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MAKING HISTORYAfter reaching the Elite Eight last season,the Kentucky basketball program made his-tory with five first round picks in the 2010NBA Draft. From left: DeMarcus Cousins(5th, Sacramento Kings); Eric Bledsoe (18th,Los Angeles Clippers via trade withOklahoma City Thunder); Patrick Patterson(14th, Houston Rockets); John Wall (1st,Washington Wizards); Daniel Orton (29th,Orlando Magic).

DEJA BLUEFor the second straight year, Kentucky bas-ketball has landed the nation’s top-rankedrecruiting class for the 2010-11 season.From left: Doron Lamb; Eloy Vargas;Brandon Knight; Enes Kanter; TerrenceJones and Stacey Poole

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NOVEMBER1 (Mon) PIKEVILLE–Exh. (FSS / BBSN#) 7:00 pm5 (Fri) DILLARD–Exh. (FSS / BBSN#) 7:00 pm12 (Fri) EAST TENNESSEE STATE (FSS / BBSN#) 7:00 pm19 (Fri) 1 vs. Portland (ESPNU) 10:30 pm22 (Mon) 2 vs. Oklahoma (ESPN2) 5:30 pm23 (Tues) 2 vs. Virginia/Washington (ESPN / ESPN2) 4:30 pm / 9:30 pm24 (Wed) 2 vs. EA Sports Maui Invitational (ESPN / ESPN2 / ESPNU) TBA30 (Tues) BOSTON (FSS / BBSN#) 7:00 pm

DECEMBER4 (Sat) at North Carolina (CBS) 12:30 pm8 (Wed) 3 vs. Notre Dame (ESPN) 9:30 pm

11 (Sat) INDIANA (ESPN) 5:15 pm18 (Sat) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (CSS) 8:00 pm22 (Wed) WINTHROP (FSS / BBSN#) 1:00 pm28 (Tue) COPPIN STATE (FSS) 7:00 pm31 (Fri) at Louisville (CBS) Noon

JANUARY3 (Mon) PENNSYLVANIA (ESPNU) 7:00 pm8 (Sat) • at Georgia (SEC Network) 4:00 pm11 (Tue) • AUBURN (ESPNU) 7:00 pm15 (Sat) • LSU (SEC Network) 4:00 pm18 (Tue) • at Alabama (ESPN) 9:00 pm22 (Sat) • at South Carolina (ESPN) 6:00 pm29 (Sat) • GEORGIA (ESPN) 4:00 pm

FEBRUARY1 (Tue) • at Ole Miss (ESPNU) 7:00 pm5 (Sat) • at Florida (ESPN College GameDay / ESPN) 9:00 pm8 (Tue) • TENNESSEE (ESPN) 9:00 pm12 (Sat) • at Vanderbilt (CBS) 1:00 pm15 (Tue) • MISSISSIPPI STATE (ESPN) 7:00 pm19 (Sat) • SOUTH CAROLINA (SEC NETWORK) 4:00 pm23 (Wed) • at Arkansas (SEC Network) 8:00 pm26 (Sat) • FLORIDA (CBS) 4:00 pm

MARCH1 (Tue) • VANDERBILT (ESPN) 9:00 pm6 (Sun) • at Tennessee (CBS) Noon

10-13 (Th-Su) 4 SEC Tournament (SEC Network / ABC) TBA

Check local listings / All Times Eastern / Schedule is tentative and subject to change# Game delayed on Big Blue Sports Network; • SEC Game; 1–Rose Garden (Portland, Ore.); 2–EA Sports Maui Invitational (Maui, Hawaii); 3–SEC/BIG EAST Invitational (Freedom Hall, Louisville,Ky.); 4– 4-Georgia Dome ( Atlanta, Ga.)

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Philosophy..................................................... 6Leadership ....................................................22Players...........................................................522009-10 Review.............................................78Competition ................................................104

National Attention ......................................116Facilities......................................................128Student Life ................................................142Tradition ......................................................156Records.......................................................192

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Lexington, Ky.Enrollment: 28,000Founded: 1865Colors: Blue & WhiteNickname: WildcatsConference: Southeastern (Eastern Division)Arena: Rupp Arena (23,000)NCAA Titles: 7 (1948-49-51-58-78-96-98)President: Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr. (Kentucky, 1968)Athletics Director: Mitch Barnhart (Ottawa, 1981)UK Ticket Office: (800) 928-CATSUK Media Relations: (859) 257-3838Department Mailing Address:

UK Athletics AssociationJoe Craft Center338 Lexington AvenueLexington, KY 40506-0604

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The 2010-11 Kentucky Basketball Yearbook © 2010 was published by theUniversity of Kentucky Athletics Department, Mitch Barnhart, Director.

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The 2010-11 Kentucky Basketball Media Fact Book,with complete stats, records and historical information,can be downloaded in PDF format at UKathletics.com.


“To those who swear by it and seemingly live for it,

Kentucky basketball is commonly characterized by

NCAA championships, a chromatic half-century panora-

ma featuring the enduring images of the Baron in his

brown suit, Cliff Hagan’s hook shot, Kyle Macy wiping

his hands on his socks, Pitino’s press, the nicknamed

teams – the Fabulous Five, the Fiddlin’ Five, Rupp’s

Runts, the Unforgettables – and perhaps most indelibly,

the mountain family gathered around the wood stove, lost in the

wintry radio voice of Cawood Ledford.”

— LONNIE WHEELER, CINCINNATI POST


“The Kentucky players are not

just playing for themselves,

their coach and even their

school .... They are playing for

untold thousands of people for

whom each day without

a Wildcat basketball game is a

thoroughly wasted

24 hours.”

— BOB RYAN, BOSTON GLOBE

“There are three keys to winning, winning championships.

The first thing is have really good players. The second thing

is have really good players. And I hate to tell you that’s the

third thing.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

“As a basketball coach, I don’t make a whole lot of promises;

never have. But we make commitments. The commitment being,

this will be about players first. I know how big this program is.

But it’s only big because of the players who have gone through

here. This program will be about players first.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

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2010-11 RECRUITING CLASSFor the second straight season, Kentucky has landedthe nation’s top recruiting class. With three guards(from left sitting: Stacey Poole, Doron Lamb, BrandonKnight) and three forwards (from left standing: EnesKanter, Terrence Jones, Eloy Vargas), UK reloaded afterhaving five players drafted in the first round of the 2010NBA Draft.


“Calipari gets players. He gets big

players. He gets quick players. He

gets talented players. He gets

monstrously talented players.”— JOHN CLAY,

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER

2009-10 RECRUITING CLASS: AS GOODAS ADVERTISEDLast year’s recruiting class lived up to its billing, as fourfreshmen from last year’s top-ranked class were draftedin the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft. (Below) EricBledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, John Wall and (Right)Daniel Orton all realized their NBA dreams after one sea-son at Kentucky.

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“Obviously academics are important. When I walk into a home, I want

those young men and those families to know that we’re going to be

there. My job is to make sure there’s growth academically, and

they’re on line to graduate. It’s pretty obvious I’ve done that over my

career as a coach.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

KENTUCKY PLAYERS WORK WITH THE BESTThe UK men’s basketball team works with AcademicCounselor Michael Stone as part of the Ohio Casualty Centerfor Academic & Tutorial Services (CATS). Stone has beenthe counselor for men’s basketball at Kentucky since 2002and helped UK earn an NCAA APR public recognition awardin 2009 for placing in the top 10 percent of the nation’smen’s basketball scores.

WINNING THE BIG ONEFour members of John Calipari’s first UK team last season(pictured above) earned their bachelor’s degrees.

Ramon Harris Mark Krebs Patrick Patterson Perry Stevenson


REACHING LOFTY GOALSAfter helping lead the Wildcats to an SEC Championshipand the Elite Eight of the 2010 NCAA Tournament,Patrick Patterson received his bachelor’s degree fromUK in just three years. He was later selected in the NBADraft Lottery, going to the Houston Rockets as the 14thoverall pick.

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The Kentucky basketball program made NBA history in 2010 with five

first-round draft picks, including the number one overall selection in

John Wall.

TAKING CENTER STAGEThree of five UK first-round draft pickswere on hand for the 2010 NBA DraftSelection Show in New York City.Pictured with NBA commissioner DavidStern are Wildcats John Wall, DeMarcusCousins and Patrick Patterson.


Point Guards have enjoyed a successful run underJohn Calipari.

His last three floor leaders, Derrick Rose (#1-2008), Tyreke Evans

(#5-2009) and John Wall (#1-2010) were all Top 5 picks in the NBA

Draft after their freshman seasons.

YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANYPOINT GUARDSBrandon Knight and Doron Lamb look to add theirnames to the list of successful point guards running theDribble Drive Motion Offense under John Calipari.


PREPARING POINT GUARDSFOR SUCCESS IN THE NBANBA Rookies John Wall (WashingtonWizards) and Eric Bledsoe (LA Clippers, notpictured) along with Derrick Rose (ChicagoBulls) and Tyreke Evans (Sacramento Kings)leave a lasting lineage of John Calipari-coached players for current and future UKpoint guards to follow.

Over the last three

years (at Memphis and

Kentucky), John Calipari’s

teams have enjoyed

great point guard play.


TALL, LONG AND ATHLETICJohn Calipari is known for recruiting the best ofthe best and that includes big men as well. Thedribble drive motion offense creates great oppor-tunities for versatile big men to excel away fromthe basket and above the rim.

Newcomers Eloy Vargas, Enes Kanter and Terrence

Jones along with Josh Harrellson will give UK various

options in the front court. All four have the versatility

to thrive in the dribble-drive motion offense.


BIGGER IS BETTERThis year’s Kentucky teamhas four players listed at 6-8or above. With the depth ofheight, length and quicknesson this year’s squad, defenseshould be a staple once againfor the 2010-11 squad.

Talented big men, such as 2010

NBA first draft picks DeMarcus

Cousins and Patterson, consis-

tently thrive in Coach Calipari’s

dribble-drive offense.

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“It is all about the dribble-drive. It

is about players who can take

opponents off the bounce.”

— DICK VITALE, ESPN

“I think it puts each player’s

talent on display. In the dribble

drive you can do a lot of different

things. You can create for others

and you can create for yourself.

It really puts a lot of pressure on

the defense.”

— BRANDON KNIGHT

“It gives you a lot of freedom. It

lets you play how you want to

play. I don’t know any player in

the world who wouldn’t want to

play that way.”

— DARIUS MILLER


TURNING UP THE HEATCalipari’s teams are also known for steals and blockedshots. Over the last five years, those teams have aver-aged nine steals and six blocks per contest.


Over the last five years, John Calipari’s teams have dominated

defensively with outstanding man-to-man pressure defense.

Opponents have shot under 40 percent from the field each year,

with Calipari’s teams ranking first, 12th, 12th, second and third

nationally in field goal percentage defense.

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Second-year UK head coach John Calipari continued to work his magic, takingan NIT team in 2009 to the 2010 NCAA Elite Eight. Along the way he led

the Wildcats to a No. 1 ranking (UK’s first since 2003), the program’s 44th SECChampionship and 26th SEC Tournament title.

The honors continued after the season as Calipari became the first coach in UKhistory to receive the Adolph Rupp National Coach of the Year award. He thenwatched as five of his players were selected in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft,the first time a school has ever produced five first round picks. Among those picks

was the first Wildcat ever taken as the No. 1 overall pick, John Wall.In his inaugural season as head coach of the Wildcats, Calipari

posted his fifth-straight 30-win season, the only coach in NCAADivision I history to do so. In addition to the Rupp NationalCoach of the Year, Calipari was also named the AssociatedPress SEC Coach of the Year.

When he led Kentucky back to the No. 1 spot in the coun-try, Calipari became one of only two coaches (Frank McGuire)in NCAA history to lead three teams to a No. 1 ranking. Heled UMass to a No. 1 ranking in 1995 and 1996 and he ledMemphis to the No. 1 spot in the 2008 season.

Since the 2005-06 season, Coach Cal ranks as the win-ningest coach over the last five years.

After bringing the University of Massachusetts basket-ball program to national prominence in the ‘90s and res-urrecting the Memphis basketball program in the 2000s,Calipari became the 22nd coach in UK history, and is theseventh in the last 80 years.

Following his first season at UK, Calipari’s overall

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“This is like Disneyworld compared to where

I’ve been. No disrespect to UMass or Memphis,

but it’s different.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

record soared to 480-143 for an impressive 77.0 winning percent-age. His 480 wins are the second-most in NCAA Division I his-tory in the first 18 years, Roy Williams being the other.

Calipari’s 77.0 winning percentage is the third-highest amongactive NCAA Division I coaches with 10 years experience at col-lege basketball’s Division I level, trailing only Mark Few andRoy Williams. On the NCAA Division I list for winning per-centage for all coaches (minimum 10 years), Calipari is in 10thplace and ahead of Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim, Bob Huggins andLute Olson.

With his five 30-win seasons, Calipari now has seven for hiscareer, which is tied for the third-most (Jim Calhoun) for a headcoach in NCAA Division I history. For his career (18 years),Calipari has 16 20-win seasons and 10 25-win campaigns.

In 1996, Calipari moved from UMass to the NBA after lead-ing the Minutemen to the Final Four. For his efforts, Calipariwas named Naismith National Coach of the Year.

Calipari led the Tigers to the 2008 NCAA title game, andMemphis’ 38 wins in 2007-08 made him the winningest coachfor a single season in NCAA history. As a result, Calipari wasnamed Naismith National Coach of the Year for a second timein his career. He is only the second coach to receive the honormultiple times since the award’s inception in 1987. Duke’s MikeKrzyzewski is the other to do so.

Calipari, the 2009 Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year,led the Tigers to nine-straight 20-win campaigns and nine-consec-

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utive postseason appearances, the only Memphis coach to do that.He posted 252 wins — 28 wins per season — as the Tigers’ headcoach, making him the winningest coach in school history.

Much like he did at UMass, when his players graduated atnearly 80 percent, Calipari did the same at Memphis. Fifteen ofthe last 18 seniors that came through the Tiger program haveearned their bachelor’s degrees and the three seniors this seasonare on schedule to graduate in the spring of 2009.

Calipari compiled a 193-71 record (.731) during his eight-year career at Massachusetts, including a 108-44 mark (.684) inAtlantic 10 play. In addition to five-straight NCAATournaments, UMass also made two appearances in the NIT,advancing to the NIT final four in 1991. The 1990-91 seasonwas the first of six-straight seasons in which the Minutemenwon at least 20 games.

Calipari’s personal 20-win streak has reached the 16-seasonmark after 35 wins in his first year at UK. All nine of hisMemphis clubs won 20-plus games, along with his last six teamsat UMass. In his final season at UMass, Calipari was named the1996 Naismith National Coach of the Year and The Sporting

PersonalBirth Date: February 10, 1959Family: Ellen; Children: Erin Sue, Megan Rae, BradleyDate Hired at UK: March 31, 2009

EducationHigh School: Moon Area High School, 1978College: Clarion, 1982

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing• Starting point guard for Clarion State Eagles• Played basketball at UNC Wilmington (78-80)

Coaching CareerOverall Record: 480-143 (.770)March/April Record: 102-29 (.779)NCAA Postseason Record: 28-12 (.700)Conference Record: 222-68 (.766)Conference Tourney Record: 37-8 (.822)

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“The guy was born to coach at a place like Kentucky. He’ll win. He’ll

win games; he’ll win over the fans; he’ll win championships.”

— DAN WETZEL, YAHOO SPORTS

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RECRUITING AND CULTIVATING THE NATION’S BEST TALENT

In the past five seasons, John Calipari has produced12 NBA draft picks, including nine first-rounders.

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Head Coach, UMassSeason W-L Pct. Accomplishments1988-89 10-18 .3571989-90 17-14 .548 NIT1990-91 20-13 .606 NIT Final Four1991-92 30-5 .857 A-10 Champ (R/T); NCAA

Sweet 161992-93 24-7 .774 A-10 Champ (R/T); NCAA

2nd Rd.1993-94 28-7 .800 A-10 Champ (R/T); NCAA

2nd Rd.1994-95 29-5 .853 A-10 Champ (R/T); NCAA

Elite 81995-96 35-2 .946 A-10 Champ (R/T); NCAA

Final Four

Head Coach, NBA New Jersey Nets Season W-L Pct. Accomplishments1996-97 26-56 .3171997-98 43-39 .524 NBA Playoffs1998-99 3-17 .150

Head Coach, MemphisSeason W-L Pct. Accomplishments2000-01 21-15 .583 NIT Final Four2001-02 27-9 .750 C-USA Div. Champ; NIT

Champ2002-03 23-7 .767 C-USA Nat’l Div. Champ;

NCAA2003-04 22-8 .733 C-USA Champ (R);

NCAA 2nd Rd.2004-05 22-16 .579 NIT Final Four2005-06 33-4 .892 C-USA Champ (R/T);

NCAA Elite 82006-07 33-4 .892 C-USA Champ (R/T);

NCAA Elite 82007-08 38-2 .950 C-USA Champ (R/T);

NCAA Title Gm2008-09 33-4 .892 C-USA Champ (R/T);

NCAA Sweet 16

Head Coach, KentuckySeason W-L Pct. Accomplishments2000-10 35-3 .921 SEC Champions (R/T)

NCAA Elite 8

NCAA Totals18 years 480-143 .770 11 conference titles,

12 NCAA Tourn. Appearances

CALIPARI’S COACHING RECORDNews National Coach of the Year. He was also named theAtlantic 10 Coach of the Year for the third time in four years, aswell as Basketball Times East Region Coach of the Year.

During the Minutemen’s 35-2 season in 1995-96, UMassposted wins over Kentucky, Maryland, Wake Forest, GeorgiaTech, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Louisville. UMass ended theregular season ranked No. 1 in the nation in the final regularseason poll after being the top-ranked team for nine weeks earli-er in the year. The Minutemen also won their first 26 games ofthe season, setting a school record for most consecutive wins.

In addition to his National Coach of the Year honors in1996, Calipari was a Naismith Coach of the Year finalist in1994 and 1995. He was the USBWA District I Coach of theYear in 1993.

At 29, when he was named head coach, Calipari began tobuild a program from the ground up, going 10-18 his first sea-son before posting a 17-14 record his second year (receiving abid to the NIT).

The Minutemen won their first A-10 championship in 1992with a 30-5 record, including a 13-3 mark in league play. Witha 77-71 overtime win over Syracuse in an East Regional second-round game, UMass made its first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance.

Calipari left UMass in June of 1996 to become ExecutiveVice President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach of theNew Jersey Nets. He led the Nets to a second-place finish in theNBA’s Atlantic Division and the playoffs in 1998, ending a five-year postseason drought for the franchise. The Nets’ 17-gameturnaround from the previous year was the best that season inthe NBA.

He became a member of the Philadelphia 76ers coachingstaff in 1999, rejoining Philadelphia coach Larry Brown, forwhom Calipari was an assistant at Kansas.

Calipari began his coaching career at Kansas as a volunteerassistant under Ted Owens. In 1983, he was hired as the recruit-ing coordinator at the University of Vermont, but was swayedback to the nation’s heartland when Brown was hired as headcoach at KU. He spent three seasons at Kansas (1982-85) beforeanother three-year stint as an assistant coach to Paul Evans atPittsburgh (1985-88).

The 51-year-old lettered two years at North Carolina-Wilmington before transferring to Clarion State. He playedpoint guard at Clarion during the 1981 and 1982 seasons, lead-ing the team in assists and free throw percentage. The Eagleswere ranked in the Division II Top 20 both years and participat-ed in the 1981 NCAA Division II Tournament.

Calipari and his wife, Ellen, have two daughters, Erin Sue andMegan Rae, and a son, Bradley Vincent. Erin graduated fromUMass and is now in her second year of grad school at WakeForest, while Megan is a junior at UMass.

