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Thus, Kentucky's 1952—53 season was cancelled. ^B. After defeating LSU in a one-game playoff to win the 1954 SEC championship, three Kentucky players were ruled ineligible for the postseason because they had graduated in 1953 (when UK was banned from competing). As a result, Kentucky declined an invitation to the NCAA Tournament in protest. ^C.
Kentucky is the only school to have 5 players selected in the 1st-Round of the NBA draft in the same year (2010), the only school to have both the No. 1 and No. 2 picks of the NBA draft in the same year (2012), the only school to have 6 players drafted in the first 2 rounds of the NBA draft in the same year (2012, 2015), and the only school to ...
The Wildcats represent the University of Kentucky (UK) in the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference. [1] Kentucky began competing in intercollegiate basketball in 1902. However, the school's record book does not generally list records from before the 1950s, as records from before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent.
1905–06 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team; 1906–07 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team; 1907–08 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team; 1908–09 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team; 1909–10 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team; 1913–14 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team; 1920–21 Kentucky Wildcats men's ...
1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game; 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game; 2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game; 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game; 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game; 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal
The program has played over 3,100 games across 113 seasons from the program's inaugural 1903–04 season to the most recent year, 2022–23. Five Kentucky coaches, the most of any school, have led the team to an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship : Rupp in 1948 , 1949 , 1951 and 1958 ; Joe B. Hall in 1978 , Rick Pitino in 1996 ...
The Wildcats set several records this season. They became the first men's college basketball program to reach 2,000 wins by defeating the Drexel Dragons on December 21. [1] Coach Calipari set a record for the most consecutive wins for a first-year Kentucky basketball coach at 19–0, surpassing Adolph Rupp's previous mark of 11–0. Kentucky ...
The 2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2011–12 college basketball season. The team's head coach was John Calipari, who was in his third season after taking the Wildcats to their first Final Four in thirteen seasons. The team won the 2012 NCAA Championship, bringing Kentucky its ...