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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.
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.
Kentucky also holds the SEC's all time consecutive win streak among all past or present SEC schools at 38 straight victories, and is one of only 2 SEC schools to ever finish at 21–0 for the entire SEC season (18–0 record in the SEC regular season, plus a 3–0 record in the SEC Tournament).
Kentucky basketball, from the program itself to players and coaches, owns plenty of notable records. We think these could stand the test of time.
Western Kentucky: 1915 105 1,894 985 0 .658 17 BYU: 1903 ... NCAA's 2023-24 Division I Men's Basketball Records ("All Time Winningest Schools" through the 2022–2023 ...
The stars this time around for Kentucky included D.J. Wagner (28 points, five assists and three steals), Antonio Reeves (23 points and 5-for-7 on 3-pointers), Tre Mitchell (18 points) and Rob ...
The 21 points Reeves scored at Starkville gives him 1,046 points in his two-year UK career and moved him past Jim Line (1,041) for 56th place on the all-time Kentucky Wildcats scoring list.
Eklund is the team's all-time leader in winning percentage, with a .833 winning percentage. Statistically, Basil Hayden has been the least successful coach of the Wildcats, with a winning percentage of .187. Five coaches have received national coaching awards while the head coach of Kentucky: Rupp, Sutton, Pitino, Smith, and Calipari.