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• 2010 Adolph Rupp National Coach of the Year• 2010 Naismith National Coach of the Year Finalist• 2010 SEC Coach of the Year (AP)• 2010 Sporting News SEC Coach of the Year• 2010 Yahoo! Sports SEC Coach of the Year• 2010 USBWA District IV Coach of the Year• 2009 Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year• 2009 Iba National Coach of the Year Finalist• 2009 C-USA Coach of the Year• 2008 Naismith National Coach of the Year• 2008 C-USA Coach of the Year• 2008 Phelan and Iba National Coach of the Year Finalist• 2007 Phelan National Coach of the Year Finalist• 2007 USBWA District 4 Coach of the Year• 2007 Basketball Times South Region Coach of the Year• 2006 C-USA Coach of the Year• 2004 NABC District 7 Coach of the Year• 1996 Naismith National Coach of the Year• 1996 The Sporting News National Coach of the Year• 1996 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year• 1995 Naismith National Coach of the Year Finalist• 1994 Naismith National Coach of the Year Finalist• 1994 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year• 1993 USBWA District I Coach of the Year• 1993 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year• 1992 Eastern Basketball Coach of the Year

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KEEPING UK BASKETBALL FRONT AND CENTERSince April 1, 2009, Kentucky has been the hot topic in college basket-ball nationally. Five of the nine most-viewed regular season collegebasketball games last season involved Kentucky.

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PROUDLY CARRYINGTHE TORCH

In his first season at UK, JohnCalipari proudly carried theKentucky program to 2,000wins (UK2K) by winning itsfirst 12 games last season.

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By Percentage - Min. 10 yrs. at Division I level

Rank Coach Team Years Pct.1 Mark Few Gonzaga 10 .7992 Roy Williams North Carolina 21 .7983 John Calipari Kentucky 18 .7704 Bo Ryan Wisconsin 25 .7645 Mike Krzyzewski Duke 34 .757

NCAA DIVISION I ACTIVE WINNINGEST COACHES

By Percentage - Min. 10 yrs. at Division I level

NCAA DIVISION I WINNINGEST COACHES

REACHING OUTKentucky head coach John Calipari has immediatelyembraced the Commonwealth and the UK fans.... (left)From his many Twitter followers @UKCoachCalipari,Facebook fans and his innovative website at

CoachCal.com.... (center) To rais-ing over 1.5 million dollars duringthe Hoops for Haiti telethon....(below) Along with severalpersonal appearances and com-munity outreach efforts such asGod’s Pantry Food Bank in theBackPack Program.

Rnk Coach Yrs Pct.1 Clair Bee 21 .8262 Adolph Rupp 41 .8223 John Wooden 29 .8044 Mark Few* 10 .7995 Roy Williams* 21 .798

Rnk Coach Yrs Pct.6 John Kresse 23 .7977 Jerry Tarkanian 31 .7848 Francis Schmidt 17 .782

Dean Smith 36 .77610 John Calipari* 18 .770

* indicates active coach

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DID YOU KNOW ...■ Calipari is one of two coaches in NCAA Division I history to have 400 or

more wins in the first 16 years as a head coach. Calipari had 412 wins in his first 16 years. Roy Williams is the other coach to do so.

■ Calipari is the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history for a five-year span with 172 victories (2006-10). His 38 wins in 2007-08 are the most coaching victories by a coach in a single season in NCAA Division I history.

■ Calipari is the first coach in NCAA Division I history to record five straight 30-win seasons.

■ His teams have won 56 of their last 58 regular-season games, dating back to Dec. 22, 2008. Prior to his two losses in the 2009-10 season, his last loss in a regular-season game came on Dec. 20, 2008 vs. Syracuse.

■ Calipari’s teams own a 46-6 record on the road dating back to 2005-06 season.

■ Since taking over at Memphis in 2000, Calipari teams have posted a 172-19 record in home games.

■ His conference regular-season win streak of 54 consecutive games broke the longest regular-season conference win streak of 51 by Adolph Rupp from 1950-54.

■ His teams have won 65 straight games versus league opponents, including conference tournaments. Adolph Rupp held the record with 64 straight winsin the SEC (including the SEC Tournament) from 1945 to 1950.

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ORLANDOANTIGUA

Orlando Antigua is in his second season as an assistant coach with the Wildcatsafter spending just one season with Calipari at Memphis.

Known for his eye for talent on the recruiting trail, Antigua has helped UK pullin two straight top-ranked recruiting classes. In his initial season with the Wildcats,Antigua saw three of his recruits drafted in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft.As a result, he was named one of Yahoo! Sports Top 10 college basketball recruiters.

When he joined the Memphis staff in 2008, the Tigers were the winningestprogram over a three-year span in NCAA Division I, recording 104 victories from2005-08. So what did Antigua do? He helped coach the Tigers to a 33-4 record anda spot in the 2009 NCAA Sweet 16. For the fourth straight season, the Tigers took

the regular season and tournament titles, going undefeated in C-USA three ofthe four years.

Prior to his brief stay in Memphis, Antigua worked at his almamater, Pittsburgh. During his five years at Pitt, he helped lead

the Panthers to an overall record of 132-40 (.767 winningpercentage) and a Big East Conference mark of 55-27(.670 winning percentage). Pittsburgh recorded fivestraight 20-win campaigns and won 10 or more leaguegames five consecutive years.

The Panthers had just as much success in thepostseason during Antigua’s years. Pitt won the 2003-04Big East regular-season crown and advanced to four BigEast Tournament championship games in his five yearson staff, claiming the 2008 league postseason title. ThePanthers earned NCAA Tournament bids all five ofAntigua’s years and advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2004and 2007.

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Antigua’s first stint with Pittsburgh was his collegiateplaying days from 1991-95. A four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain, Antigua ranks in the top 15 on thePanthers’ all-time 3-pointers made (14th with 117 treys),blocked shots (14th with 78 swats) and career 3-pointpercentage (seventh at 38.6 percent).

A 1992 Big East Conference All-Rookie Team pick, Antiguahelped lead the Panthers to an 18-16 record and a NationalInvitation Tournament (NIT) berth as a freshman. Thefollowing year, Antigua’s Panthers went 17-11 and earned anNCAA Tournament bid. In 1994, he was named the UnitedStates Basketball Writers’ Association (USBWA) MostCourageous Athlete, an honor presented annually to the collegebasketball player who displays courage on and off the court.Antigua graduated from Pittsburgh with a degree in socialsciences in December 1995.

After graduation, Antigua was selected to play for the world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters, becoming the first player ofLatin American descent to play for the squad. Nicknamed“Hurricane” for his dazzling moves, Antigua played with theGlobetrotters for seven years until 2002.

Antigua also played in the Puerto Rico Superior BasketballLeague for eight years, and in both 1994-95 and 1997-98, hewas a member of the Dominican Republic national team.Because of his dedication to the community, Antigua was namedone of the nation’s top 100 most influential Hispanic Americansby Hispanic Business magazine.

Prior to rejoining the Panthers’ program, Antigua served as anassistant basketball coach at nearby Mt. Lebanon High School in2002-03.

A Dominican Republic native who was raised in Bronx, N.Y.,Antigua recovered from a 1988 Halloween incident where he wasshot in the head near his left eye. Undeterred by the incident,Antigua quickly returned to the playing court two weeks later andwent on to play three seasons at Pittsburgh with the slug in hishead. Doctors initially ruled out removing the bullet as being toorisky, but Antigua began suffering severe headaches.

Antigua’s family also went through a period of homelessness.The oldest of three brothers, Antigua was credited with keepingthe family together while housing was secured.

He overcame these difficulties and went on to serve as studentcouncil president at St. Raymond’s High School. As a member ofthe school’s basketball squad, Antigua played a major role in theteam’s New York Catholic League championship run. As a senior,he earned McDonald’s All-America and Parade magazine All-America second-team honors and was also named All-New YorkCity. Fluent in Spanish, Antigua and his wife, Dana, have two

children, a son, Orlando Anthony, and a daughter, Olivia.

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Coaching Career2004-08 Pittsburgh, Assistant Coach2009 Memphis, Assistant Coach2010- Kentucky, Assistant Coach

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KENNY PAYNE

Kenny Payne begins his first year with John Calipari and Kentucky men’sbasketball as an assistant coach after spending the past six seasons as an

assistant at Oregon. During his tenure at Oregon, Payne helped the Ducks burst onto the national

scene with two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2007 and 2008. Oregon alsoclaimed one Pacific-10 Tournament title and three Ducks were selected in thefirst and second rounds of the NBA Draft under Payne.

During the 2006-07 season, the Ducks recorded an 11-7 Pac-10 record anddropped no other regular-season games, finishing with a 29-8 overall record. Thatseason, Oregon captured the Pac-10 Tournament title and followed the tournament

run with an impressive performance at the NCAA Tournament. The Ducksearned a No. 3 seed in the tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight,

where they lost to eventual champion Florida.The Ducks followed their Elite Eight run with anotherappearance in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Payne andthe Oregon coaching staff then brought in a top-20recruiting class for the 2008 season with six highly-touted recruits.

Prior to coaching, Payne travelled the globeplaying basketball for 10 different professionalleagues. In 1989, Payne was chosen in the firstround and 19th overall in the NBA Draft, playingfour years for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Payne competed in the ContinentalBasketball Association (Tri-Cities, Wash.) andoverseas in Italy, Japan, Brazil, the Philippines,Cypress, China and Argentina. He finished hisprofessional career in 2000 following a seasonwith Team Taipans of Cairns, Australia.

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A four-year letterwinner at Louisville from 1985-89, Paynejoined the Cardinals from Northeast Jones High School inLaurel, Miss., where he was a Parade All-American and thestate’s player of the year.

Payne helped lead Louisville to the 1986 NCAA nationalchampionship as a sophomore when he appeared in 34 gamesand averaged 3.6 points per game. As a senior, Payne averaged14.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game and was namedsecond-team All-Metro Conference.

By the end of his Louisville career, Payne registered 1,083points and shot 40 percent from 3-point range.

Payne earned a bachelor’s of science is sportadministration from Louisville in 2003.

He and his wife, Michelle, have two children,Alexis and Alexander.

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Coaching Career2005-10: Oregon, Assistant Coach2011-: Kentucky, Assistant Coach

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John Robic is in his second season with the Kentucky basketball programbut is a long time associate of UK head coach John Calipari.

Beginning with their first season together at UMass in 1988-89, where Robicwas an assistant under Calipari, the two are entering their 14th season together.And it seems as if the Calipari-Robic duo is a proven combination for thrilling

basketball seasons. Similar to those magical years he assisted in at UMass in the1990s, Robic helped lead Memphis to the program’s most storied era in schoolhistory in four seasons at Memphis (2006-09) as well as helping return Kentuckyback among the nation’s elite.Robic helped the Wildcats post a 35-3 mark in his inaugural season at

Kentucky. The Cats made an appearance in the 2010 Elite Eight while claimingSEC regular-season and tournament championships along the way.He helped UK make history when five Wildcats were drafted in the first round

of the 2010 NBA Draft.His last four years at Memphis, the Tigers won an NCAA record 137 games

(137-14 record), while advancing to the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Elite Eights, the2008 NCAA title game and sweeping the 2006-09 Conference USA regularseason and tournament crowns. Memphis had win streaks of 27 games in 2008-09, 26 games in 2007-08 and 25 games in 2006-07, and the Tigers spent eachweek of the last four years in the national polls.In 2007-08, Robic was a part of the Tigers’ “Dream Season,” which lasted

through the NCAA championship game. Memphis set an NCAA record forvictories with 38 wins (38-2 mark) and held down the No. 1 spot in both

national polls for a school-record five straight weeks during the season. Prior to 2005-06, Robic directed the Youngstown State program from 1999-

2005. During his time there, he and his staff faced a huge challenge as thePenguins moved from the Mid-Continent Conference (Mid-Con) to the

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Horizon League, one of the nation’s premier basketballconferences that includes Butler (2003, 2007 NCAA Sweet16) and Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2005 NCAA Sweet 16).Prior to its move to the Horizon League, Youngstown State

put together a tremendous year in the Mid-Con in 2000-01,Robic’s second year at the helm. The Penguins posted a 19-11overall mark and an 11-5 Mid-Con record. The 19 overallwins were the second most in 16 seasons, and the 11 leaguevictories tied the school record for most conference wins.

Before taking over at Youngstown State, Robic served as anassistant for 11 years at UMass for both Calipari and Bruiser Flint.He played an integral role in building the Minutemen into a

national power. After a 10-18 mark his first season on staff,Robic helped lead the Minutemen to nine consecutive winningcampaigns.From 1990-96, the Minutemen averaged 26 wins per year

and had six straight 20-win seasons, including two 30-victorycampaigns. UMass made the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in1992, Elite Eight in 1995 and Final Four in 1996. It wasUMass’ first appearance on college basketball’s largest stage.After Calipari moved on to the NBA, Robic remained at

UMass and was elevated to the associate head coach postunder Flint from 1997-99. During his tenure at UMass, theMinutemen posted a 247-111 overall record (.690 winningpercentage) and earned nine postseason tournament bids(seven NCAA, two NIT).Prior to joining Calipari at UMass, Robic served as a

graduate assistant on Larry Brown’s staff at Kansas for twoyears (1986-87, 1987-88). A graduate of North Hills High School in Pittsburgh, Pa.,

Robic attended Walsh College in Canton, Ohio, beforetransferring to Denison University in Granville, Ohio, wherehe earned his B.A. in speech communication and physicaleducation in 1986.At Denison, Robic garnered Division III All-America

accolades as a senior and was a two-time all-conferenceperformer. He was one of 10 former players to be named to the10th Anniversary All-Decade Team in the league in 1994. In thefall of 2006, he was inducted into the Denison Athletic Hall ofFame. Robic was inducted into the North Hills High SchoolHall of Fame in 2004.Robic and his wife, Heidi, have three daughters, Hayley, Alli

and Sophie.

Coaching Career1987-88 Kansas, Graduate Assistant1989-99 UMass, Assistant Coach2000-05 Youngstown State, Head Coach2006-09 Memphis, Assistant Coach2010- Kentucky, Assistant Coach

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Rod Strickland is in his second season on staff at Kentucky. A two-time All-American at DePaul and a 17-year NBA veteran, Strickland brings a wealth

of collegiate and professional experience to John Calipari’s Kentucky staff as a spe-cial assistant to the head coach. Strickland began his tenure under Calipari as direc-tor of student-athlete development/manager at Memphis in fall 2006, and in thesummer of 2008, he was named director of basketball operations for the Tigers.

With Strickland on staff, Memphis posted a 104-10 record and continued todominate Conference USA. In his three seasons with the Tigers, the team wonthree consecutive C-USA regular-season and tournament titles. Memphis reachedthe Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in 2009 and advanced to the Elite Eight in

2007. In 2008, the Tigers competed in the NCAA Tournament championshipgame and set the NCAA Division I record for victories in a single seasonwith a 38-2 record.

The New York City native went to Memphis after a lengthy and suc-cessful career in the NBA. The 6-foot-3 guard was an NBA first rounddraft pick of the New York Knicks in 1988, and during his career,Strickland played for New York, San Antonio, Portland, Washington,Miami, Minnesota, Orlando, Toronto and Houston. Strickland played in1,094 games and scored more than 14,000 points (13.2 career average)and dished out nearly 8,000 assists (7.3 career average).

The 1997-98 NBA campaign with Washington was Strickland’s best, ashe averaged a double-double with 17.8 points and 10.5 assists. His 10.5assist average led the NBA that year, and he was selected to the All-NBAsecond team. That year, Strickland also became only the 25th player inNBA history to record 10,000 points and 5,000 assists. He also rankedamong the NBA’s top 10 in assists in the 1991-92 (fifth), 1993-94 (sixth),1994-95 (fifth) and 1995-96 (fourth) seasons.

Prior to his time in the NBA, Strickland enjoyed a stellar career atDePaul. A 1987 and 1988 All-America pick, Strickland helped lead the BlueDemons to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1985-88,including Sweet 16 showings in 1986 and 1987. The four-time BlueDemon letterwinner ranks among the program’s career leaders in scoringaverage (eighth; 16.6 ppg), assists (third; 557) and steals (second; 204).

In September of 2008, Strickland was inducted into the New York CityBasketball Hall of Fame. Joining Strickland in the 19th induction classwere Kenny Anderson, Louis Bender, Pete Gillen, Joe Goldstein, BobMcCullough, Sam Perkins and Eddie Younger.

Strickland and his wife, Cheryl, have four children, Torin, Tai, Terelland Tanner.

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Martin Newton is in his second season with the Kentucky basketball program,serving as the director of basketball operations.

Prior to joining Coach John Calipari’s staff, Newton worked with Nike as NikeCollege Basketball Manager for 13 years, forming relationships with some of thehighest profile collegiate basketball programs and personalities throughout thenation.Before working with Nike, Newton spent 13 years working with Converse in sales

and promotions and sports marketing. Newton is no stranger to Kentucky basketball, having served as the television color

commentator on the Big Blue Sports Network from 1996-2006. Prior to that, heserved as the color commentator for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers’ basketballbroadcasts.A graduate of Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., Newton was a four-

year starter at point guard for the Bulldogs, who he led in assists for fourconsecutive years. Newton is married to the former Cindy Smith of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Together

they have three children, Katie, Madison and Charles “Newty,” who iscurrently a sophomore basketball player at Tennessee Tech University.

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH

MARTINNEWTON

DIRECTOR OFBASKETBALL OPERATIONS

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C hris Simmons begins his second season as head athletic trainer for men’s bas-ketball at the University of Kentucky after serving three seasons in a similar

position at the University of Memphis. Simmons was a member of the Tiger staff that helped direct Memphis to three

consecutive record-setting seasons. While at Memphis, he was involved in all aspectsof the Tigers’ day-to-day medical and rehabilitative needs.

In his first year on staff in 2006-07, Memphis posted a 33-4 overall record, wonthe Conference USA regular season and tournament titles and advanced to theNCAA Tournament Elite Eight. In fact, Simmons’ around-the-clock aid on ChrisDouglas-Roberts’ sprained ankle in between the NCAA Tournament second roundand the region semifinal got the Tiger guard ready for action with only a three-dayturnaround.

En route to the NCAA title contest in the 2007-08 season, Simmons’ quickwork on Derrick Rose’s cut above his eye suffered in the South Region semifinalgame against Michigan State aided the Tigers’ postseason run. Rose finished theMichigan State game and had a tremendous performance against Texas in theregional final to claim the NCAA South Region MVP honor.

In the summer of 2008, Simmons also served as athletic trainer for theConference USA All-Star team that played a three-game exhibition touragainst the Chinese National Team in China.

Prior to his time at Memphis, Simmons spent the 2005-06 basketballseason as head athletic trainer/coordinator of basketball operations with theArkansas RimRockers of the NBA Development League.

No stranger to the Southeastern Conference, Simmons earned hismaster’s in 2004 from the University of Arkansas. During his tenure withthe Razorbacks, he served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for football.

Prior to his time at Arkansas, he served as an athletic training internwith the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns. Simmons is a 2002graduate of the University of Memphis with a bachelor’s degree in exerciseand sport science.

The native of McComb, Miss., is a certified member of the NationalAthletic Trainers’ Association and a Performance Enhancement Specialistthrough the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

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MIKEMALONE

STRENGTH ANDCONDITIONING COACH

Mike Malone is in his first season with the Kentucky basketball program.He comes to the University of Kentucky after serving as an assistant

strength and conditioning coach at the University of Minnesota since 2006.Malone developed the strength and conditioning program for the Minnesota base-ball team, which appeared in NCAA Regionals in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He alsoassisted with men’s and women’s hockey, men’s basketball, football men’s andwomen’s golf, and men’s swimming. Prior to the University of Minnesota, Malone worked for the Anaheim Angels

organization at their double-A team in Little Rock, Ark. Previous to that Maloneworked as the assistant director of performance enhancement for the Universityof Memphis basketball team that went to the Elite Eight in 2006 andproduced two first-round NBA draft picks. Previously, Malone was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at

James Madison, assisting with more than 20 men’s and women’s sports.Prior to James Madison, he was also a strength and conditioning coachfor the nine-time Division III football National Champion MountUnion Purple Raiders. Malone has worked at Iowa State University and the University of

Pittsburgh as an intern. He has worked with various sports andnumerous professional athletes in the NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB,PGA Tour and professional boxing. Coach Malone has also worked the Cincinnati Bengals training

camp in the summers of 2007, 2008 and 2009.The Wauwatosa, Wisc., native is a 2001 graduate of Mount

Union College, earning a degree in exercise science. While atMount Union, Malone was part of two Division III nationalchampionship football teams in 1998 and 2000.

