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On Thursday, one day after former U.K. men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie filed lawsuit against the U.K. Athletics Association in federal district court in Dallas, Texas, lawyers for the university filed a six-page countersuit, asking a Franklin County Circuit Judge to rule the memorandum of understanding between the parties involved is not a formal contract. U.K. says the memorandum was a temporary agreement, and officials, over the two years Gillispie served as head coach, proposed six versions of a formal employment contract, but, each time, counsel deleted or changed material terms contained in the latest offer. The countersuit also alleges there was no long-term contract in place when Gillispie was fired in March. University attorneys are seeking to have Gillispie's lawsuit dismissed.