Article: Gillispie Hired As Ky. Basketball Coach

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky's restless two weeks are over. Billy Gillispie is the Wildcats' new coach, and he insists the winningest school in college basketball history is on solid ground despite an early ouster from the NCAA tournament.

The former Texas A&M coach agreed to a seven-year contract to succeed Tubby Smith, university spokesman Jay Blanton said Friday. Financial terms weren't immediately available.

The architect of remarkable turnarounds at UTEP and Texas A&M, Gillispie doesn't think there's much work to be done with the Wildcats. Kentucky went 22-12 this season, losing to Kansas in the second round of the tournament.

"This program got turned around like 2,000 years ...

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