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B ryan Settle is in his second year working with the Kentucky basketball pro-gram as the equipment manager but his seventh year on John Calipari’s staff.

Settle spent two years as the video coordinator for the Memphis Tiger basketballprogram. During the previous three years (2004-07) at Memphis, he served as theteam’s head manager while completing his undergraduate work at the university. Heearned his bachelor’s degree in sport and leisure studies in May 2007.Settle was a member of the Tiger staff during its most memorable season in school

history in 2007-08. Memphis won an NCAA record 38 games (38-2 record) andadvanced to the NCAA Tournament championship game. The Tigers swept theConference USA regular-season and tournament titles and won the NCAA SouthRegion crown en route to the NCAA Tournament final.As the Tigers’ head manager from 2004-07, Settle was a part of a successful run in

school history. The Tigers won 88 games from 2004-05 through 2006-07,including 33 victories in 2005-06 and 2006-07. Memphis captured consecutiveConference USA regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAATournament Elite Eight those two seasons. The 2004-05 squad played in the C-USA Tournament title game and advanced to the NIT Final Four.

Prior to his tenure at Memphis, Settle was a team manager for the IdahoVandal basketball team in the 2003-04 campaign. From 2001-03, he attendedVincennes University in Vincennes, Ind., where he earned his associate degreein science.

A Danville, Ind., native, Settle graduated high school from DanvilleCommunity High School.

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TONYDELK

ASSISTANT DIRECTOROF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS

T ony Delk is in his second season as member of the UK men’s basketball staffbut is plenty familiar with the tradition of Kentucky basketball.

Delk (1993-96), a second-team AP All-American in 1996, helped guide theWildcats to the 1996 NCAA Championship. UK’s all-time leader in three-point fieldgoals made (283), Delk ranks fifth on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,890 careerpoints. He was the Wildcats’ leading scorer in his sophomore, junior and seniorseasons and capped a remarkable career tying the NCAA championship game recordwith seven three-point field goals en route to Final Four MVP honors.The 16th overall pick of the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA Draft, Delk

turned in a 10-year career in the NBA. He scored 14 points in his NBA debut in1996 and made his NBA Playoffs debut in 1997, averaging 10.3 ppg in threegames. At the beginning of the ‘98 season he was traded to Golden State where heaveraged 10.4 points. Delk had a career night with the Phoenix Suns on Jan. 2, 2001 when he exploded

for 53 points on 20-for-27 shooting against the Sacramento Kings. It was duringthat season with the Suns that he enjoyed his most productive season, averaging acareer-best 12.3 ppg. The Brownsville, Tenn. native finished his career with 4,957 points, a 9.1 ppg average.At the conclusion of his NBA career, Delk traveled overseas, playing professionally in

Greece for traditional power Panathinaikos. In 2007, he helped lead the Shamrock tothe Euroleague Championship.In 2003, Delk founded the Taylor Delk Sickle Cell Foundation, a nonprofit

organization in Brownsville, Tenn. The Taylor Delk Sickle Cell Foundation isnamed after Tony’s daughter, Taylor, who has sickle cell disease. The foundation isdedicated to improving the quality of life for children and families affected bysickle cell disease. More information on the foundation and the sickle cell diseasecan be found at www.tdscf.org. Delk’s primary responsibilities on the UK staff will be to assist the director of

basketball operations with office administrative duties, compliance forms andcommunications with the players.He has three daughters, Taylor, Bella and Trinity.

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BRENT SANDSGRADUATEMANAGER

Brent Sands enters his first sea-son with the Kentucky bas-

ketball program as a graduate assis-tant after graduating from theUniversity of Memphis in Augustwith a degree in finance.

Sands earned his degree atMemphis while also working as anassistant to the men’s basketballstrength and conditioning coach,Richard Hogans.

Sands, an Alpine, N.J., native, originally went to theUniversity of Arizona. Wanting to be closer to home andseeing a unique opportunity to work with longtime familyfriend John Calipari, Sands transferred to Memphis and beganworking with Calipari and the Tigers in January of 2008. TheTigers went on to advance to the national championship gamethat season.

Sands attended high school at Don Bosco Prep in NewJersey, a highly regarded school in the football ranks where hestarted on special teams as a sophomore and played somecornerback as well. During Sands’ sophomore year, Don BoscoPrep went on to win the state championship. Some of Sands’teammates from Don Bosco have gone on to have successfulfootball careers in the NFL and at the Division I level. Sandswould later transfer to Tenafly High School, also in NewJersey, for his junior and senior years.

He would like to be a part of sports after college in somecapacity and is pursuing his master’s of science in sportsleadership at UK. Sands plans to graduate in 2012.

Sands has one older sister, Ashly, who currently attendsNew York Law School. Brent is the son of Glenn Sands andPatti Sands.

BRANDON WEEMSGRADUATEMANAGER

Brandon Weems enters his sec-ond season with the Kentucky

basketball program as a graduateassistant after graduating fromWalsh University with an impressivebasketball career.With a degree in business

management, Weems graduatedfrom Walsh in 2008. At Walsh,Weems was a member of the 2005NAIA Division II men’s basketball

national championship team. In addition to the nationalchampionship, Weems and the program won four conferencechampionships. Weems also received All-America honors, led thecountry in assists his junior season, and stands second at Walshfor all-time assists. As a senior, Walsh named Weems as MaleAthlete of the Year.Weems is a native of Akron, Ohio, and a graduate of St.

Vincent-St. Mary High School. While at St. Vincent-St. Mary,Weems won two state championships and a nationalchampionship. As a graduate manager, his primary responsibility is being in

charge of the John Calipari. He plans to graduate from Kentuckywith a master’s of science in sports leadership in 2011.


MARKCOYLEDEPUTY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

Mark Coyle is in his sixth yearat the University of Kentucky

and his first as the deputy director ofathletics.

Coyle plays a prominent role inthe day-to-day administration ofKentucky’s 22-sport intercollegiateathletics department, assistingAthletics Director Mitch Barnhartwith the direction of the depart-ment. Coyle also oversees the day-to-

day responsibilities for men’s basketball.In his first five years at UK, Coyle served as the senior associate

athletic director for external affairs, directing the marketing,fundraising, licensing and ticket units of the department.

Coyle joined the University of Kentucky from the Universityof Minnesota, where he served nearly four years in a number ofexternal affairs capacities.

Coyle received his bachelor’s degree in English from DrakeUniversity in 1991, where he was a three-year letter winner as awide receiver. He earned his master’s degree in teaching fromDrake in 1992 and a master’s degree in sports administrationfrom Florida State University in 1993.

He resides in Lexington with his wife, Krystan, and theirchildren, Grace, Nicholas and Benjamin.

TIM ASHERBASKETBALL VIDEOCOORDINATOR

Tim Asher is in his ninth year asthe Wildcats’ basketball video

coordinator after serving the 12 pre-vious seasons as the team’s travelingvideographer. In addition, he hasworked on the UK football teamvideo staff for the past 24 years. Inhis role, Asher oversees all of the bas-ketball program’s video needs,including maintaining the Wildcats’sophisticated editing system. He was

heavily involved in the design and integration of video through-out the Joe Craft Center.Asher, 50, started his own company, Idle Minds Productions,

in 1987, which provides video services for various networks,documentaries and commercials. He’s been employed as a free-lance trainer and demo artist on non-linear video systems forSony Corporation since 1995, served as a field productionspecialist for WLEX-TV, and as a producer/director thenproduction manager for WDKY-TV.Asher earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from

Morehead State University. A native of Olive Hill, Ky., he andhis wife, Cindy, have a 12-year-old daughter, Laura.

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MICHAELSTONE

ADMIN. ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH

ACADEMICCOUNSELOR

Lunetha Pryor is in her secondyear with the University of

Kentucky’s basketball program, andher second year with the UK athlet-ics department. Before joining theKentucky basketball office staff,Pryor spent a total of 23 years withthe Memphis athletic department,including 11 years with the athleticbusiness office and the ticket office.Pryor enjoys watching basketball

and football in her spare time. She has a 14 year-old daughter,Kia Symone.

Michael Stone is entering his13th year working with stu-

dent-athletes in the Center forAcademic and Tutorial Services(CATS) and his 12th year workingwith the men’s basketball team. Stone, a native of Clay City, Ky.,

has had a positive impact on theKentucky men’s basketball programduring his tenure. A tireless worker,Stone has assisted current and

former student-athletes in their academic responsibilities andpost-graduation aspirations. He has been instrumental in therecent success of the Wildcats in the classroom. A mere sampling of Stone’s duties include: overseeing the

nightly functions of the CATS Center, monitoring study hall forstudent-athletes from each of Kentucky’s 22 sports andoverseeing the CATS Academic Graduate/Academic ServiceAssistant program. In addition to his responsibilities with the men’s basketball

program, Stone serves as the academic counselor for Kentucky’sbaseball team. Under his guidance, the men’s basketball andbaseball teams have consistently improved the team GPAthroughout his tenure. Stone is an active member of the National Association of

Academic Advisors for Athletics. He currently serves as theRegion II Representative for the Student-Athlete RecognitionCommittee, which honors student-athletes who have overcomegreat obstacles to achieve academic success while participating inintercollegiate athletics.Stone received both a B.S. in economics and a B.B.A. in

marketing (1997), as well as his master’s in sports management(2002) from UK.

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JOHNHAYDENASSISTANT MEDIARELATIONS DIRECTOR

John Hayden is in his fifth sea-son working with the men’s

basketball program after beingnamed assistant director of mediarelations in July of 2006. He spentsix years in the same position at theUniversity of Alabama where hedirected the media and public rela-tions efforts for the football, softball,women’s soccer, and men’s cross coun-try and track and field programs.

During his tenure with Alabama, the softball team madefour appearances at the College World Series (2000, 2003,2005 and 2006). After graduating from Alabama in December of 1998 with a

degree in broadcasting, Hayden served as an intern in themedia relations department with the Chicago White Sox’sdouble-A affiliate, the Birmingham Barons, during the 1999season. In addition to his responsibilities with men’s basketball,

Hayden also works with the women’s soccer team.A Paducah, Ky., native, Hayden is the son of Bernard and

Cathy Hayden and recently married the former MariaAngelini of Pittsburgh.

DEWAYNEPEEVYSR. ASSOCIATE AD/COMMUNICATIONS

DeWayne Peevy is in his thirdyear as the senior associate ath-

letic director of communications atthe University of Kentucky.

Peevy, who joined UK in August2008, oversees the public relationsefforts for the entire athleticsdepartment in addition to his dutiesas the primary contact for UK’snationally recognized men’sbasketball program.

Upon his hiring, Peevy has also pioneered a 22-sport wide UKblog, an innovative and rare addition to a media relationsdepartment, and he provides senior administrative oversight ofUK’s award-winning sports publications department. Additionally,Peevy coordinates interviews with local and national media for headcoach John Calipari and the men’s basketball team, he serves as theeditor of the basketball media guide and is the spokesman for thestoried program.The Birmingham, Ala., native also serves on the NCAA

Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four Media CoordinationCommittee and he previously served as the sports informationdirector representative on the board of the United StatesBasketball Writers Association.

Peevy came to UK after spending eight years at theSoutheastern Conference. He was responsible for the day-to-daypublicity of SEC men’s basketball. A graduate of the Universityof Montevallo, Peevy served as the media director of the SECMen’s Basketball Tournament from 2004-08.

Prior to his time at the SEC, Peevy spent nearly three years athis alma mater where he oversaw and handled all media andpromotional operations for all nine varsity sports. He received sixnational publication awards from the College Sports InformationDirectors of America at Montevallo.

Peevy also served as the assistant information director at theGulf South Conference from September 1996 to October 2007.

Peevy received his bachelor of business administration degreein accounting from the University of Montevallo in 1996. He and his wife, Allison, have two children, Kaitlyn, 10, and

Braden, 3.

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2010-11 University of Kentucky Basketball Medical Staff—From Left: Student Athletic Trainer TristanMoorman, Graduate Athletic Trainer Brandon DeSantis, Dr. Scott Mair, Head Athletic Trainer ChrisSimmons, Dr. James Jagger

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Mailing Address:338 Lexington Avenue

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A fixture in the Kentucky basketball program for 47 years, BillKeightley (aka “Mr. Wildcat) cared passionately about the

Kentucky uniform and everything it represented. More importantly,he also cared for each of the players who wore the uniform, span-ning nearly five decades, six head coaches, 1,113 victories and threenational titles.

During the 2008-09 season, the University of KentuckyAthletics Department honored the extraordinary life of BillKeightley (1926-2008) with a black bar patch on the right shoulderof its uniforms that was embroidered with the words, Mr. Wildcat.In addition, the letter “K” in the spelling of Kentucky on the frontof the jersey was printed in black.

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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

DR. LEE T. TODD, JR. Lee T. Todd, Jr. became the 11th

president of the University ofKentucky on July 1, 2001.

Todd is a native of Earlington,Ky. and a graduate of UK and theMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology. President Todd is thesixth UK alumnus to hold the presi-dency. He is a former UK engineer-ing professor; a successful business-man who launched two worldwidetechnology companies, both based

in Kentucky; and a public advocate for research, technology, andan entrepreneurial economy in the Commonwealth.

President Todd is a member of the National Academies’Committee on Research Universities. He serves as chair of theAdvisory Board for the National Science Foundation’s Directoratefor Education and Human Resources Committee. He is immedi-ate past chair of the Board of Directors for the Association ofPublic and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and is presentlychair of the APLU Science Math Teacher Imperative (SMTI). He

represents the Southeastern Conference as a member of theNCAA Division I Board of Directors. President Todd is a mem-ber of the Executive Committee of the Business HigherEducation Forum. He serves on the EQT Corporation Board ofDirectors and is chair of the Kentucky Council on PostsecondaryEducation’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics) Task Force. He is chair of the NationalConsortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education’s(NCCI) Leveraging Excellence Award selection panel.

Under Todd’s leadership, his alma mater has achieved a greaterlevel of national prominence. To that end, he launched theUniversity of Kentucky’s Top 20 Business Plan in December 2005.The plan is a quantitative analysis of what it will take for UK to

achieve its state-mandated goal of building a Top 20 public researchuniversity. Widely hailed as the first business plan in the nation by apublic university, it has been featured by national media outlets andrecognized by peer institutions.

President Todd has spearheaded an effort to revitalize healthcare in Kentucky. In June 2006, UK unveiled theCommonwealth’s Medical Campus of the Future, a multi-phasedproject aimed at providing Kentuckians with cutting-edge, 21stcentury health care. As part of the revamped academic medicalcampus, UK is constructing a new, one million square footUniversity of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital and hascompleted a new College of Pharmacy.

He is married to the former Patricia Brantley, a UK graduatewho earned her master’s degree from Simmons College in Boston.They have two adult children, UK graduates Troy and Kathryn.

Board of Trustees(as of July 1, 2010)

Edward Britt BrockmanSheila Brothers Penelope A. Brown Jo Hern Curris Dermontti F. Dawson William S. Farish, Jr.Oliver Keith GannonCarol Martin “Bill” GattonPamela T. May Everett McCorvey Billy Joe Miles Terry Mobley Sandy Bugie Patterson Joe PeekErwin Roberts Charles R. Sachatello C. Frank ShoopRyan SmithJames W. Stuckert Barbara Young

Athletic Board(as of July 1, 2010)

Jack BrownFrank ButlerDermontti F. DawsonLuther DeatonJoe FinkTom HammondScott KelleyKathi KernRobert MockFrank ShoopKumble SubbaswamyLee T. Todd, Jr.Bruce WalcotLionell Williamson

President Todd has focused his

efforts and energies on helping

his alma mater achieve a greater

level of national prominence.

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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

MITCH BARNHART

Mitch Barnhart is in his ninthyear at the University of

Kentucky, with unparalleled accom-plishments in his past and unprece-dented goals for the future.

Looking to build on the successesunder his direction, Barnhart’s ambi-tious course for the future wasrevealed in November 2008 with the15 by 15 by 15 Plan. The goals areto win at least 15 conference or

national championships and rank among the NCAA’s top 15 ath-letic programs by 2015 – all of which would be unprecedentedachievements for UK Athletics – while continuing to expand thedepartment’s service to the commonwealth of Kentucky. Anothergoal is a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average for UK’s 500-plusstudent-athletes on an annual basis.

The goal Barnhart set nine years ago to mold an athletics depart-ment that competed with integrity, won championships with classand succeeded in the classroom is beginning to come to fruitionwith the close of the 2009-10 athletics season.

UK continued its annual improvement in the Directors’ Cupstandings with a finish of 29th place in 2009-10. It was the school’sbest showing since Barnhart’s arrival, its top finish since the 1997-98season and only three slots away from the best mark in school history.

The primary academic target was met at the conclusion ofthe 2010 spring semester as UK’s student-athletes notched acomposite 3.04 GPA, the highest semester of the Barnhart era,but Barnhart wants to continue to see academic success andimprovement in the future. In addition, UK has consistentlyposted strong numbers in the NCAA Academic Progress Rate asevery one of UK’s 22 varsity sports have avoided penalties in theAPR’s six-year existence. Graduation rates, which date back toclasses that entered six years ago, are beginning to show theimprovement Barnhart emphasized upon his arrival in 2002.

Barnhart’s connection to UK student-athletes is evident by hisindividual interaction and dedication to provide the support serv-ices necessary to meet their needs. UK Athletics spends more than$1.5 million annually on its nationally renowned Center forAcademic and Tutorial Services. He also began the CATSPYs, anannual awards program that honors the best of UK Athletics.

Additional initiatives begun under Barnhart’s leadership includefully funding all 22 varsity sports with maximum number of scholar-

ships and coaches, creating the UK Athletics Hall of Fame and theconstruction of the Joe Craft Center, a $30 million facility thatincludes practice and administrative space for a variety of sports.

Barnhart’s influence reaches far beyond the fields of competi-tion. Despite athletics’ urgent financial needs, Barnhart foundeda $1.2-million annual contribution to the University’s scholar-ship program, a donation that was increased to $1.7 millionannually in 2009-10.

Social responsibility in the Commonwealth of Kentucky alsois a priority for Barnhart, who is extremely active in communityservice and encourages UK athletics staff and student-athletes todo the same.

He has been involved on the national level as well and in 2010will become the chair of the NCAA Basketball Issues Committee.

Barnhart arrived at UK from Oregon State, where he servedfour successful years (1998-2002) as athletics director. BeforeOSU, he worked in athletics administration posts at Tennessee(1986-98), Southern Methodist University (1983-86), Oregon(1983) and San Diego State (1982-83).

Barnhart is a native of Kansas City, Kan. He earned his bach-elor’s degree from Ottawa University (Kansas) in 1981 and amaster’s in sports administration from Ohio University in 1982.

His family includes his wife, Connie, three children, Blaire,Scott, Kirby Willoughby and her husband, McKenzie.

