate earnings has been central to the recovery of the commercial flooring industry, and pent-up demand cycling through different sectors at different rates is also helping push numbers up. In general, everything that was trending up in the second half of 2010 has continued to trend up this year.
Refurbishment is generally a larger part of the commercial flooring business than new construction, and as the economy emerges from the recession, the ratio is even more pronounced. In most commercial sectors, there’s very little new construction. The economy is still too fragile, confidence is still too low and banks are still maintaining high hurdles for borrowers.
Pressure on Manufacturers
When demand for products falls and it becomes a buyer’s market, manufacturers have to contend with all sorts of pressures. This time around, everyone from designers to end users is demanding an extraordinary level of service. They’re looking for an immediate response on everything from samples to lead times, and manufacturers have had to dig deep to find ways of getting product out as quickly as possible.
While the market seems to be stabilizing, raw material prices are rising at unprecedented rates. It’s as though every element that influences raw material costs—be it crude oil prices, refinery capacities, droughts, floods, demand from China—is acting to add cost to the equation. Worst hit are the flooring categories with the highest polymer use, like carpet and vinyl flooring, but every type of flooring is getting more expensive to produce at the very least from material transportation costs, facility operating costs, specialty chemicals costs and, almost universally, competition from China.
Squeezed at one end by raw material costs and at the other end by the pricing pressure of a buyer’s market, manufacturer margins are getting thinner and thinner. There’s only so much a manufacturer can do in terms of reducing product weight, lowering overheads and streamlining operations. With demand still below par, they can’t pass through high enough price increases to meet their increased costs. And too often, clients come looking to spend what they spent before, and when they trade up from lower quality goods they are not trading up as much as they used to.
The good news is that several manufacturers report increased activity at the higher end—the same trend is taking place in the residential market. And while high end buyers are more price conscious than before, it’s nothing like the battle taking place at medium and low price points.
Global Market Update
The financial crisis, global in scope, had a huge impact on the world’s largest economies. And while the U.S. market is still struggling to find its legs, many of the emerging markets are already in full rebound. Though there are several European countries still in crisis, much of Europe has been recovering faster than expected. However, it’s still a region in turmoil, with several nations facing staggering problems.
In general, developed nations like the U.S. and much of Europe are expected to emerge from the global recession with slow, modest growth compared to the vigorous rebounds of emerging markets. Smaller economies, which felt the impact largely through trade, have by and large recovered already.
The focus of many U.S. exporters is on the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), the four strongest emerging markets. Together, those four markets account for nearly 2.9 billion people, or 43% of the global population. Not only are the long-term prospects good among the BRIC economies, but they’re also rebounding quickly, so there’s plenty of business going on right now. And a lot of that is in new construction.
Commercial flooring producers report that foreign business has picked up faster than U.S. business. Firms with large global operations showed higher growth in 2010 than did those more reliant on the domestic market. Interface Inc., for instance, which does nearly 50% of its business in foreign markets, saw 6.3% growth in the U.S. and 17% growth in foreign business. Shaw reports that its overseas business fell faster and has come back faster than U.S. business. Overall, the Asian market is most robust.
Flooring Categories
Carpet dominates the commercial market, with a nearly 70% marketshare, followed by ceramic tile at just over 13%, then resilient at 11.2%. Then there’s a huge gap before hardwood at 3.8% and laminates, half that size, at 1.9%. There was no significant shift in share last year among the bigger flooring categories. With total commercial flooring sales up a hair, carpet took a tiny bit of share, and both ceramic and resilient lost a little.
The only real action was in the hardwood and laminate categories, which together account for less than 6% of the market. Both categories have limited application in the commercial market and they do best in parts of the retail sector. Last year, commercial hardwood business was down an estimated 8.1%, while laminates were up an impressive 26%.
In the carpet category, the story continues to be gains by carpet tile, largely at the expense of broadloom. The top ten mills, which account for over 90% of the industry, all sell carpet tile. And for half of them, carpet tile is bigger than broadloom. Most of the smaller mills that don’t sell carpet tile are specialists in the hospitality sector, where broadloom still dominates.
Broadloom sales were down last year, while carpet tile was up. Carpet tile’s share is strongest in the institutional market, where broadloom can’t match the performance and maintenance characteristics of tile, and the corporate market, where it’s ideal for workstation applications and over raised access flooring. Carpet tile also has a strong share of the government sector where GSA (General Services Administration) guidelines favor its environmental attributes.
