Posted: 8:35 PM Apr 10, 2012
Reporter: UK Media Relations

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Big Blue Nation will have another opportunity to celebrate Kentucky’s 2012 National Championship on Thursday-Saturday as the UK men’s basketball staff takes part in the UK Men’s Basketball National Championship Trophy Tour presented by Verizon Wireless.

Fans will have photo opportunities with the trophy beginning on Thursday in Eastern Kentucky, where the tour will begin with three separate stops. On Friday, the tour will hit four cities in Central and Western Kentucky. At each stop, Coach John Calipari will address the fans and take questions from the crowd.

The tour will conclude on Saturday at Verizon retail stores in Lexington (Hamburg) and Louisville (Old Brownsboro Crossing). These stops will be the trophy only.

The tour stops include the following cities, locations and times:

Thursday, April 12th

Ashland, KY: Kroger (1:00-2:00 pm ET)

711 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Ashland, KY 41101

606.325.8231


Thursday, April 12th
Pikeville, KY: Expo Center Main Street Plaza (3:00-4:00 pm ET)
Billy Johnson Stage

126 Main Street

Pikeville, KY 41501-1144
606.444.5500



Thursday, April 12th

Hazard, KY: Perry County Park (5:00-6:00 pm ET)

354 Perry Park Road
Hazard, KY 41701-9522
888.857.5263

On Friday, the staff will board a train in Nicholasville, Ky. that will take them through Midway, Ky. at 11:05 a.m. and arrive in Frankfort, Ky. at 11:45 a.m.

Friday, April 13th

Frankfort, KY: Old Capitol Annex (11:45 am-12:45 pm ET)

300 West Broadway

Frankfort, KY 40601



Friday, April 13th

Elizabethtown, KY: Kroger (2:30-3:30 pm ET)

111 Towne Drive

Elizabethtown, KY 42701

270.737.1710



Friday, April 13th

Owensboro, KY: Kroger (4:00-5:00 pm CT)

2630 Frederica Street

Owensboro, KY 42301

270.684.9411



Friday, April 13th

Paducah, KY: Kroger (7:30-8:30 pm CT)

3141 Park Avenue

Paducah, KY 42001
270.444.0596



(TROPHY ONLY)

Saturday, April 14th

at Verizon Wireless

Lexington: Hamburg (10:00 am – 2:00 pm ET)

1895 Vendor Way

Lexington, KY 40509

859.264.9582



(TROPHY ONLY)

Saturday, April 14th

at Verizon Wireless

Louisville: Old Brownsboro Crossing (4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET)
4830 Norton Healthcare Blvd.

Lexington, KY 40222

502.339.4949



ALL TIMES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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