PersonalBirth date: Aug. 27, 1959Birthplace: Kansas City, Kan.Family: Wife, Connie, daughters Kirby and Blaire, and sonScott

EducationOttawa (Kan.) University (B.A. 1981)Ohio Universiy (M.S. 1982)

CareerKentucky — Athletics Director (2002-present)Oregon State — Athletics Director (1998-2002)Tennessee — Senior Assoc. AD (1986-98)Southern Methodist — Asst. Executive Director,Mustang Club (1983-86)Oregon — Regional Director, Duck Athletic Fund (1983)San Diego State — Intern, Aztec Foundation (1982-83)

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School0 Enes Kanter F 6-11 272 Fr. HS Istanbul, Turkey (Stoneridge Prep)1 Darius Miller G 6-7 230 Jr. 2L Maysville, Ky. (Mason County)2 Stacey Poole G 6-4 203 Fr. HS Jacksonville, Fla. (Providence)3 Terrence Jones F 6-8 250 Fr. HS Portland, Ore. (Jefferson)4 Jon Hood G 6-7 205 So. 1L Madisonville, Ky. (North Hopkins)5 Jarrod Polson G 6-2 180 Fr. HS Nicholasville, Ky. (West Jessamine)12 Brandon Knight G 6-3 195 Fr. HS Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Pine Crest)20 Doron Lamb G 6-4 210 Fr. HS Queens, N.Y. (Oak Hill Acad.)30 Eloy Vargas F 6-11 239 Jr. TR Moca, Dominican Republic (Miami-Dade CC)34 DeAndre Liggins G 6-6 215 Jr. 2L Chicago, Ill. (Findlay Prep)55 Josh Harrellson F 6-10 275 Sr. 2L St. Charles, Mo. (SW Illinois College)

Head Coach: John Calipari (Clarion, ‘82)Assistant Coaches: Orlando Antigua (Pittsburgh, ‘95), Kenny Payne (Louisville, ‘03), John Robic (Denison, ‘86)Strength Coach: Mike Malone (Mount Union College, ‘01)Athletic Trainer: Chris Simmons (Memphis, ‘02)Director of Basketball Operations: Martin Newton (Samford, ‘83)

2010-11

ROSTER

2010-11 WILDCATS — Front Row (from left): Asst. Coach Orlando Antigua; Stacey Poole; Jarrod Polson; BrandonKnight; Doron Lamb; DeAndre Liggins and Head Coach John Calipari. Back Row (from left): Tony Delk; Brandon Weems; RodStrickland; Mike Malone; Terrence Jones; Enes Kanter; Eloy Vargas; Josh Harrellson; Darius Miller; Jon Hood; Chris Sim-mons; Asst. Coach Kenny Payne; Asst. Coach John Robic; Bryan Settle and Martin Newton

ENES Kanter (IN-ess)DORON Lamb (Duh-RON)DEANDRE Liggins (DEE-andre)ELOY Vargas (EE-loy)

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MISCELLANEOUS

ROSTER NOTESWILDCATS BY STATE / COUNTRY

Kentucky (3)Jon Hood (Madisonville)Darius Miller (Maysville)Jarrod Polson (Nicholasville)

Florida (2)Brandon Knight (Ft. Lauderdale)Stacey Poole (Jacksonville)

Illinois (1)DeAndre Liggins (Chicago)

Missouri (1)Josh Harrellson (St. Charles)

New York (1)Doron Lamb (Queens)

Oregon (1)Terrence Jones (Portland)

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Wildcats byHeight

Enes Kanter..............6-11

Eloy Vargas ...........6-11

Josh Harrellson .....6-10

Terrence Jones........6-8

Darius Miller ............6-7

Jon Hood.................6-7

DeAndre Liggins......6-6

Doron Lamb ............6-4

Stacey Poole ...........6-4

Brandon Knight........6-3

Jarrod Polson ..........6-2

Seniors (1)Josh Harrellson

Juniors (3)DeAndre LigginsDarius MillerEloy Vargas

Sophomores (1)Jon Hood

Freshmen (6)Terrence JonesEnes KanterBrandon KnightDoron LambJarrod PolsonStacey Poole

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DomincanRepublic (1)

Turkey (1)

Eloy Vargas (Moca)

Turkey (1)Enes Kanter (Istanbul)

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JOSH

Senior • Forward • 6-10 • 275St. Charles, Mo. • Southwestern Illinois College

Last SeasonPlayed in 22 games, averaging 1.3 points and 1.2 rebounds ... Totaled two pointsand three rebounds in three minutes vs. Wake Forest in the NCAA second round inNew Orleans ... Scored two points on an offensive rebound in two minutes of ac-tion vs. Tennessee at the SEC Tournament ... Earned his first action in SEC play, to-taling four points and four rebounds vs. Arkansas ... Had his second straight gamewith two blocks vs. Long Beach State ... Tied season highs with five points and threerebounds in 10 minutes vs. Drexel ... Posted two points and three boards vs. UNCAsheville ... Scored a season-high five points, including a three-pointer to end thefirst half vs. Cleveland State in Cancun ... Scored four points with one block andone rebound in seven minutes vs. Rider ... Totaled three points and three reboundsin the second exhibition game against Clarion.

PersonalSon of Doug and Karen Harrellson ... Chose Kentucky over Indiana, Iowa, IowaState, Missouri, Ohio State, Purdue and St. Louis.

HARRELLSON

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Ray Mills 1955-57Thad Jaracz 1966-68Jim Andrews 1971-73Mike Phillips 1975-78Cedric Jenkins 1985-88Josh Harrellson 2009-11

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“Josh will provide depth in our front court this

year and comes into the season with a renewed

confidence after his experience playing in China

this summer. He has the ability to stretch the

defense with his shooting ability.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

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Season G-S Min.-Avg. FG-A/Pct. 3FG-A/Pct. FT-A/Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF-D AT TO BS St TP-Avg.2008-09 34-2 315-9.3 46-103/.447 5-15/.333 26-36/.722 85-.25 37-0 8 26 20 8 123-3.62009-10 22-0 88-4.0 12-26/.462 2-4/.500 2-2/1.000 27-1.2 8-0 0 6 7 2 28-1.3Career 56-2 403-7.2 58-129/.450 7-19/.368 28-38/.737 112-2.0 45-0 8 32 27 11 151-2.7

HARRELLSON’S STATISTICS

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JON

Sophomore • Guard • 6-7 • 205Madisonville, Ky. • North Hopkins HS

Last SeasonPlayed in 17 games, averaging 1.2 points ... Totaled two points and a season-highthree rebounds in UK’s second-round win over Wake Forest in New Orleans ...Grabbed two rebounds and made 2-of-2 free throws vs. ETSU at the NCAA Tour-nament ... Made 2-of-2 free throws and grabbed one rebound vs. Tennessee at theSEC Tournament ... Scored three points in three minutes at LSU ... Earned his firstminutes in SEC play, nailing a three-pointer vs. Arkansas ... Totaled a season-highfive points and two rebounds in the win over Drexel ... Nailed his first three-pointerand had two assists vs. Cleveland State in Cancun ... Earned a career-high 10 min-utes in the win vs. Rider ... Totaled one rebound and one assist in eight minutes vs.Sam Houston State ... Scored seven points with four rebounds in UK’s second exhi-bition win over Clarion.

PersonalSon of Brian and Kelly Hood...Chose Kentucky over Ole Miss, Tennessee andGeorgia.

HOOD

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Season G-S Min.-Avg. FG-A/Pct. 3FG-A/Pct. FT-A/Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF-D AT TO BS St TP-Avg.2009-10 17-0 74-4.4 6-19/.316 4-11/.364 4-4/1.000 12-0.7 6-0 6 4 0 1 20-1.2Career 17-0 74-4.4 6-19/.316 4-11/.364 4-4/1.000 12-0.7 6-0 6 4 0 1 20-1.2

HOOD’S STATISTICS

Keith Farnsley 1940-41Bill Chambers 1944-45Kyle Macy 1979-1980Derrick Miller 1989-1990Rodney Dent 1993-94Steve Masiello 1999-2000Gerald Fitch 2003-04Rajon Rondo 2005-06Dusty Mills 2007-08Jon Hood 2010-11


“Jon is a different player for us this season. He

gained valuable experience playing in China this

summer and is a more confident player on the

court. He’s still growing as a player and literally

is now 6-7 which will allow him to play multiple

positions.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

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TERRENCE

Freshman • Forward • 6-8 • 250Portland, Ore. • Jefferson HS

High SchoolAveraged 30.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists as a senior, leading JeffersonHigh School to its third consecutive state championship, a feat no other 5A or 6AOregon school had ever accomplished … One of only three players to twice benamed The Oregonian newspaper’s Class 5A Player of the Year (UCLA’s Kevin Loveand Oregon’s Fred Jones) … Ranked ninth on the ESPNU’s Top 100, 13th overallby Rivals.com and eighth by Scout.com … Received 2010 McDonald’s All-Ameri-can honors … Scored 14 points in 14 minutes at the 2010 McDonald’s All-Ameri-can game and posted 17 points and nine rebounds in the 2010 Jordan Brand ClassicAll-American game … Averaged 32 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, three blocks andthree steals as a junior…Named to 2010 USA Junior National Select Team.

PersonalSon of Linda Mashia-Jones and Dennis Jones ... Chose Kentucky over

Kansas, Oklahoma, UCLA and Washington.

JONES

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Bernard Opper 1937-39Lee Huber 1939-41Wilbur Schu 1943-46Rex Chapman 1987-88Chris Harrison 1992-95Allen Edwards 1996-98J. P. Blevins 1999-2002Brandon Stockton 2003-04Ramel Bradley 2005-08Kevin Galloway 2009Darnell Dodson 2010Terrence Jones 2011


“Terrence is perfectly suited for our dribble-drive

offense. He’s a lefty that can score inside and

out on the perimeter. His ability in open space is

what makes him a special player. He should be a

tough matchup for opposing defenders.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

Did you know ... Terrence is a cousin of former Arizona All-American and NBA Rookie of theYear Damon Stoudamire.

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ENES

Freshman • Forward • 6-11 • 272Istanbul, Turkey • Stoneridge Prep (Calif.)

High SchoolShot an event record 13-of-21 from the field, scoring 34 points and grabbing 13 re-bounds at the 2010 Nike Hoops Summit in Portland, Ore. … His 34-point scoringeffort for the World Team broke the individual record of 33 points previously set byDirk Nowitzki in 1998 … Played for the Turkish under-18 national team in 2009and was named the championship’s MVP after averaging 18.6 points and a tourna-ment-best 16.4 rebounds a game leading Turkey to the bronze medal at the Euro-pean Championships in France … Ranked as a five-star talent by both Rivals.comand Scout.com recruiting services … Listed third overall by Rivals.com … Rankedas the No. 1 center in the recruiting class of 2010 according to Scout.com …Ranked 25th on ESPNU’s top 100 recruits of 2010 class.

PersonalSon of Mehmet and Gulsum Kanter ... Born in Switzerland ... Chose Ken-tucky over Kansas, Syracuse and Washington.

KANTER

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Enes Kanter 2011


“Enes has the body and potential to be special.

He will provide a valuable low-post presence on

both the offensive and defensive ends for our

team. He also has the versatility to play away

from the basket with his shooting ability and

face-up game.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

Did you know ... Enes wants to be a professional wrestler after his basketball career.

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BRANDON

Freshman • Guard • 6-3 • 195Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. • Pine Crest HS

High SchoolAveraged 32.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists his senior season … Posted a 4.3GPA in high school … Led Pine Crest to four state title games, winning state cham-pionships in 2008 and 2009 … 2009-10 Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year… 2008-09 Gatorade National Boys Basketball High School Player of the Year …Four-time class 3A-1A Basketball Player of the Year, as named by the Miami Herald… Ranks second on Florida high school basketball scoring list with 3,515 careerpoints …Received McDonald’s All-American honors … Hit a three-pointer at thebuzzer to give West 107-104 win in McDonald’s All-American game … Namedfirst-team All-American by Slam magazine … Participated in 2010 USA Nike HoopSummit and Jordan Brand Classic All-American game … Finalist for the NaismithNational High School Player of the Year … Averaged 31.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 5.6assists and 3.2 steals as a junior … Ranked as the No. 6 overall prospect by both Ri-vals.com and Scout.com and ranked fourth on ESPNU’s Top 100.

PersonalSon of Efrem and Tonya Knight ... Held a 4.3 GPA in high school … Chose Ken-tucky over Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Miami and Syracuse.

KNIGHT

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Marion Cluggish 1937-41Vince Splane 1941-42Tom Moseley 1942-43Nate Buis 1943-44Ernest Sparkman 1944-45Ralph Beard 1945-1949Billy Ray Cassady 1957-58Al Robinson 1958-60Allen Feldhaus 1960-62Ted Deeken 1962-64Frank Tully 1964-65Jim LeMaster 1965-68Tom Parker 1969-72Larry Johnson 1973-77Bo Lanter 1979-82Leroy Byrd 1983-84Deron Feldhaus 1988-92Rodrick Rhodes 1992-95Todd Tackett 1998-2000Bernard Cote 2002-04Preston LeMaster 2004-2006Mark Krebs 2007-10Brandon Knight 2011


“Brandon is a warrior on and off the court. He is as drivenas any other player that I’ve ever coached. He has an innateability to score while finding the open man. Right away heshould be a leader and also a top-notch defender for us.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

Did you know ... Brandon would most like to be able to multi-task efficiently.

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DORON

Freshman • Guard • 6-4 • 210Queens, N.Y. • Oak Hill Academy

High SchoolAveraged 23 points, six rebounds and four assists his senior season … Played twoyears at renowned Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va. … ReceivedMcDonald’s All-American and Jordan Brand Classic All-American honors …Scored 12 points in McDonald’s All-American game in helping lead the West to107-104 win … Scored 11 points in helping lead the West to a 129-125 win at the2010 Jordan Brand Classic All-American game … Ranked as the third-best shoot-ing guard and No. 21 overall prospect of 2010 by Rivals.com, No. 28 by Scout.comand No. 29 on ESPNU’s Top 100.

PersonalSon of Calvin Lamb and Brigitte Grant ... Chose Kentucky over Arizona, Connecti-cut, Kansas, Oklahoma and West Virginia.

LAMB

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Tom Moseley 1943-44 Deward Compton 1944-45Bob Brannum 1946-47Kenton Campbell 1947-48Lindle Castle 1950-51Gayle Rose 1951-55Dick Howe 1957-58Jim McDonald 1959-62Jimmy Dan Conner 1972-75Dwane Casey 1975-79Jim Master 1980-84Steve Bruce 1986-87Sean Sutton 1987-89Tony Cooper 1989-90Jodie Meeks 2006-07Kerry Benson 2008Jarvis Walker 2009Doron Lamb 2011


“Doron is a terrific guard from New York and Oak Hill who

will come in and contribute right away. With the Dribble

Drive Motion and the way we play, his ability to score and

his mid-range game will flourish. I think he’s going to be a

great defender and a great addition for us this year.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

Did you know ... Doron’s greatest fear is the dark.

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DEANDRE

Junior • Guard • 6-6 • 215Chicago, Ill. • Findlay Prep

Last SeasonPlayed in the last 29 games, averaging 3.8 points ... Scored seven points whilepulling down five rebounds in Elite Eight game vs. West Virginia ... Dished out fiveassists vs. ETSU in the NCAA first round in New Orleans ... Scored seven pointswith two steals vs. South Carolina ... Made 3-of-4 free throws in the last 10 secondsof the overtime victory at Mississippi State ... Scored seven points with a season-high four assists vs. Tennessee ... Totaled eight points and seven boards vs. Alabama... Pulled down a career-high eight boards and knocked down two three-pointers atLSU ... Grabbed a season-high five rebounds to go with five points vs. Ole Miss ...Totaled season highs with nine points and four rebounds in 25 minutes ... Scoredfive crucial points and grabbed three boards, including the game clincher at Auburn... Totaled six points and a career-high three steals vs. Georgia ... Posted season highswith 19 minutes, three rebounds and two assists along with three points vs. Hart-ford ... Played a season-high 14 minutes vs. Long Beach State, scoring two points ...Nailed two three-pointers in 11 minutes of action vs. Drexel ... Totaled two points,one assist and one rebound in a season-high 12 minutes vs. Austin Peay ... Earnedhis first action of the season, playing one minute in UK’s road win at Indiana.

PersonalSon of Tammi Liggins ... Chose Kentucky over Memphis, Illinois and Kansas.

LIGGINS

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Season G-S Min.-Avg. FG-A/Pct. 3FG-A/Pct. FT-A/Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF-D AT TO BS St TP-Avg.2008-09 33-1 547-16.6 46-127/.362 12-51/.235 35-52/.673 77-2.3 54-0 92 75 14 24 139-4.22009-10 29-0 445-15.3 36-86/.419 14-44/.318 23-39/.590 66-2.3 42-1 24 17 8 20 109-3.8Career 62-1 992-16.0 82-213/.385 26-95/.274 58-91/.637 143-2.3 96-1 116 92 22 44 248-4.0

LIGGINS’ STATISTICS

Arlan King 1950Hugh Coy 1954Ed Beck 1956-58Bernard Butts 1961George Critz 1962-64Mike Casey 1968-69, 71G. J. Smith 1973-75Chuck Verderber 1979-82Kenny Walker 1983-86John Pelphrey 1989-92Scott Padgett 1995-99Ramon Harris 2008DeAndre Liggins 2009-11


“DeAndre continues to give unbelievable effort that

is starting to rub off on his teammates. He will be a

key factor for us this season and is one of our most

experienced players. His offensive game has improved

greatly from a year ago and he’s more comfortable.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

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DARIUS

Junior • Guard • 6-7 • 230Maysville, Ky. • Mason County H.S.

Last SeasonStarted 32 of 38 games, averaging 6.5 points ... Totaled nine points, four assists andthree steals vs. Cornell in the NCAA Tournament ... Scored a career-high 20 points,shooting 7-of-9 from the field with a team-leading nine rebounds vs. Wake Forest inthe NCAA second round in New Orleans ... Led UK with 14 points, shooting 3-of-5 from behind the arc vs. Florida ... Key scorer during the comeback attempt atTennessee, finishing with seven points, four rebounds, two blocks and two steals ...Finished with seven points, eight rebounds and two blocks in win over South Car-olina ... Scored nine points with two blocks in the overtime win at Mississippi State... Posted a career-high 18 points, including four three-pointers vs. Arkansas ... To-taled nine points, four rebounds and two assists at Florida ... Scored a season-high16 points, including a career-high four three-pointers, and dished out a season-highfive assists vs. Hartford ... Scored 11 points vs. Austin Peay ... Dished out a season-

high four assists at Indiana ... Totaled a season-high three steals vs. UConn ...Scored all eight points in UK’s 28-2 run vs. North Carolina ... Recorded his

second straight game with three 3-pointers vs UNC Asheville ... Totaled13 points and three assists, tying a career high with three 3-point baskets... Posted a near double-double with nine points and a team-leadingeight rebounds vs. Cleveland State in Cancun ... Scored 15 points, in-cluding 3-of-6 from three-point range with three assists in the win overSam Houston State ... Posted nine points and five rebounds in UK’swin over Miami-Ohio.

PersonalSon of Brian and Nicole Miller ... Chose Kentucky over Cincinnati,Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas State, Louisville, Miami, Tennesseeand Xavier.

MILLER

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Season G-S Min.-Avg. FG-A/Pct. 3FG-A/Pct. FT-A/Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF-D AT TO BS St TP-Avg.2008-09 36-2 764-21.2 66-161/.410 18-54/.333 41-51/.804 111-3.1 92-5 72 64 22 27 191-5.32009-10 38-32 804-21.2 86-215/.400 43-128/.336 31-39/.795 95-2.5 72-2 58 35 22 22 246-6.5Career 74-34 1568-21.2 152-376/.404 61-182/.335 72-90/.800 206-2.8 164-7 130 99 44 49 437-5.9

MILLER’S STATISTICS

Bill Trivette, 1937-38 Cliff Hawkins 2001-04Brandon Stockton 2005-06Michael Porter 2007Darius Miller 2009-11


“Darius will take on more of a leadership role this

season. He showed that he can be more assertive

in Canada and he will log minutes at several spots

for us this season. His potential is off the charts

and we expect big things from him in his third year.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

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JARROD

Freshman • Guard • 6-2 • 180Nicholasville, Ky. • West Jessamine

High SchoolAveraged 18.2 points, 6.4 assists and 4.9 rebounds as a senior at West JessamineHigh School, leading the squad to the second round of the Sweet 16 state tourna-ment … Scored 40 of the team’s 60 points in the regional semifinals and 31 of thesquad’s 51 points in the regional finals to help West Jessamine advance to the Sweet16 state tournament … Finished his career as the school’s all-time leader scorer with1,884 points … Named First Team All-State by a number of publications.

PersonalSon of George and Chrisi Polson ... Walk-on earned scholarship ... Chose Kentuckyover Liberty.

POLSON

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Edward Tierney 1934-35John McIntosh 1935-37James King 1940-42Wes Cravens 1944Alonzo Nelson 1945John Stough 1948-49Mike Ballenger 1982Travis Ford 1992-94Wayne Turner 1996-99Nate Knight 2000Josh Carrier 2002-05Derrick Jasper 2007-08Ramon Harris 2009-10Jarrod Polson 2011


“Jarrod joined our program as a walk-on but

earned a scholarship this season. He might

be the most talented walk-on I’ve ever coached.

His quickness and shooting ability will be valu-

able in adding depth to our backcourt.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

Did you know ... Jarrod likes playing the piano.