Commercial Sector Overview
Industry experts, from economic analysts to designers to manufacturers, break out the commercial sector in various ways, combining market sectors into different categories. Distinct sectors include leased office space (tenant improvement), owner occupied office space, acute care, assisted living, K-12, higher education, government, retail store planning, public space (everything from airports and stadiums to libraries and churches), hospitality guest rooms, and hospitality public space, which includes casino carpet.
The common categories are: corporate, which includes tenant improvement and owner-occupied offices; healthcare, which includes acute care and assisted living; hospitality, combining guest rooms and public space; retail; and institutional, which includes government, public space and, often, education. Many experts break out the institutional sector into its component pieces.
No matter how you cut it, the biggest sector by far is corporate, with over 40% of the market, followed by institutional (in its broader definition). Retail and healthcare are close in size, and the smallest piece of the pie is hospitality.
2011年4月1日星期五
Kemba Challenge, Part II
It's a fact that hasn't garnered a lot of attention in the days leading up to Saturday's NCAA Final Four battle between Kentucky and Connecticut, but having faced the Huskies' Kemba Walker could help UK in its quest to stop the phenomenal playmaker.
Kentucky isn't battling the legend of a quicksilver point guard who never misses a game-winning basket. They're going against UConn's No. 15, who they've seen up close and personal in November at the Maui Invitational.
"I feel the exact same way," UConn coach Jim Calhoun said. "I think sometimes when you go into a game against Kemba, you don't realize the quickness, speed, some of the things he does. Well, they've seen it first-hand, had 40 minutes of it, 29-point game, etc.
"I don't think there's any great, great advantage, but there is an advantage," Calhoun said. "It clearly lies with Kentucky because they felt us before. I'm sure they're saying in their locker room, ‘We can beat these guys.'"
If Calhoun is correct, the one Kentucky player who should benefit most is DeAndre Liggins, the renowned defensive specialist charged with defending Walker in Maui and again on Saturday at Reliant Stadium.
"The thing with me is taking on the challenge," Liggins said. "Being competitive, having confidence that I can stop the other guy."
"You have a 6-6 player with long arms who can guard a point guard, a two-man, a three-man, and if I wanted him to, he could probably guard the four," UK coach John Calipari said. "Whoever is hurting you, he can go guard."
Calhoun has seen this look of the defensive specialist before.
"He feels that he can really stop you," Calhoun said of Liggins. "One of the ways to stop a guy is feeling like you can stop them, not being overwhelmed even before you face the challenge. He's terrific. He's absolutely terrific. He's going to give whoever he plays a very difficult time."
Walker, of course, has seen just about everything this season.
"There are a lot of great defenders on the collegiate level that I've played against. I've seen them all. I faced guys just like him," Walker said. "But he's one of the better defenders because he's extremely active. He's a great on-ball defender with long arms, and he definitely has a height advantage over me. I'm pretty sure he'll try to force me into some tough shots so I'm going to try my best to get the best shots possible."
Plus, Liggins stated publicly he wanted another shot to defend Walker.
"I don't blame him, honestly," Walker said. "He wants another shot. I'm looking forward to the challenge.
"I know it's going to be a difficult, tough night for me," he added. "I'm pretty sure they're going to try everything in their power to stop me. Depending on how they play me is going to be the way I play. I'm just counting on my teammates to give me the ball in the right situations and set up some great screens."
Calhoun, however, sounds a warning to any that might try to stop Kemba.
"If you need to load up and do it with other folks, it's going to cause you problems," the UConn coach said. "In the first NCAA Tournament game, Bucknell loaded up and Kemba had 12 assists, eight or nine at halftime. My point is that he recognizes when you load up.
"Team defense. A lot of stunting. Fake help. Real help. Play it regular. Triangle-and-two. Box-and-one. Zone. Play it red, meaning double team Kemba every time he comes off a pick-and-roll. There are a lot of different ways to do it and we've seen a lot," Calhoun said. "But John's team is too good a defensive team, in my opinion, to give up on what got it here.
"You can't take away everything from a team," Calhoun said. "You've got to make your mind up. Then during the game, you have to make adjustments when things don't happen."