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STACEY

Freshman • Guard • 6-4 • 203Jacksonville, Fla. • Providence H.S.

High SchoolAveraged 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists as a senior … Participated in Ken-tucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic, where he scored 10 points and grabbed five re-bounds … Scored in double figures in 19 of his final 23 games his senior season …Averaged 17.3 points per game as a junior … First signee of class of 2010 … Rankedas the fourth-best small forward and No. 33 overall prospect of 2010 by Rivals.com,No. 51 on ESPNU’s Top 100 and No. 67 by Scout.com.

PersonalSon of Stacey and Shelley Poole ... Father, Stacey, was a standout at the University ofFlorida, who ranks as the Gators’ No. 4 all-time scorer with 1,678 points … ChoseKentucky over South Carolina.

POOLE

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Elmo Head 1937-38Rashaad Carruth 2001-02Ravi Moss 2003-06Matt Scherbenske 2008-09Stacey Poole 2011


“Stacey has the skill set and the work ethic to

play well in our system. He’s a slasher who can

play multiple positions and a defender that is ca-

pable of shutting down people. He should earn

more playing time as the season progresses.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

Did you know ... Stacey tends to hum while he’s playing in a game.

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ELOY

Junior • Forward • 6-11 • 239Moca, Dominican Republic • Miami-Dade CC (Fla.)

CollegiateMiami-Dade College (2009-10): Averaged 21.1 points and 14.1 rebounds whileshooting 47 percent from the field and 77 percent from the free-throw line duringthe 2009-10 season … Received All-America honors and conference player of theyear accolades.

Florida (2008-09): Averaged 0.6 points and 0.7 rebounds with five blocks in nineappearances as a Gator … Missed first 11 games of the season while recovering fromoffseason ankle surgery … Played a career-high 11 minutes against Jacksonville infirst round of the NIT, recording one rebound and a block … Made two free-throws and grabbed two rebounds in two minutes against Auburn.

PersonalSon of Ana Julia Vargas and Eloy Camacho Lantigua ... Chose Kentucky over Ari-zona, North Carolina and Seattle.

VARGAS

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Jim Jordan 1946-48Frank Ramsey 1950-53Bennie Coffman 1958-61Doug Pendygraft 1960-62Sam Harper 1962-63Tommy Kron 1963-66Stan Key 1969-72Merion Haskins 1973-77Tim Stephens 1977-79Irving Thomas 1985-87Dwight Perry 2007-09Eloy Vargas 2011


“Eloy is a long, big forward who is skilled both

offensively and defensively. He immediately adds

a shot-blocking presence and a versatile front-

court player to our team next season. He will add

quality minutes to our front court.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

Did you know ... Eloy’s most prized possessions are his sneakers and rosary.

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2009 CANCUN CHALLENGE

CHAMPIONSThe early portion of Kentucky’s 2009-10 schedule included a trip

to Cancun, Mexico, for the Cancun Challenge, where the Cats enjoyed

some fun in the sun, basketball and a championship.

entucky was selected as one of eight teams to partic-ipate in the 2009 Cancun Challenge. As one of fourteams (along with Cleveland State, Stanford andVirginia) to host two games in their home arenas,UK made the most of its invitation.After dispatching Sam Houston State and Rider,

the Cats journeyed to Cancun, Mexico, where theystayed and played (in a converted ballroom) theirgames in the all-inclusive Moon Palace Resort.Once there, the team defeated Cleveland State andthen faced Stanford in the championship game.Behind 23 points from freshman sensation John

Wall, including clutch shots in the final minute thatsent the game to overtime, No. 5 Kentucky closedwith an eight-point run for a 73-65 victory overgritty Stanford.In addition to being a nice early season getaway,

the trip helped set the tone for a season filled withextraordinary accomplishments.

BIG BLUE CANCUN(Above) The Big Blue Nation spread all the way to Mexicoas Kentucky fans packed the Moon Palace Resort forUK’s two games in Cancun. (Below) Senior Ramon Harrishoists the Cancun Challenge championship trophy as hisWildcat teammates celebrate another championship.

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Freshman John Wall earnedCancun Challenge MVP honorsafter totaling 23 points in thechampionship game overtimewin over Stanford.

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MAKING A BIG SPLASH IN

THE “BIG APPLE”Playing in front of a crowd of 15,874 in the second game of a

double-header at Madison Square Garden, fourth-ranked

Kentucky edged UConn in the DirecTV SEC/Big East Invitational.

Playing for the first time in Madison SquareGarden and only his ninth game at Kentucky,

highly-touted freshman guard John Wall proved tobe “as good as advertised” in leading the Wildcatsto a 64-61 victory over UConn in the DirecTVSEC/Big East Invitational.

Wall put Kentucky ahead for good on a three-point play when he was fouled hard as he drove tothe basket - making it 63-61 with 30 seconds left.He scored a season-high 25 points, including 12 ofhis team’s last 15, and the fourth-ranked Wildcatsbeat No. 14 Connecticut 64-61. Patrick Pattersonhad 16 points and DeMarcus Cousins added 10points and 10 rebounds.

The SEC-Big East Invitational was astar-studded affair with numerouscelebrities among the crowd in MadisonSquare Garden. None other than DickVitale called the game for ESPN.

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YOUNG CATS TAKE CENTER STAGEThe Wildcats responded on the world’s biggest stage with a come-back victory over UConn. It was the coming out party for the DraftCats: Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Daniel Orton, PatrickPatterson and John Wall.

Kentucky No. 4/4 64UConn No. 14/12 61

DirecTV SEC/Big East Invitational

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Following UK’s win over Drexel on December 21, 2009, confetti

fell from the rafters of Rupp Arena as Kentucky became the first

program in NCAA basketball history to reach 2000 wins.

“We had a job to do and that was drag across the

line before that other blue team got there. This is

a special moment for this program and this state.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

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GROUP EFFORTAlongside Joe B. Hall (former coach),Herky Rupp (son of former coach AdolphRupp), Hazel Keightley and Karen Marlowe(wife and daughter of long-time equipmentmanager Bill Keightley, not pictured),Coach Calipari enjoyed being a small partof the UK2K celebration.

“This is about Kyle Macy and

Dan Issel and all the players and

what they have done here. We

did our thing although it was a

small part to what all of those

former players have meant not

only to the program and the

Commonwealth, but these fans.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

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A VISIT THEY’LL NEVER FORGETThe ESPN GameDay broadcast crew of (from left) ReceDavis, Hubert Davis, Digger Phelps and Jay Bilasapplaud the ESPN GameDay record audience of 22,144Wildcat fans that filled Rupp Arena for the live show.

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UK fans turned out in full

force to welcome the ESPN

College Basketball GameDay

crew to Rupp Arena for

special coverage prior to

Kentucky’s showdown with

Tennessee last February.

“That was an amazing

display of passion,” ESPN’s

Jay Bilas said of the crowd.

ESPN GAMEDAY COVERAGE ... BIG BLUE STYLEFrom Rece Davis’ sit-down with Coach Calipari, toErin Andrews visiting fans in the upper deck, theBig Blue Nation’s turnout even got Hubert Davis todo the John Wall dance.

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2010 SEC TOURNAMENT

HIGHLIGHTSSecond-ranked and top-seeded Kentucky powered its way to

the 2010 SEC Tournament finals with back-to-back victories

over Alabama and Tennessee.

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John Wall had 23 points, including sevenstraight in the second half to give the Wildcats

the lead for good, and No. 2 Kentucky overcame an11-point deficit in beating Alabama 73-67 in theSEC Tournament quarterfinals.The win gave Kentucky its 12th 30-win season -

the most by any school - and the Wildcats’ firstsince 2003 when they went 32-4. It also marked thefifth straight such season for John Calipari and sev-enth overall to tie him with Connecticut’s JimCalhoun for third most among coaches.Patrick Patterson scored 20 and Eric Bledsoe 10

for Kentucky. DeMarcus Cousins finished withseven points and eight boards.

Alabama 67Kentucky No. 2/2 73

QUARTERFINALS

Patrick Patterson (left) and John Wall (above) each turnedin 20-point efforts vs. Alabama in the SEC Tournament.

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DeMarcus Cousins (right) posted his 19th double-double ofthe season (19 points, 15 rebounds) in the SEC semifinals.

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“I felt like we were play-

ing at our arena, seeing

all our fans there. We

just feel like everywhere

we go our fans support

us the most.”

— JOHN WALL

Nashville, Tenn. • Mar. 11-14, 2010Bridgestone Arena

DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and 15rebounds, and No. 2 Kentucky beat 15th-

ranked Tennessee 74-45 and advanced back to theSoutheastern Conference tournament title game forthe first time since 2004. UK held Tennessee to itsworst shooting performance of the year at 30.9 (17-of-55) percent.Eric Bledsoe had 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting

from 3-point range, and John Wall added 14. TheWildcats improved to a league-best 113-22 in thistournament and 35-2 in the semifinals.

Tennessee No. 15/13 45Kentucky No. 2/2 74

SEMIFINALS

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2010 SEC TOURNAMENT

CHAMPIONSHIPSecond-ranked and top-seeded Kentucky won

its 26th SEC Tournament Championship with

another thrilling victory over Mississippi State.

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“I was just looking for the red

square. I didn’t know. I just

threw it up and I was looking for

the red light and I knew I got it

off so I ran.”

— DeMARCUS COUSINS

John Wall scored seven of his 15 points in over-time, and No. 2 Kentucky rallied from five

down with 2:28 left in regulation to beat MississippiState, 75-74. The Wildcats rewarded their faithful byadding their 26th SEC Tournament championshipand an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament

and their 44th regularseason title.The Wildcats (32-2)

failed to capitalize onearlier chances withfreshmen Wall andDeMarcus Cousins

missing free throws and making youthful mistakes.But they came through over the defending tourneychamps as Cousins’ layup off Wall’s missed 3-point-er from the right corner beat the regulation buzzerto give them some extra time.

Mississippi State 74Kentucky No. 2/2 (OT) 75

2010 SEC FINALS

Eric Bledsoe (left) led UKwith 18 points on 7-of-14shooting from the field,including two three-pointersin the SEC title game vs.Mississippi State.

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John Wall, Kentucky (MVP)DeMarcus Cousins, KentuckyEric Bledsoe, KentuckyJarvis Varnado, Mississippi StateBarry Stewart, Mississippi State

2010 SEC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

John Wall (above) was named MVP of the 2010SEC Tournament after averaging 18.0 points,6.3 rebounds and 7.6 assists in three games.

“It feels wonderful and

great, especially doing it

with a bunch of great

guys we have on this

team. It’s awesome for

Perry and Ramon, them

being seniors, and Mark

Krebs. For them to finally

have this, we’re just cher-

ishing this and having a lot

of fun.”

— JOHN WALL

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2010 NCAA TOURNAMENT

OPENING ROUNDSPlaying in a town nicknamed the “Big Easy,” Kentucky cruised

by its first two NCAA Tournament opponents by an average

of 29.5 points per game.

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Eric Bledsoe’s eight 3-pointers set a new high fora Kentucky player in an NCAA tournament

game, and the Kentucky Wildcats dominatedthroughout in a 100-71 victory over East TennesseeState in the East Regional first round game.Scoring 29 points, Bledsoe started 8-of-8 on 3s

before finally missing his first from long range late in

East Tennessee St. 71Kentucky No. 2/2 100

2010 NCAA First Round

Eric Bledsoe (inset) made a UK NCAATournament record eight 3-pointersvs. East Tennessee State, whileDaniel Orton (above) was a force witheight points, seven rebounds andthree blocked shots.

the second half and finishing 8-of-9. Still, he surpassedTony Delk’s previous school record of seven 3s in the1996 championship game victory over Syracuse.Patrick Patterson scored 22 points on 9-of-10

shooting, including a handful of dunks, while JohnWall added 17 points and 11 assists for theWildcats (33-2).

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Wake Forest 60Kentucky No. 2/2 90

2010 NCAA Second Round

Darius Miller scored a career-high 20 pointsand Kentucky made easy work of No. 9 seed

Wake Forest during a 90-60 rout in their second-round meeting.Miller scored 16 points in the first half to help the

Wildcats build an early double-digit lead that bal-looned to 31 in the second half. Kentucky’s performance against Wake Forest was

balanced. No player had a stunning statistical linebut several had good ones.DeMarcus Cousins, turning in a dunk-filled per-

formance in the paint, had 19 points on 9-of-10shooting, while John Wall scored 14 and EricBledsoe 13.

DeMarcus Cousins(left) slams hometwo of his 19 points,while Darius Miller(right) answers witha career-high 20points in UK’s NCAATournament second-round victory overWake Forest in NewOrleans Arena.

First & Second Rounds • March 18-20, 2010New Orleans, La. • New Orleans Arena

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Kentucky avoided the latest big upset by thesurprising Big Red of Cornell.

John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and PatrickPatterson stopped Cornell’s captivating NCAAtournament run, giving the top-seeded Wildcats a62-45 win in the East Regional semifinals.With much of the Carrier Dome crowd - and the

country - pulling for anupset by the 12th-seededIvy Leaguers, Cornellbolted to a 10-2 lead inthe opening minutes.

But Kentucky over-came the early deficitwith a swarming defense,spoiling all the fun atCornell’s loudest andlargest pep rally.DeMarcus Cousins led

UK with 16 points, whilePatrick Patterson had ninepoints and 12 reboundsfor Kentucky.

2010 NCAA TOURNAMENT

EAST REGIONALUK came achingly close to reaching its 14th Final

Four, topping Cornell in the Sweet 16 before falling

to West Virginia in the East Regional Finals.

Cornell 45Kentucky No. 2/2 62

2010 NCAA Sweet 16

Patrick Patterson came up bigon both ends of the courtagainst former teammate MarkCoury and the Big Red ofCornell, finishing with ninepoints and 12 rebounds.

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East Regional • March Syracuse, N.Y. • Carrier Dome

For everyone associated with the Big Blue Nation,especially the current players and coaches, it was-

n’t supposed to end this way. Kentucky rolled throughthe first three rounds of the 2010 NCAA Tournamentand appeared to be destined for its 14th Final Fourbefore running into a red-hot three-point shootingWest Virginia team and losing 73-66.The Wildcats, a strong favorite to win their first

national championship since 1998 after overall No.1 seed Kansas went down in the second round,picked a horrible time to go cold offensively –shooting just 34.3 percent from the field for thegame and missing their first 20 three pointattempts. UK finished a stunning 4-of-32 (12.5percent) from three-point range. DeAndre Ligginsfinally hit a trey with 3:29 left to end the drought,but by then it was too late. In contrast, West Virginia made eight threes in

the first half without a 2-point basket and led 28-26 at halftime. Despite the bitter loss, Wildcat fans were left with

the reassuring realization that Kentucky basketballwas back – in all its majestic glory – well positionedto compete for a national title on a regular basis.

West Virginia No. 7/5 73Kentucky No. 2/2 66

2010 NCAA Elite Eight

Joe Mazzulla, West Virginia (MVP)Da’Sean Butler, West VirginiaDeMarcus Cousins, KentuckyKevin Jones, West VirginiaJohn Wall, Kentucky

2010 NCAA ALL-EAST REGION TEAM

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2009-10 SEASON

IN REVIEWBeating the odds with one of the youngest teams in the country,

UK won both the SEC regular season and tournament champi-

onships under first-year coach John Calipari.

2009-10 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• UK ended the season as the all-time NCAA leader in wins with 2,023

• Kentucky led the nation in attendance (24,110) for the fifth straight year and the 14th time in the last 15 years

• Kentucky got out to a 19-0 start and was the last undefeated team in the country.

• The Wildcats went a perfect 18-0 at home, tying the Rupp Arena mark for home wins in a season.

• Kentucky finished with a 14-2 record en route to its 44th SEC regular season championship and won the school’s 26th SEC Tournament championship.

• Freshman John Wall led Kentucky in scoring with a 16.6 ppg average to along with a schoolsingle season record, 241 assists.

• Wall was awarded the Adolph Rupp Trophy as National Player of the Year, the first player in the illustrious history of the UK basketball pro-gram to receive any one of the primary nationalplayer of the year awards.

• Fellow freshman DeMarcus Cousins was secondon the team in scoring, averaging 15.1 ppg whileposting a team-best 9.8 rpg average, destroying the UK freshman reboundingrecord.

• In his inaugural season as head coach of the Wildcats, John Calipari posted his fifth-straight 30-win season, the only coach in NCAA Division Ihistory to do so. He received the Adolph Rupp Cup, which is awarded to the National Coach of the Year, the first time in the 38-year history of the award that a UK coach has won the award.

ROAD WARRIORSKentucky was tough on theroad, posting a 7-2 mark intrue road games includingtheir first true win overIndiana (above).

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Kentucky finished the 2009-10 season with a 35-3

record, its most wins since the 1998 season.

PERFECT AT HOMEKentucky went 18-0 at homein 2010, including a 73-62victory over 12th-rankedTennessee in Rupp Arenalast February (above).

THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAM LEFT STANDINGUnder first-year UK head coach John Calipari,Kentucky ran its record to 19-0 to start theseason – including impressive wins overLouisville (above) and Arkansas (right) – enroute a No. 1 national ranking. It was the beststart by the Wildcats since 1966 and the beststart by a first-year Kentucky coach in schoolhistory. It was the third time in Calipari’s col-lege coaching career that he had the nation’slast undefeated team.

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KENTUCKY BASKETBALL

2009-10 HONORS

DeMARCUS COUSINS• 1st Team All-America• Freshman All-America• SEC Freshman of the Year• 1st Team All-SEC

15 PATRICK PATTERSON• 1st Team All-SEC• SEC All-Defensive Team• All-District Selection

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JOHN WALL• National Player of the Year• National Freshman of the Year • 1st Team All-America• SEC Player of the Year

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ERIC BLEDSOE• SEC All-Freshman Team• SEC All-Tournament Team

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HEAD COACH JOHN CALIPARI• National Coach of the Year• SEC Coach of the Year• District 4 Coach of the Year

TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS• NCAA Elite Eight• SEC Champions• SEC Tournament Champions• Ranked in Top 5 all season• Last undefeated team in the country (19-0)• NCAA record 50th NCAA Tournament appearance• NCAA record 12th 30-win season• First program to reach 2,000 wins in NCAA Division I history• Cancun Challenge Champions

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SALUTING KENTUCKY’S

2009-10 SENIORS

A SENIOR CLASS WITH CLASSWildcat seniors Ramon Harris, Mark Krebsand Perry Stevenson were honored prior toKentucky’s last home game (vs. Florida) atRupp Arena.Ramon

HarrisMark Krebs

PerryStevenson

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2009-10

STATISTICS

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## Player GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def-Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg

11 Wall, John 37-37 1288/34.8 202-438 .461 37-114 .325 175-232 .754 30-129-159-4.3 72-1 241 149 19 66 616/16.6

15 Cousins, DeMarcus 38-37 893/23.5 206-369 .558 1-6 .167 162-268 .604 154-220-374-9.8 122-2 38 78 67 37 575/15.1

54 Patterson, Patrick 38-38 1255/33.0 215-374 .575 24-69 .348 90-130 .692 116-167-283-7.4 61-1 36 41 51 27 544/14.3

24 Bledsoe, Eric 37-35 1122/30.3 144-312 .462 49-128 .383 82-123 .667 19-95-114-3.1 82-1 107 112 12 52 419/11.3

1 Miller, Darius 38-32 804/21.2 86-215 .400 43-128 .336 31-39 .795 33-62-95-2.5 72-2 58 35 22 22 246/6.5

3 Dodson, Darnell 35-7 506/14.5 70-192 .365 50-144 .347 19-25 .760 16-72-88-2.5 40-0 17 23 8 15 209/6.0

34 Liggins, DeAndre 29-0 445/15.3 36-86 .419 14-44 .318 23-39 .590 18-48-66-2.3 42-1 24 17 8 20 109/3.8

33 Orton, Daniel 38-0 502/13.2 48-91 .527 0-2 .000 33-63 .524 45-81-126-3.3 88-5 15 38 53 21 129/3.4

5 Harris, Ramon 36-2 395/11.0 21-62 .339 5-31 .161 20-33 .606 30-45-75-2.1 27-0 23 26 5 11 67/1.9

21 Stevenson, Perry 34-1 259/7.6 18-27 .667 0-1 .000 8-13 .615 13-35-48-1.4 19-0 7 12 20 4 44/1.3

55 Harrellson, Josh 22-0 88/4.0 12-26 .462 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 9-18-27-1.2 8-0 0 6 7 2 28/1.3

4 Hood, Jon 17-0 74/4.4 6-19 .316 4-11 .364 4-4 1.000 7-5-12-0.7 6-0 6 4 0 1 20/1.2

12 Krebs, Mark 16-1 44/2.8 2-17 .118 2-15 .133 0-0 .000 0-2-2-0.1 2-0 1 1 1 1 6/0.4

TM TEAM................ 58-57-115-3.0 0 5

Total.......... 38 1066-2228 .478 231-697 .331 649-971 .668 548-1036-1584-41.7 641-13 573 547 273 279 3012/79.3

Opponents...... 38 875-2314 .378 245-783 .313 473-688 .688 488-789-1277-33.6 795-28 418 531 119 261 2468/64.9

All Games

ALL GAMES 1st 2nd OT Total

Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1469 1508 35 3012

Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1117 1331 20 2468

SCORE BY PERIODS

ALL GAMES OFF DEF TOTAL

Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 13 150

Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 11 127

DEADBALL REBOUNDS

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2009-10

STATISTICSSEC Games

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## Player GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def-Tot-Avg PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg

11 Wall, John 16-16 572/35.8 83-202 .411 16-55 .291 81-104 .779 12-55-67-4.2 30-0 85 63 10 21 263/16.4

15 Cousins, DeMarcus 16-15 423/26.4 86-161 .534 0-3 .000 81-126 .643 73-93-166-10.4 51-0 17 30 29 16 253/15.8

54 Patterson, Patrick 16-16 552/34.5 82-153 .536 12-32 .375 36-49 .735 48-62-110-6.9 31-1 11 20 27 15 212/13.3

24 Bledsoe, Eric 16-14 499/31.2 61-141 .433 15-54 .278 33-51 .647 6-48-54-3.4 38-0 47 49 4 24 170/10.6

1 Miller, Darius 16-10 281/17.6 32-78 .410 14-47 .298 8-12 .667 14-22-36-2.3 22-0 20 15 13 8 86/5.4

3 Dodson, Darnell 16-6 207/12.9 28-75 .373 21-60 .350 8-10 .800 3-30-33-2.1 21-0 3 7 2 7 85/5.3

34 Liggins, DeAndre 16-0 273/17.1 23-52 .442 10-28 .357 17-27 .630 11-33-44-2.8 26-0 12 13 6 14 73/4.6

33 Orton, Daniel 16-0 203/12.7 17-35 .486 0-1 .000 14-32 .438 24-39-63-3.9 36-1 2 16 24 7 48/3.0

4 Hood, Jon 3-0 11/3.7 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-0-1-0.3 2-0 1 0 0 0 6/2.0

21 Stevenson, Perry 12-1 79/6.6 8-13 .615 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 4-9-13-1.1 5-0 0 2 1 2 18/1.5

55 Harrellson, Josh 4-0 12/3.0 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-3-5-1.3 3-0 0 1 0 0 4/1.0

5 Harris, Ramon 14-1 101/7.2 4-18 .222 1-12 .083 3-4 .750 9-8-17-1.2 8-0 4 6 1 1 12/0.9

12 Krebs, Mark 4-1 12/3.0 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0-0-0.0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0/0.0

TM TEAM................ 22-27-49-3.1 0 0

Total.......... 16 428-941 .455 91-300 .303 283-417 .679 229-429-658-41.1 274-2 203 223 117 115 1230/76.9

Opponents...... 16 385-993 .388 90-326 .276 209-286 .731 209-351-560-35.0 333-11 167 220 50 100 1069/66.8

SEC GAMES 1st 2nd OT Total

Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601 615 14 1230

Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470 591 8 1069

SCORE BY PERIODS

SEC GAMES OFF DEF TOTAL

Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 5 67

Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 6 47

DEADBALL REBOUNDS

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Date Opponent W/L Result High Scorer High Rebounder11/13/09 MOREHEAD STATE W 75-59 (24) Bledsoe (12) Patterson11/16/09 MIAMI (Ohio) W 72-70 (19) Wall (10) Cousins/Patterson11/19/09 #SAM HOUSTON STATE W 102-92 (27) Cousins (18) Cousins11/21/09 #RIDER W 92-63 (21) Wall (18) Patterson11/24/09 %vs. Cleveland State W 73-49 (15) Wall (8) Miller/Harris11/25/09 %vs. Stanford W 73-65 (23) Wall (11) Patterson11/30/09 vs. UNC Asheville W 94-57 (24) Cousins (10) Cousins12/5/09 NORTH CAROLINA W 68-66 (19) Patterson (7) Patterson12/9/09 !at Connecticut W 64-61 (25) Wall (10) Cousins12/12/09 at Indiana W 90-73 (23) Bledsoe (11) Patterson12/19/09 AUSTIN PEAY W 90-69 (21) Patterson (9) Patterson12/21/09 DREXEL W 88-44 (18) Cousins/Patterson (15) Cousins12/23/09 LONG BEACH STATE W 86-73 (19) Wall (11) Patterson12/29/09 HARTFORD W 104-61 (19) Cousins/Dodson (12) Cousins01/2/10 LOUISVILLE W 71-62 (18) Cousins (18) Cousins01/9/10 *GEORGIA W 76-68 (17) Patterson/Wall (7) Cousins01/12/10 *at Florida W 89-77 (25) Bledsoe (9) Orton01/16/10 *at Auburn W 72-67 (16) Cousins (11) Cousins01/23/10 *ARKANSAS W 101-70 (18) Miller (14) Cousins01/26/10 *at South Carolina L 62-68 (27) Cousins (12) Cousins01/30/10 *VANDERBILT W 85-72 (21) Cousins (10) Cousins2/2/10 *OLE MISS W 85-75 (18) Cousins (13) Cousins02/6/10 *at LSU W 81-55 (19) Cousins (14) Cousins02/9/10 *Alabama W 66-55 (22) Wall (13) Cousins02/13/10 *TENNESSEE W 73-62 (24) Wall (12) Cousins02/16/10 *at Mississippi State W 81-75 (19) Cousins/Patterson (14) Cousins02/20/10 *at Vanderbilt W 58-56 (19) Cousins (13) Patterson02/25/10 *SOUTH CAROLINA W 82-61 (23) Patterson (11) Cousins02/27/10 *at Tennessee L 65-74 (19) Wall (14) Cousins03/3/10 *at Georgia W 80-68 (24) Wall (14) Cousins03/7/10 *FLORIDA W 74-66 (14) Bledsoe (9) Cousins03/12/10 $vs. Alabama W 73-67 (23) Wall (8) Cousins03/13/10 $vs. Tennessee W 74-45 (19) Cousins (15) Cousins03/14/10 $vs. Mississippi State W 75-74 (18) Bledsoe (10) Cousins03/18/10 ^vs. East Tennessee State W 100-71 (29) Bledsoe (8) Cousins03/20/10 ^vs. Wake Forest W 90-60 (20) Miller (9) Miller03/25/10 &vs. Cornell W 62-45 (16) Cousins (12) Patterson03/27/10 &vs. West Virginia L 66-73 (19) Wall (13) Patterson

KEY#- Cancun Challenge (Lexington-Rupp Arena);%- Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico-Moon Palace Resort);!- SEC/Big East Invitational (New York-Madison Square Garden)$- SEC Tournament (Nashville-Bridgestone Arena); ^- NCAA Tournament (New Orleans- New Orleans Arena);&- NCAA Tournament (Syracuse- Carrier Dome)* = Conference game

2009-10

FINAL RESULTSOVERALL 35-3 • HOME 18-0 • AWAY 7-2 • NEUTRAL 10-1

Site Games Total Avg/GameHome 18 433,989 *24,110Away 9 129,537 14,393Neutral 11 103,895 9,445*Led NCAA

ATTENDANCE

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Opponent Date Score W/L FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def-Tot PF A TO Blk Stl PtsUK 11/13/09 75-59 W 26-52 .500 4-19 .211 19-28 .679 15-28-43 14 12 24 8 3 75MOREHEAD STATE 25-65 .385 4-24 .167 5-12 .417 12-12-24 25 11 12 2 9 59UK 11/16/09 72-70 W 26-53 .491 6-11 .545 14-24 .583 18-19-37 14 11 15 7 8 72MIAMI UNIVERSITY 23-48 .479 15-26 .577 9-12 .750 7-18-25 22 13 16 3 7 70UK 11/19/09 102-92 W 36-60 .600 11-22 .500 19-29 .655 14-34-48 15 21 23 12 7 102SAM HOUSTON 29-77 .377 18-38 .474 16-19 .842 15-18-33 23 23 12 1 14 92UK 11/21/09 92-63 W 34-66 .515 4-16 .250 20-28 .714 18-25-43 22 17 15 10 10 92RIDER 18-58 .310 4-17 .235 23-31 .742 18-20-38 24 7 20 3 6 63UK 11/24/09 73-49 W 22-42 .524 5-11 .455 24-35 .686 10-38-48 18 15 20 6 4 73vs. Cleveland State 17-64 .266 5-26 .192 10-15 .667 11-17-28 25 7 11 0 13 49UK 11/25/09 73-65 Wot 25-56 .446 6-19 .316 17-25 .680 16-23-39 21 14 15 8 5 73vs. Stanford 20-55 .364 7-20 .350 18-26 .692 16-18-34 22 11 14 2 6 65UK 11/30/09 94-57 W 36-69 .522 8-18 .444 14-21 .667 16-25-41 8 28 8 7 12 94vs. UNC Asheville 22-54 .407 8-20 .400 5-9 .556 7-23-30 20 10 19 7 3 57UK 12/5/09 68-66 W 24-54 .444 6-16 .375 14-22 .636 11-28-39 17 13 21 8 8 68NORTH CAROLINA 26-67 .388 7-20 .350 7-13 .538 16-21-37 18 11 16 4 9 66UK 12/09/09 64-61 W 25-64 .391 3-12 .250 11-17 .647 15-19-34 23 9 14 8 13 64vs. UConn 23-51 .451 1-6 .167 14-24 .583 15-27-42 18 11 20 8 3 61UK 12/12/09 90-73 W 35-66 .530 7-14 .500 13-21 .619 21-28-49 17 16 13 7 6 90at Indiana 28-60 .467 9-19 .474 8-14 .571 8-16-24 16 17 9 3 6 73UK 12/19/09 90-69 W 32-63 .508 8-12 .667 18-18 1.000 19-25-44 12 18 16 8 3 90AUSTIN PEAY 24-64 .375 9-27 .333 12-14 .857 13-11-24 17 14 11 4 10 69UK 12/21/09 88-44 W 31-58 .534 9-13 .692 17-19 .895 14-31-45 8 20 14 6 8 88DREXEL 17-55 .309 5-17 .294 5-7 .714 8-14-22 14 10 15 4 7 44UK 12/23/09 86-73 W 29-65 .446 6-19 .316 22-30 .733 14-31-45 14 17 9 8 9 86LONG BEACH STATE 28-68 .412 8-18 .444 9-16 .563 13-25-38 22 13 12 1 5 73UK 12/29/09 104-61 W 41-68 .603 14-28 .500 8-14 .571 12-29-41 7 30 7 4 3 104HARTFORD 22-58 .379 12-29 .414 5-5 1.000 7-17-24 15 13 14 0 3 61UK 01/02/10 71-62 W 24-52 .462 2-14 .143 21-34 .618 12-26-38 21 15 18 5 9 71LOUISVILLE 19-59 .322 5-17 .294 19-26 .731 15-24-39 30 5 19 5 9 62UK 01/09/10 76-68 W 26-60 .433 2-14 .143 22-33 .667 15-18-33 15 9 14 5 12 76GEORGIA 25-53 .472 6-14 .429 12-15 .800 12-24-36 25 10 26 5 5 68UK 01/12/10 89-77 W 36-70 .514 7-18 .389 10-13 .769 14-28-42 16 13 10 6 6 89at Florida 26-68 .382 8-27 .296 17-20 .850 16-22-38 13 14 10 3 5 77UK 01/16/10 72-67 W 22-43 .512 5-14 .357 23-35 .657 9-25-34 13 13 16 7 6 72at Auburn 25-60 .417 9-24 .375 8-14 .571 11-19-30 21 11 12 1 10 67UK 01/23/10 101-70 W 37-77 .481 10-33 .303 17-25 .680 22-37-59 21 19 15 9 9 101ARKANSAS 22-72 .306 3-16 .188 23-29 .793 16-23-39 19 6 14 2 8 70UK 01/26/10 62-68 L 22-57 .386 3-12 .250 15-21 .714 14-26-40 22 9 15 5 5 62at South Carolina 22-64 .344 4-16 .250 20-28 .714 20-24-44 16 6 11 8 7 68UK 01/30/10 85-72 W 24-54 .444 12-23 .522 25-39 .641 18-23-41 28 15 17 5 10 85VANDERBILT 22-46 .478 5-15 .333 23-31 .742 3-19-22 30 11 15 3 3 72UK 02/02/10 85-75 W 31-62 .500 9-19 .474 14-19 .737 14-24-38 15 21 17 8 6 85OLE MISS 29-66 .439 8-20 .400 9-13 .692 15-18-33 20 10 15 2 7 75UK 02/06/10 81-55 W 30-67 .448 5-17 .294 16-23 .696 18-35-53 14 14 16 8 8 81at LSU 21-66 .318 4-22 .182 9-13 .692 10-23-33 18 8 14 1 8 55UK 02/09/10 66-55 W 22-48 .458 3-16 .188 19-31 .613 13-29-42 14 10 16 5 7 66ALABAMA 21-63 .333 4-14 .286 9-10 .900 14-21-35 23 9 12 2 6 55UK 02/13/10 73-62 W 24-54 .444 7-19 .368 18-30 .600 15-24-39 18 12 15 5 6 73TENNESSEE 23-60 .383 6-23 .261 10-13 .769 13-19-32 24 11 17 4 5 62UK 02/16/10 81-75 Wot 28-66 .424 4-24 .167 21-31 .677 18-34-52 17 14 12 12 5 81at Mississippi State 27-70 .386 10-35 .286 11-16 .688 12-23-35 28 15 9 2 9 75UK 02/20/10 58-56 W 19-53 .358 3-16 .188 17-30 .567 10-26-36 20 9 14 5 7 58at Vanderbilt 18-56 .321 2-20 .100 18-25 .720 10-30-40 27 7 15 3 4 56UK 02/25/10 82-61 W 32-64 .500 3-11 .273 15-20 .750 15-32-47 10 12 10 8 8 82SOUTH CAROLINA 26-67 .388 4-20 .200 5-7 .714 11-20-31 14 10 11 5 8 61UK 02/27/10 65-74 L 21-60 .350 2-22 .091 21-27 .778 14-26-40 18 8 13 7 6 65at Tennessee 28-59 .475 6-25 .240 12-17 .706 8-28-36 24 15 11 6 3 74UK 03/03/10 80-68 W 31-57 .544 8-24 .333 10-12 .833 8-20-28 13 13 10 14 8 80at Georgia 25-62 .403 7-20 .350 11-14 .786 19-19-38 12 12 15 0 4 68UK 03/07/10 74-66 W 23-49 .469 8-18 .444 20-28 .714 12-22-34 20 12 13 8 6 74FLORIDA 25-61 .410 4-15 .267 12-21 .571 19-19-38 19 12 13 3 8 66UK 03/12/10 73-67 W 25-50 .500 1-13 .077 22-29 .759 8-25-33 16 11 12 6 5 73vs. Alabama (SEC Tournament) 23-66 .348 5-15 .333 16-23 .696 21-24-45 24 8 10 1 8 67UK 03/13/10 74-45 W 25-48 .521 8-22 .364 16-30 .533 14-30-44 17 14 17 5 8 74vs. Tennessee (SEC Tournament) 17-55 .309 2-15 .133 9-15 .600 10-19-29 25 9 15 1 8 45UK 03/14/10 75-74 Wot 28-61 .459 4-16 .250 15-24 .625 10-27-37 14 16 9 6 11 75Mississippi State (SEC Tournament) 29-69 .420 10-27 .370 6-11 .545 16-27-43 18 13 14 7 7 74UK 03/18/10 100-71 W 31-60 .517 15-33 .455 23-34 .676 11-33-44 24 27 14 11 8 100vs. East Tennessee State (NCAA) 23-64 .359 4-17 .235 21-37 .568 15-25-40 23 11 14 1 11 71UK 03/20/10 90-60 W 38-63 .603 7-21 .333 7-17 .412 14-28-42 21 21 11 6 6 90vs. Wake Forest (NCAA) 21-64 .328 2-15 .133 16-26 .615 19-15-34 17 12 11 3 6 60UK 03/25/10 62-45 W 22-50 .440 2-16 .125 16-26 .615 13-28-41 17 15 13 6 12 62vs. Cornell (NCAA) 16-48 .333 5-21 .238 8-13 .615 7-21-28 22 8 15 3 6 45UK 03/27/10 66-73 L 23-67 .343 4-32 .125 16-29 .552 24-27-51 27 10 16 4 6 66vs. West Virginia (NCAA) 20-52 .385 10-23 .435 23-34 .676 10-26-36 22 14 12 6 5 73Kentucky 3012 1066-2228 .478 231-697 .331 649-971 .668 548-1036-1584 641 573 547 273 279 3012Opponents 2468 875-2314 .378 245-783 .313 473-688 .688 488-789-1277 795 418 531 119 261 2468

Home games in all CAPS.

“I’m ready to start playing

games tomorrow. I can’t wait.

I know it is a tough schedule,

but I love coaching, especially

the Commonwealth’s team.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

106T O P C OMP E T I T I O N

In 1982, UK coach Joe B. Hall began the tradition of

an event billed as “Midnight Special.” More than

8,500 fans attended that first practice in Memorial

Coliseum. The seed of growth had been planted for

what is still an annual, free event.


Each year, all tickets for Big Blue Madness are typically distributed

within the first hour of becoming available to the public. Madness is tel-

evised live in the Southeast via FS South and throughout the

Commonwealth on the Big Blue Sports Network.

BIG BLUE WELCOMEJohn Calipari was officially introducedto the Big Blue Nation in front of a frenzied crowd that rocked Rupp Arenafor Big Blue Madness in October 2009.

THE MADNESS STARTS EARLYTwo weeks before the event, the area surrounding the Joe Craft Center and MemorialColiseum becomes a virtual blue and white tent city occupied by diehard UK fans waiting toget tickets for the first glimpse of their beloved Wildcats.

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“You like to get away and get your team together in a setting away

from campus where they’re doing everything together. You find out a

lot about your team. Usually teams will come together during trips

like this.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

Kentucky is making its fifth trip to Lahaina for the Maui Invitational. UK willspend five days on the tropical island, playing three games and enjoying ataste of life in Hawaii.


KENTUCKY RETURNS TO

MAUI INVITATIONAL

The EA SPORTS Maui Invitational® is thenation’s premier early-season college basketball

tournament. This is the 27th year of tournamentbasketball in paradise. Maui’s oceanfront LahainaCivic Center will again be the venue for the eight-team competition during Thanksgiving week fromNov. 22-24, 2010.Three teams with a combined 11 national champi-

onships, including Connecticut, Kentucky andMichigan State, will spearhead the 2010 field. Theseteams will be joined by Oklahoma, Virginia,Washington, Wichita State and host schoolChaminade University of Honolulu in the hunt forthe coveted Wayne Duke Championship Trophy.

Three of the sevenDivision I teams participat-ed in the 2010 NCAA®Tournament highlightedby Michigan State’s FinalFour® run and Kentucky’strip to the Elite Eight®.The ESPN networks

will combine once again tooffer live television cover-age of all 12 tournament games. For the secondstraight year, every game will be produced in highdefinition on ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD and ESPNUHD, with the ESPN and ESPN2 games alsostreaming live on ESPN3.com.


UK FACES IRISH IN

FREEDOM HALL

“This will be my first opportunity to be part of

what has been a storied rivalry between the two

schools in Freedom Hall. It’s going to be a great

challenge to play Notre Dame as they are always a

well-coached team with Mike Brey at the helm. It

gives us another opportunity to play in front of

our fans in Louisville.”