So the stage is set for Walker vs. Liggins, though Calhoun draw the line short of such a declaration.
"It's Kentucky vs. Connecticut," the coach said. "I'll guarantee you right now that there will be a whole bunch of other folks, Josh Harrellson, Alex Oriakhi, Jeremy Lamb, etc., that will have a lot more to say in the outcome.
"It's about two schools," Calhoun said. "Kemba is wonderful, in my opinion the best player in America. But it's about the team. It's the screens and passes we set up to have Kemba do the things he does. It's the people that help Brandon Knight get open. So they may be focal points media-wise and otherwise, stat-wise, but it's two very, very good teams."
Kentucky isn't battling the legend of a quicksilver point guard who never misses a game-winning basket. They're going against UConn's No. 15, who they've seen up close and personal in November at the Maui Invitational.
"I feel the exact same way," UConn coach Jim Calhoun said. "I think sometimes when you go into a game against Kemba, you don't realize the quickness, speed, some of the things he does. Well, they've seen it first-hand, had 40 minutes of it, 29-point game, etc.
"I don't think there's any great, great advantage, but there is an advantage," Calhoun said. "It clearly lies with Kentucky because they felt us before. I'm sure they're saying in their locker room, ‘We can beat these guys.'"
If Calhoun is correct, the one Kentucky player who should benefit most is DeAndre Liggins, the renowned defensive specialist charged with defending Walker in Maui and again on Saturday at Reliant Stadium.
"The thing with me is taking on the challenge," Liggins said. "Being competitive, having confidence that I can stop the other guy."
"You have a 6-6 player with long arms who can guard a point guard, a two-man, a three-man, and if I wanted him to, he could probably guard the four," UK coach John Calipari said. "Whoever is hurting you, he can go guard."
Calhoun has seen this look of the defensive specialist before.
"He feels that he can really stop you," Calhoun said of Liggins. "One of the ways to stop a guy is feeling like you can stop them, not being overwhelmed even before you face the challenge. He's terrific. He's absolutely terrific. He's going to give whoever he plays a very difficult time."
Walker, of course, has seen just about everything this season.
"There are a lot of great defenders on the collegiate level that I've played against. I've seen them all. I faced guys just like him," Walker said. "But he's one of the better defenders because he's extremely active. He's a great on-ball defender with long arms, and he definitely has a height advantage over me. I'm pretty sure he'll try to force me into some tough shots so I'm going to try my best to get the best shots possible."
Plus, Liggins stated publicly he wanted another shot to defend Walker.
"I don't blame him, honestly," Walker said. "He wants another shot. I'm looking forward to the challenge.
"I know it's going to be a difficult, tough night for me," he added. "I'm pretty sure they're going to try everything in their power to stop me. Depending on how they play me is going to be the way I play. I'm just counting on my teammates to give me the ball in the right situations and set up some great screens."
Calhoun, however, sounds a warning to any that might try to stop Kemba.
"If you need to load up and do it with other folks, it's going to cause you problems," the UConn coach said. "In the first NCAA Tournament game, Bucknell loaded up and Kemba had 12 assists, eight or nine at halftime. My point is that he recognizes when you load up.
"Team defense. A lot of stunting. Fake help. Real help. Play it regular. Triangle-and-two. Box-and-one. Zone. Play it red, meaning double team Kemba every time he comes off a pick-and-roll. There are a lot of different ways to do it and we've seen a lot," Calhoun said. "But John's team is too good a defensive team, in my opinion, to give up on what got it here.
"You can't take away everything from a team," Calhoun said. "You've got to make your mind up. Then during the game, you have to make adjustments when things don't happen."
So the stage is set for Walker vs. Liggins, though Calhoun draw the line short of such a declaration.
"It's Kentucky vs. Connecticut," the coach said. "I'll guarantee you right now that there will be a whole bunch of other folks, Josh Harrellson, Alex Oriakhi, Jeremy Lamb, etc., that will have a lot more to say in the outcome.
"It's about two schools," Calhoun said. "Kemba is wonderful, in my opinion the best player in America. But it's about the team. It's the screens and passes we set up to have Kemba do the things he does. It's the people that help Brandon Knight get open. So they may be focal points media-wise and otherwise, stat-wise, but it's two very, very good teams."
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