— JOHN CALIPARI

SEC-Big East Invitational Dec. 8 Games in Freedom Hall; Dec. 11 games in Consol Energy Center

Date Time (ET) Game NetworkWed, Dec 8 7 p.m. Arkansas vs. Seton Hall ESPN2

9:30 p.m. Kentucky vs. Notre Dame ESPNSat, Dec 11 12:30 p.m. Auburn vs. Rutgers ESPN2

3 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee ESPN

The two-night men’s college basketball tournament takes place in twocities, beginning with a doubleheader Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Freedom

Hall in Louisville. The matchups feature Seton Hall taking on Arkansas at 7p.m. ET on ESPN2, followed by Notre Dame facing Kentucky at 9:30 p.m.ET on ESPN.On Saturday, Dec. 11 at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Auburn will

take on Rutgers at 12:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, followed by Tennessee vs.Pittsburgh at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN.

vs. Notre Dame in Louisville . . . . . . . . . 23-9 (.719)vs. Notre Dame in Freedom Hall . . . . . . 19-4 (.826)All-time in Louisville: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121-32 (.791)All-time in Freedom Hall . . . . . . . . . . . 58-17 (.773)

KENTUCKY’S RECORD ...


HOME AWAY FROM HOMEJodie Meeks (above) set a Freedom Hall record for UKplayers with 46 points against Appalachian State in2008, while John Wall (inset) handed out 14 assists inlast year’s victory over UNC-Asheville.


Kentucky fan support at the SEC Tournament is legendary,

causing the media to rebrand Atlanta as “Cat-lanta,”

Nashville as “Cats-ville,” and New Orleans as the “Big

Blue Easy” during March.

Future SEC Tournament Sites

2011—Georgia Dome, Atlanta2012—New Orleans Arena, New Orleans2013—Bridgestone Arena, Nashville2014—Georgia Dome, Atlanta2015—Bridgestone Arena, Nashville2016—Bridgestone Arena, Nashville


DEFENDING CHAMPIONSKentucky won its league leading 26th SECTournament Championship last season.


SEC

EXCELLENCEDid you Know ...■ SEC teams have accounted for 10 national

championships, led by Kentucky’s seven NCAA titles.

■ Every team in the SEC has made at least one NCAA Tournament appearance in the last eight editions of the “Big Dance,” which shows the balance in the league over the past few seasons.

■ The SEC posted the fourth largest season atten-dance in league history, totaling 2,518,749 fans for games featuring SEC teams in 2009-10.It marks the fourth consecutive year more than 2.5 million fans witnessed SEC basketball. Kentucky led the nation with an average of 24,111 fans per game.

■ The SEC’s new 15-year television agreement with CBS and ESPN gives the league unprece-dented national coverage and exposure. Every SEC men’s basketball conference game will be televised this season.


SEC Tournament TitlesTeam Titles RecordKentucky......................26 114-21 Alabama ....................... 6 58-44Tennessee ................... 4 59-46Florida............................ 3 33-42Mississippi St. ............... 3 27-47Georgia......................... 2 38-48Arkansas....................... 1 20-18LSU................................ 1 43-50Vanderbilt...................... 1 30-48Auburn ........................... 1 27-47Ole Miss........................ 1 23-47Georgia Tech*............... 1 14-18South Carolina .............. 0 16-19

Since the SEC’s inception in 1932-33, the Wildcats have been the most

dominant team in the league, posting an 875-243 (.783) record.

SEC ChampionshipsTeam TitlesKentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44LSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Mississippi St. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Vanderbilt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . 1Georgia Tech* . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Kentucky has produced a league-leading 12 SEC Player of the Year selections, including (from left) Ron Mercer (1997), KeithBogans (2003) and John Wall (2010).

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With its large fan base and incredible history of hardwood success,

Kentucky Wildcat basketball draws constant national attention.

THE TALK OF COLLEGE BASKETBALLKentucky Basketball has continually been makingheadlines since the arrival of head coach JohnCalipari and his winning brand of basketball in theBluegrass last season.


UK’S SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

COVERS

December 10, 1962 March 7, 1966

March 31, 1975

April 3, 1978 December 5, 1983

December 2, 1968

March 16, 1970

March 28, 1966

February 26, 1996


Kentucky basketball has been featured on the cover of Sports

Illustrated 21 times, including three times in both 1995-96 and 2009-

10 along with four times in 1997-98.

March 30, 1998

April 1998 March 15, 1999

October 10, 2007 November 23, 2009 January 11, 2010 March 22, 2010

March 10, 2003

March 16, 1998

April 6, 1998

April 8 1996 April 1996

MED I A AT T E N T I O N

The Wildcat faithful often express theiraffection for one of UK’s most famousalumni, actress and avid UK basketballfan Ashley Judd (above).

LeBRON COMES TO TOWN

Among UK’s many celebrity fans is NBA superstar LeBronJames, who has visited head coach John Calipari in Lexingtonand toured the basketball facilities in the Joe Craft Center.

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Kentucky fans hail from all walks of life and from all over the world.

They include many well-known celebrities and sports personalities.


“MAGIC” HAPPENS HERE

UK’s global fan base includes NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, who formed the“Y” in the spelling of Kentucky duringUK’s game with South Carolina at RuppArena last season.

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“Kentucky fans are so passionate when cheering

for its ‘Cats, baby! I really think they are the most

passionate fans in all of college basketball.”


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“There is no denying members of the so-called Big Blue Nation

comprise the most-passionate fan base in the country, and it’s

really not even close.”

— GARY PARRISH, CBS SPORTSLINE.COM

PACKED HOUSE

Kentucky has led the nation in attendance22 times since Rupp Arena opened, includ-ing 14 of the last 15 seasons. UK setrecords for single-game (24,479), average(24,110) and total (433,989) home atten-dance last season.

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PRIME TIME

EXPOSURE

As the nation’s most-watched college basket-ball program, the Kentucky Wildcats are

televised from coast-to-coast on a regular basis.Nearly every game since 1991 has been televised –nationally, regionally or statewide. During the2010-11 season, UK will be televised nationally21 times on either CBS (five times) or ESPN /ESPN2 /ESPNU (16 times). The Cats are also aregular on the newly-formed SEC Network (fourtimes) with additional appearances on FS South(four times) and once on Comcast SportsSoutheast (CSS).



2010-11 SEC ScheduledAppearances on CBS, ESPN,ESPN2 and ESPNU

1. Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212. Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174. Vanderbilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135. Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mississippi St. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97. Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79. Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Ole Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

12. LSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

The SEC entered into a historic 15-year agreement with both CBS

and ESPN, making the SEC the most widely distributed conference

in the country. Every men’s basketball conference game will be

televised this season.

“The practice facility and offices at Kentucky

are amazing. I cannot believe what they have

available there.”


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WINNING ATMOSPHERE

RUPP ARENA

Adolph Rupp is synonymous with winning. Ascoach of Kentucky, he was a pioneer in the

Wildcats’ fast-break offense while becoming thewinningest coach the game had ever seen. The site that now serves as a tribute to his out-

standing coaching accomplishments – RuppArena – has become one of the most recognizable

gymnasiums in the world while serving as home tocollege basketball’s most storied program.Now in its 35th season as the Kentucky Wildcats’

home court, the facility has seen UK win 88 per-cent of its home games since it was opened in 1976.Built by the city of Lexington, the arena is the

major portion of the $53 million Lexington Center

Capacity: 23,000UK’s All-Time Record at Rupp: 445-60 (.881)Most Wins in a Season: 18, 1985-86, 2009-10Longest Winning Streak: 33, 1-29-92 to 2-9-94

RUPP ARENA FACTS


Kentucky has led the nation in attendance 22 times since Rupp

Arena opened, including 14 of the last 15 seasons.

complex, which includes an expanded convention-exhibition hall, a 50-store tri-level enclosed shop-ping mall and a Hyatt Regency Hotel.The Cats have won 22 national attendance titles

since moving to Rupp for the 1976-77 season,including 14 in the last 15 years. Last year, UKaveraged a record 24,111 fans at home.

Kentucky has rewarded those fans by posting a445-60 (.881) all-time record in Rupp Arena,including a 248-35 (.876) record in regular-seasonSEC games in downtown Lexington.Rupp Arena has served as NCAA Tournament

host site 11 times, including the 1985 Final Four.Rupp will host the NCAA Tournament 1st/2ndrounds in 2013.


As the headquarters of UK Athletics andKentucky basketball, the Joe Craft Center

provides the Wildcats with a multi-purpose practiceand training center unlike any other in the nation.Located across the street from the Wildcat Lodgeand just minutes from Rupp Arena, it bringstogether the various aspects of UK’s practice, athlet-ic training and treatment, strength training andconditioning, team meetings and film review allunder one roof.The building is named after Hazard (Ky.) native

Joe Craft, who gave $6 million towards the $30million state-of-the-art facility.

JOE CRAFT

CENTER


“It’s important to give each of our programs

the facilities that are necessary for them to

compete. The construction of the Joe Craft

Center is the most important thing we could

have done for Kentucky Basketball and the

athletics department in total.”

— MITCH BARNHART, UK ATHLETICS DIRECTOR


JOE CRAFT CENTER

LOCKER ROOM


The circular design of Kentucky’s spacious

team locker room provides each player with

plenty of space while promoting team unity.


JOE CRAFT CENTER

WEIGHT ROOMKentucky utilizes one of the best basketball weight rooms in the

country, where every piece of equipment is selected to train athletes

to their fullest.

The 3,000 square-foot Joe Craft Center weight room—under the direction of men’s basketball strength and

conditioning coach Mike Malone—contains top-of-the-line equipment, such as Power Lift, Vertimax, Iron Grip,Woodway and Hammer Strength. Surrounded by 46-inchflat-screen plasmas, the facility incorporates a multimediaworkout experience for the Wildcats. Each individual bas-ketball player’s workout is posted on the screens, asopposed to printed paper. As with the rest of the CraftCenter, the facility is available to UK basketball players 12months out of the year.

WEIGHT ROOM RENOVATED

With contributions from donors, includ-ing Jesse & Patricia Rice, UK was ableto renovate the weight room prior tolast season.

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CUSTOM FIT FORBASKETBALL

Every piece of weight room equip-ment in the Joe Craft Center is cus-tomized for the length and height ofthe UK men’s basketball players.


JOE CRAFT CENTER

TRAINING ROOM

With nearly 3,500 square feet, the UK training room at the Joe Craft Center providesKentucky basketball players with the resources to stay in top physical shape, including

a physician's office for private consultations.

In addition to rehabilitation and treatment equipment, UK'straining room features a state-of-the-art hydrotherapy roomwith a Hydroworx unit (underwater treadmill), an eight-per-son hot tub and an eight-person cold tub.


Wildcat student-athletes receive the very best care and treatment

from a knowledgeable staff working with cutting edge facilities.

THE BEST FOR THE BEST

With prior experience in the SEC, NFLand professional basketball, ChrisSimmons provides a wealth of experienceto the training staff as Kentucky’s men’sbasketball trainer.

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PROUD TO BE A

NIKE ELITE SCHOOLUK was one of eight universities to debut the Nike Hyperelite

basketball uniform last season. The EliteFit system, a jersey/short

layered over a padded base layer, is designed to address the

games' increased physicality.

UNIVERSITY INSPIRATION

The checkered 'pattern of excellence' inspi-ration from racing silks worn by Secretariat,contains UK’s national championshipyears. The roses symbolize the KentuckyDerby and the illustration represents histor-ical Memorial Hall on UK’s campus. Thewildcat school mascot is also a designfocal point.

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E Q U I PM E N T

E Q U I PM E N T

Kentucky not only wearsNike, but is under an all-

school contract with the athletic apparelcompany. In 1997, UK signed the popular contract

with the makers of the trademark swoosh.Thanks to Nike’s extensive research andproduct development, UK student-athletesstay on the cutting edge of quality andstyle with all of their gear. All 22 sports use Nike shoes and equip-

ment and over the course of the contract,the Wildcats will receive millions of dollarsworth of clothing and equipment. Themen’s basketball team has been recognizedby the apparel company as a “Titanium”team – its highest distinction.

While clothing adorned with “Kentucky”was already popular throughout the nation,thanks to Nike and its international mar-keting reach, UK’s blue and white can nowbe found worldwide.

Only Champions Wear Titanium

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AT HOME IN THE

WILDCAT LODGEConveniently located next to Memorial

Coliseum and the Joe Craft Center, the Wildcat

Lodge provides dormitory space for Kentucky

basketball players and managers, as well as

other UK students.


“The Lodge has been a great placeto live the last two years. It’swhere we spend most of our downtime together. I think it’s great tohave a place to get away and ithelps to build team chemistry plusit’s pretty close to our practicefacility.”

— DARIUS MILLER


DID YOU KNOW ...■ UK students enjoy a great range of academic

choices, with approximately 200 majors available

■ UK has earned more than 80 national rankingsfor academic excellence

■ Three UK graduates currently serve as Governors of U.S. states, including Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue, and Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland

■ UK students are from all 50 states, every county in Kentucky and 115 countries

■ UK’s William T. Young Library has the largest book endowment of any public university in the nation

■ The University recently launched a President’s Scholarship Initiative, a campus-wide effort to ensure a UK education remains affordable and accessible to students from all 120 Kentucky counties

■ UK Athletics provides $1.7 million to the university each year to support non-athletic scholarship programs

■ Numerous UK alumni have gone on to become presidents of universities and to lead Fortune 500 companies

THE UNIVERSITY OF

KENTUCKY


MAKING LIVES BETTER

Here are some ways that UK reaches out toimprove the quality of life in the state and aroundthe world …

■ UK student-athletes make lives better through community service: UK athletes contributed 2,037 hours of volunteer community servicein 2009-10.

■ UK has been ranked as one of the nation’s top25 public research universities; UK’s research expenditures increased to a record-high $337 million in 2008

■ The Commonwealth Collaboratives outreach program has 36 projects focused on solving problems and changing the lives of peoplein Kentucky

■ The UK Chandler Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center, meaning that UK cares for the most critically injured and ill patients in the region

■ UK is in the midst of a $2.5 billion building program that will further enhance the university’s standing as one of the best medicalfacilities in the country

For more information on the University of Kentucky, viist:

www.uky.edu

The William T. Young Library is one of the world’s leadingresearch libraries.

UK’s innovative President,

Dr. Lee Todd, Jr., is executing a

plan to make the University of

Kentucky one of the nation’s

Top-20 public institutions.


Above, Academic Counselor Michael Stone works directly with the men’s basketballteam, advising the players on course scheduling, attendance and career placement.Below, the Carol Martin Gatton Computer Center houses 35 terminals. CATS alsoprovides 800 hours of tutoring per week for student-athletes.

WINNING IN THE

CLASSROOMCATS STAFF

BOB BRADLEY

Associate Athletics Director

BARBARA DENISTON

Director of Academic Services

RITA GRIFFITH

Tutor ProgramCoordinator

MIKE PIRRMAN

Academic Counselor

D’ANN BLANKENSHIP

Administrative SupportAssociate

MICHAEL STONE

Academic Counselor

TIFFANY HAYDEN

Academic Counselor

JON ROSS

Academic Counselor

MIKE HALEY

Director of Advising Services

AMY CRAIGLOW

Academic Counselor

DUSTIN LEWIS

Life Skills Coordinator


■ Kentucky was the first school in the nation toopen an academic center dedicated exclusively to student-athletes

■ Kentucky has won the Academic Achievement Award for having the nation’s highestgraduation rate

■ Since 1984, UK has placed 380 players on the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, more than any other league school

■ The current CATS was built at a cost of $2.4 million and includes:

■ Spacious study areas and tutoring rooms

■ Men’s basketball received an NCAA APRpublic recognition award for placing in the top10 percent of the nation’s Division I men’s basketball APR scores in 2008-09. The only men’s basketball team in the SEC to receive the public recognition award.

■ 20,000 square feet of space■ A career development and life skills resource

center■ CATS is led by Bob Bradley, two-time winner

of the National Academic Advisor of the Year and also the CHAMPS Life Skills Coordinator of the Year

■ Community outreach office

■ CATS has a full-time staff of 11, plus numerous graduate assistants and tutors

■ UK spends approximately $1,500,000 each year for the operation of CATS

■ UK has been chosen as an NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills “Program of Excellence” based on commitment to academics, athletics, community service, career development, and personal development

In 1981, Kentucky was the first school to open an academiccenter dedicated exclusively to student-athletes. A newacademic center, shown above, was opened in 1998.

THE FACTS ABOUT CATS

UK’s commitment to its student-athletes is evident in the support

personnel and resources provided through the Ohio Casualty Center

for Academic & Tutorial Services (CATS).

University of Kentucky student-athletes posted a composite 3.04

grade point average for the 2010 spring semester.


CELEBRATING

DIVERSITYUK knows that our students face an increasingly competitive

world and global economy. Succeeding in that world means

an ability to understand and value different cultures and

perspectives.

UK boasts of an increasinglydiverse faculty, with largeincreases in African-Americanfaculty across the entirecampus in recent years.


T he University of Kentucky’s commitment todiversity is both a passion and a promise. UK

knows that our students face an increasingly com-petitive world and global economy. Succeeding inthat world means an ability to understand andvalue different cultures and perspectives. In the lastseveral years, UK has had record enrollmentsamong African-American and Hispanic students.

The University has students from all 50 states andmany foreign countries. On campus, UK has 340clubs and organizations from which to choose,with an array of programs of interest to studentsfrom diverse backgrounds. UK also boasts of anincreasingly diverse faculty, with large increases inAfrican-American faculty across the entire campusin recent years.


A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE

LEXINGTONLexington is one of the nation’s top five college sports towns

as selected by Forbes magazine. The University of Kentucky is the

center of attention!

Location: Within a day’s drive of 75% of the U.S. population.

Population:Lexington-Fayette County – 260,512

Time Zone: EasternAverage Temperatures: (F°)

Spring – 74° high, 34° lowSummer – 86° high, 61° lowFall – 79° high, 36° lowWinter – 54° high, 23° low

Annual Precipitation: 44.6 inches

LEXINGTON AT A GLANCE


Keeneland Race Track is open every April and October.

In addition to being the home of Kentucky basketball, Rupp Arena hosts numerous concerts and culturalevents throughout the year.


2010-11

CHEERLEADERS

Front Row (L-R): Lindsey Goderwis, Alli Greer, Ashley Carnes, Sarah Masters, Ashley Phillips, K’Dee Kriz, Mandi Banahan, Kaitlyn Chamberlain, Olivia Rink Back Row (L-R): Ryan Heinrich, Blake Johnson, Zach Alviar, Matt Springs, Chris Rodonis, Maurice Grant, Rob Ellery, Mason Levy, Dan Jacus

UK’s cheerleading

squad has won 18national titles,including 14 in the

last 16 years.


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DANCE TEAM

Front Row (L-R): Shanel Perry, Allyson Sparks, Randi Swarts, Lindsey Buehner, Alex Solomon, Kaitlyn Otey, Caitlyn Trent, Caitlin Guidry. Back Row (L-R): HeatherWooldridge, Christie Horan, Crystal Patrick, Emily Pena, Erica Maryman, Tara Kleinhenz, Regan Judd, Libby Cummins, Alayna Gathy, Alyssa Hrabik, O'LiviaFoster, Whitley Edge, Alex Hughes

KENTUCKY BASKETBALL

TIMELINE

The 1909 Wildcats were the first to record a winning record, 5-4. Carey Spicer was Adolph Rupp’s first All-American in 1931. Forest Sale was anAll-American in 1932 and 1933.

February 18, 1903State College (Kentucky) records its first win, an 11-10decision over Lexington YMCA. The Wildcats finishedthat first season with a 1-2 record.

February 18, 1909With a 28-23 win over Cincinnati, Kentucky clinched its firstwinning season in school history. Following a “Senior Day”loss to Central University, the Wildcats ended the year with a5-4 record.

January, 1910 E. R. Sweetland signs a three-year pact as State’s Director ofAthletics and its first basketball coach.

March 1, 1912Kentucky defeats Georgetown College, 19-18, to completethe season with a perfect 9-0 record and earn its first title asSouthern Champions.

March 1, 1921 Kentucky upsets Tulane, Mercer, Mississippi A&M and Georgiato win the first Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

basketball championship. Hundreds of Wildcats fans await“play-by-play” via telegraph, and greet the team’s train with acelebration and parade in downtown Lexington. It is believed tobe the first college basketball tournament ever played.

Spring, 1921 Basil Hayden becomes UK’s first All-America basketball player.

January 21, 1922The Wildcats beat Louisville, 29-22, for their 100th victory.

Dec. 13, 1924The Wildcats defeat Cincinnati in their first game in the new,2,800-seat, $100,000 Alumni Gymnasium.

March 21, 1930 A Freeport, Ill., high school coach named Adolph Rupp isnamed head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

Dec. 18, 1930 UK defeats Georgetown College, 67-19, for the first ofAdolph Rupp’s 876 victories.

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Adolph Rupp and assistant Paul McBrayer made UK a national power in the early 1940s. Ralph Beard, Wah Jones, Cliff Hagan and John Crigler excelled under Rupp.

Feb. 28, 1933 UK wins the first Southeastern Conference TournamentChampionship by defeating Mississippi State, 46-27, in Atlanta.

Feb. 17, 1934 UK establishes a national record with its 23rd consecu-tive win (47-27 over Vanderbilt). Near riot erupts asfans vie for seats in Alumni Gym.

Feb. 14, 1938 Joe Hagan’s 48-foot shot with 12 seconds left lifts the Wildcatsover Marquette, 35-33. After the game, Gov. A. B. “Happy”Chandler pounds a nail into the floor to mark the spot wherethe shot was taken.

March 20, 1942After winning its sixth SEC championship, UK wins its firstNCAA Tournament game, 46-44, over Illinois.

March 20, 1946 UK wins Rupp’s first national title, with a 46-45 victory overRhode Island.

March 24, 1947Before a Madison Square Garden record crowd of 18,493, WatMisaka held Ralph Beard to two points and Utah ended theWildcats’ bid for back-to-back NIT Championships.

March 23, 1948 Adolph Rupp’s “Fabulous Five” wins UK’s first NCAAChampionship, 58-42, over Baylor. The team is met inLexington by 15,000 fans and given a parade on a fire truck.

August 13, 1948 The U.S. Olympic basketball team, featuring Kentucky’s“Fabulous Five,” wins the gold medal by defeating France,64-21, at Wembley Stadium in London.

March 8, 1949Kentucky ends the year ranked No. 1 in the first season ofthe Associated Press basketball poll.

March 26, 1949 UK wins its second consecutive NCAA championship,defeating Oklahoma A&M, 46-36, in Seattle.

Dec. 1, 1950UK plays its first game in the new, $3.9 million, 11,500-seat Memorial Coliseum. Skeptics label the building a“white elephant.”

March 27, 1951UK wins its third NCAA title, defeating Kansas State, 68-58,in the finals in Minneapolis.

Dec. 5, 1953Cawood Ledford broadcasts his first game as the radio “Voiceof the Wildcats.”

March 9, 1954Kentucky beats LSU, 63-56, in an SEC playoff game to cap aperfect 25-0 season and finish with the nation’s No. 1 ranking.

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Louie Dampier and “Rupp’s Runts” in an NCAA semifinal win over Duke in 1966. Dan Issel remains UK’s all-time leading scorer. Joe B. Hall gave UK its fifthNCAA title in 1978.

Jan. 8, 1955Fans are stunned as Georgia Tech defeats UK, 59-58, in MemorialColiseum, ending a 129-game home winning streak that stillstands as a national record.

Dec. 7, 1957 What was then referred to as “the longest game in UKhistory” proves fruitful for the Wildcats as they defeatTemple 85-83 in three overtimes. Vernon Hatton scoresUK’s final six points to edge the Owls.

March 21, 1958In the Wildcats’ first game in Freedom Hall Vernon Hatton’slayup with 17 seconds left pushes the Wildcats past Temple, 61-60, and into the NCAA Championship game.

March 22, 1958UK wins its fourth NCAA title by defeating Seattle, 84-72, inLouisville. The “Fiddlin’ Five” was led by Vernon Hatton’s 30points. The win gave Rupp his most coveted title, the one hevowed to win after the NCAA had suspended UK’s 1953 season.

March 19, 1966In one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, top-ranked UK, featuring “Rupp’s Runts,” loses in the NCAAChampionship game, 72-65, to Texas Western.

Jan. 27, 1968 At the time, it was believed that Adolph Rupp became collegebasketball’s all-time winningest coach when the Wildcats over-came a record-setting 52-point performance by LSU’s PeteMaravich to defeat the Tigers, 121-95. Years later, it was dis-

covered that he had achieved that feat on Feb. 18, 1967, with a103-74 win over Mississippi State.

Jan. 18, 1969On the road against its long-time rival, UK became the firstteam in college basketball history to win 1,000 games, defeat-ing Tennessee, 69-66.

June 9, 1969Tom Payne, a seven-foot All-American from Louisville,becomes the first black player to sign with the University ofKentucky.

Feb. 28, 1970 Dan Issel becomes UK’s first player to score 2,000 career points asUK defeats Vanderbilt, 90-86.

March 14, 1970Dan Issel scores his 2,138th point, etching his name into therecord book as UK’s all-time leading scorer. The top-rankedWildcats are upset by Jacksonville, 106-100, in the NCAATournament.

March 18, 1972Adolph Rupp coaches his last game at UK, a 73-54 loss to FloridaState in the NCAA Tournament.

Dec. 2, 1972Joe B. Hall coaches his first game as head coach at UK, a 75-66 win at Michigan State. UK goes on to win the SECChampionship and finish 22-8 during Hall’s inaugural season.

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Sam Bowie, Kenny Walker and Rex Chapman were the stars of the ‘80s, while Rick Pitino’s 1992 squad was truly “Unforgettable.” Legendary broadcaster Cawood Ledford.

March 22, 1975UK upsets undefeated Indiana in the Mideast Regional semifi-nals to earn a trip to the Final Four. Before the title game withUCLA, legendary coach John Wooden announces his retire-ment. The Bruins go on to defeat UK, 92-85, on March 31.

March 8, 1976 Jack Givens keys a late rally as UK outlasts MississippiState, 94-93 in overtime, in the last regular season gameplayed at Memorial Coliseum.

March 21, 1976 UK wins its second NIT Championship by defeating NorthCarolina-Charlotte, 71-67 in New York.

Nov. 27, 1976UK defeats Wisconsin, 72-64, in the new, 23,000-seat, $53 millionRupp Arena. Rick Robey scores the first goal in Rupp with 19:30left to play in the first half.

Dec. 10, 1977As top-ranked UK is defeating Kansas on “Adolph RuppNight” in Allen Field House on Naismith Drive in Lawrence,Kansas, Rupp dies. Thousands would participate in thefuneral procession in Lexington.

March 27, 1978Jack “Goose” Givens scores 41 points as UK wins its fifthNCAA Championship, 94-88, over Duke in St. Louis.More than 10,000 fans greet the team at Blue GrassAirport and 15,000 more celebrate at Memorial Coliseum.

March 26, 1983In the first meeting between the schools in 24 years,Louisville defeats UK 80-68 in overtime to earn a trip to theFinal Four.

March 31, 1984 Georgetown outscores UK 23-2 at the start of the secondhalf to defeat the Wildcats, 53-40, in the NCAA semifinalgame in Seattle.

March 22, 1985Joe B. Hall announces his retirement after UK loses to St.John’s, 86-70, in the NCAA West Regional in Denver.

Nov. 22, 1985Eddie Sutton coaches his first game at Kentucky, a 77-58 winover Northwestern (La.) State.

Dec. 29, 1986Following the Wildcats’ 85-51 win at Louisville on Dec. 27,more than 19,000 fans filled Freedom Hall for a Kentucky prac-tice to usher in the era of school-boy legend Rex Chapman.

March 10, 1989Kentucky finishes the year with a 13-19 record, its first losingmark in 61 seasons.

June 2, 1989Rick Pitino is named head basketball coach at Kentucky.

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Jamal Mashburn helped return UK to greatness. UK claimed the 1996 NCAA title with the help of stars like Ron Mercer. Tubby Smith became the fourthhead in school history to lead the Wildcats to a national title in 1998.

June, 1990Rick Pitino makes history by naming Bernadette Locke, aformer assistant for the Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketballteam, to his coaching staff at Kentucky.

March 2, 1991Before a crowd of 24,310 at Rupp Arena, Kentucky defeatsAuburn, 114-93, to claim the best record in the SoutheasternConference and end its two-year probation.

March 28, 1992In what many called the “best NCAA Tournament gameever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Dukeinto overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regionalfinals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by ChristianLaettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks thehearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’slast game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

April 3, 1993Kentucky faces Michigan in the NCAA semifinals, markingUK’s 10th Final Four appearance. An 81-78 overtime loss tothe Wolverines ended Kentucky’s season at 30-4 and markedAll-American Jamal Mashburn’s last game in UK blue.

Feb. 15, 1994Trailing by 31 points with 15:34 remaining in the game atLSU, the Wildcats pull off a Mardi Gras miracle. Connectingon 11 three-pointers and outscoring the Bayou Bengals 62-27 during the final 15:34, UK storms back to a 99-95 victory– the greatest comeback in UK history.

March 2, 1996With a 101-63 victory over Vanderbilt in Rupp Arena on SeniorDay, UK became the first team in 40 years to finish with a per-fect record in the SEC, a 16-0 sweep. It was the Wildcats’ 25thwin in a row, tying the school record for consecutive wins in aseason. Two games later, they set the new record at 27 games.

April 1, 1996After avenging an early season loss to UMass with a win inthe NCAA semifinals two days before, UK squashes a lateSyracuse rally to win its sixth national title, 76-67.

May 20, 1996The championship squad makes an official visit to the WhiteHouse at the invitation of President Clinton. Tony Delk andMark Pope present President Clinton and Vice President AlGore with UK jerseys.

March 31, 1997Despite losing its star, Derek Anderson, to a knee injury onJan. 18, UK returns to defend its NCAA title in the NationalChampionship game, falling in overtime to Arizona, 84-79.It would be the final game with Rick Pitino as coach.

May 12, 1997UK’s director of athletics, C.M. Newton, introducedOrlando “Tubby” Smith as head coach.

Nov. 20, 1997It was the dawning of an era as new head coaches TubbySmith and Morehead State’s Kyle Macy tipped off theseason in Rupp Arena. Smith won his first game at UK,88-49, over the former UK All-American and his Eagles.

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Big shots from All-American Tayshaun Prince were the norm in the early 2000s. Chuck Hayes helps UK win 109 games from 2002-05. Rajon Rondo racked up high steal totals and UK’s first National Player of the Year, John Wall helped the program reach 2,000 wins on Dec. 21, 2009.

March 22, 1998In one of the most anticipated matchups of the NCAATournament, UK roars back from a 17-point deficit with9:38 remaining to defeat Duke, 86-84. The victory buriedthe nightmare of UK-Duke ’92 and advanced the Wildcatsto their third straight Final Four.

March 30, 1998The “Comeback Cats” rallied from a 10-point halftimedeficit to defeat Utah, 78-69, winning UK’s second nationaltitle in three years, its seventh overall.

Sept. 5, 2001After a long illness, Cawood Ledford dies at his home inHarlan. A planned tribute at Rupp Arena was canceledfollowing the “9/11” terrorists attacks.

Dec. 8, 2001Kentucky beats North Carolina for the Cats’ 1,800th victory,the first college basketball team to reach that milestone.

March 16, 2003After running the table in regular-season SoutheasternConference play, Kentucky defeats Mississippi State, 64-57,in the finals of the SEC Tournament to secure its 24th leaguetourney crown and complete a 19-0 season sweep of confer-ence opponents. It marked the first time the feat had beenaccomplished in 51 seasons.

March 31, 2008Long time Kentucky basketball manager Bill Keightley dies atthe age of 81. “Mr. Wildcat” had been associated with theWildcats’ basketball program since 1962.

January 13, 2009Jodie Meeks scored a school-record 54 points at Tennessee,breaking Dan Issel’s 39-year-old UK scoring record of 53points. Meeks’ 10 three-pointers in that game also brokeTony Delk’s previous school record of nine in 1996.

April 1, 2009John Calipari is announced as Kentucky’s new head basketballcoach.

December 21, 2009Kentucky became the first program in college basketball historyto reach the 2,000-win plateau. The Wildcats defeated Drexel88-44 to achieve the milestone.

January 2, 2010Kentucky set a new single-game attendance record with apacked house of 24,479 fans in Rupp Arena vs. Louisville

June 24, 2010Kentucky made history again when the Wildcats had five play-ers drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft. John Wallbecame the first Wildcat ever drafted the overall No. 1 pickwhen he was selected by the Washington Wizards. DeMarcusCousins was selected fifth by the Sacramento Kings, PatrickPatterson went 14th to the Houston Rockets, Eric Bledsoe went18th to the Oklahoma City Thunder and Daniel Orton waspicked 29th by the Orlando Magic.

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1947-48 NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSKENTUCKY 58, BAYLOR 42March 23, 1948 • New York, N.Y.

Alex Groza and Ralph Beard combined for 26 points and the Wildcats’ defense held the Bears to 16 first-half points to capture UK’s first NCAA title.

The title victory enabled the Wildcats to become only the second team ever to win both the NIT andNCAA titles. UK, which finished the season at 34-2, won the NIT title in 1946.Paced by Groza and Beard, the Wildcats turned a 29-16 halftime lead into a 44-28 bulge midway through

the second half. After Baylor rallied to cut the lead to 11, UK put the game out of reach as Wallace “Wah Wah”Jones scored four points to give the Wildcats a 15-point lead.In addition to Groza and Beard, Kentucky also got nine points apiece from Jones and Kenneth Rollins.

KENTUCKYPLAYER FG FTM FTA PF TPJones 4 1 1 3 9Barker 2 1 3 4 5Line 3 1 1 3 7Groza 6 2 4 4 14Holland 1 0 0 1 2Beard 4 4 4 1 12Rollins 3 3 5 3 9Barnstable 0 0 1 0 0Totals 23 12 19 19 58

BAYLORPLAYER FG FTM FTA PF TPOwen 2 1 2 0 5DeWitt 3 2 4 3 8Hickman 1 0 0 0 2Pulley 0 1 1 0 1Heathington 3 2 4 5 8Preston 0 0 2 2 0Johnson 3 4 7 5 10Robinson 3 2 4 4 8Brack 0 0 0 0 0Totals 15 12 24 19 42

Halftime: UK 29, Baylor 16

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Behind the Fabulous Five of Ralph Beard, Wah Wah Jones,

Alex Groza, Kenny Rollins, and Cliff Barker, the 1947-48 Kentucky

men’s basketball team went 36-3 en route to the school’s first

national championship.

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Johnny Stough, Ralph Beard, Kenneth Rollins, Cliff Barker, Jr., Dale Barnstable, Asst. Coach HarryLancaster. Second Row: Manager Humzey Yessin, Garland Townes, Jim Jordan, Joe Holland, Alex Groza, Wallace Jones, Jim Line,Roger Day, Trainer Wilbert Bud Berger.

KENTUCKY 46, OKLAHOMA A&M 36March 26, 1949 • Seattle, Wash.

Paced by Alex Groza’s 25 points and a defense that limited the Aggies to a mere nine field goals,the Wildcats were crowned NCAA Champions for the second straight year.

Groza, a unanimous selection as the “Player of the Tournament,” scored more than twice as manypoints as any other player. A&M’s Jack Shelton was the game’s only other player to score in double fig-ures. He finished with 12 points.The Aggies, coached by Hank Iba, led 5-2, but the Wildcats scored seven straight points, five by

Groza, and never trailed again as they took a 25-20 first-half lead.UK extended the lead to 31-21 early in the second half and coasted the rest of the way.

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CHAMPIONS

KENTUCKYPLAYER FG FTM FTA PF TPJones 1 1 3 3 3Line 2 1 2 3 5Groza 9 7 8 5 25Beard 1 1 2 4 3Barker 1 3 3 4 5Barnstable 1 1 1 1 3Hirsch 1 0 0 1 2Totals 16 14 19 21 46

OKLAHOMA A&MPLAYER FG FTM FTA PF TPYates 1 0 0 1 2Bradley 0 3 5 3 3Harris 3 1 1 5 7Parks 2 3 4 5 7Shelton 3 6 7 4 12Jaquet 0 1 2 0 1McArthur 0 2 2 1 2Pilgrim 0 2 2 1 2Smith 0 0 0 1 0Totals 9 18 23 21 36

Halftime: UK 25, Oklahoma A&M 20

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Kentucky defeated Villanova, 85-72, and Illinois, 76-47, to advance

to the national title game. Alex Groza, Ralph Beard and Wah Wah

Jones were all named All-America and Groza was named the

tournament’s MVP.

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Jim Line, Cliff Barker, John Stough, Ralph Beard, Joe Hall, Garland Townes, Assistant Coach HarryLancaster. Second Row: Dale Barnstable, Walt Hirsch, Wallace Jones, Alex Groza, Bob Henne, Roger Day, Mgr. Humzey Yessin.

It was no surprise that when the first-ever Associated Press poll was

released the following year, the Cats were ranked preseason No. 1.

1950-51 NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSKENTUCKY 68, KANSAS STATE 58March 27, 1951 • Minneapolis, Minn.

Bill Spivey scored 22 points and an ailing Cliff Hagan sparked UK to its third NCAA title. With a squadconsisting of only six healthy players — Walt Hirsch was ineligible and Hagan was plagued by an infected

throat — the Wildcats hardly looked like championship material as Kansas State broke out to a 20-12 lead.It was then that Rupp inserted the ailing Hagan. It was a move that may have proved the difference as the

sophomore forward sparked a rally that saw UK cut the Kansas State lead to 29-27 at the half. Led by Hagan and Spivey, who dominated the boards, UK outscored Kansas State 41-29 in the second half

to complete the come-from-behind victory.

KENTUCKYPLAYER FG FTM FTA PF TPWhitaker 4 1 0 2 9Linville 2 4 8 5 8Spivey 9 4 6 2 22Ramsey 4 1 3 5 9Watson 3 2 4 3 8Hagan 5 0 2 5 10Tsioropoulos 1 0 0 1 2Newton 0 0 0 0 0Totals 28 12 23 23 68

KANSAS STATEPLAYER FG FTM FTA PF TPHead 3 2 2 5 8Stone 3 6 8 5 12Hitch 6 1 1 5 13Barrett 2 0 2 1 4Iverson 3 1 2 3 7Housey 2 0 0 3 4Gibson 0 1 1 5 1Upson 0 0 0 1 0Knostman 1 1 2 1 3Peck 2 0 1 1 4Schuyler 1 0 1 1 2Totals 23 12 20 31 58

Halftime: Kansas State 29, UK 27

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Standing: Frank Ramsey, Shelby Linville, Bill Spivey, Roger Layne, Lou Tsioropoulos, Read Morgan. Seated: Coach Adolph Rupp,Cliff Hagan, C.M. Newton, Walt Hirsch, Paul Lansaw, Dwight Price, Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster. Bottom Row: Lindle Castle,Lucian Whitaker, Bobby Watson, Guy Strong, T. Riddle.

After posting a narrow 76-74 victory over Illinois in the East

Regional championship, the Cats toppled Kansas State, 68-58, in

the championship game.

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1957-58 NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSKENTUCKY 84, SEATTLE 72March 27, 1958 • Louisville, Ky.

Senior Vernon Hatton scored 30 points and the Wildcats overcame a 25-point, 19-rebound per-formance by Elgin Baylor to capture their fourth NCAA championship.

Led by Hatton and Johnny Cox, who finished with 24 points, the Wildcats twice battled back from11-point deficits to gain the victory.Trailing for much of the game, UK grabbed its first lead with 6:08 left when Don Mills hit a hook

shot to give the Wildcats a 61-60 lead. Moments later, Cox hit a jump shot to make it 63-60 and UKnever trailed again.John Crigler added 14 points and 14 rebounds for the victors. Mills and Adrian Smith finished with

nine and seven points, respectively.Aside from Baylor, Seattle received 17 points from Charley Brown and 16 from Jerry Frizzell.

KENTUCKYPLAYER FGM FGA FTM FTA REB PF TPCrigler 5 12 4 7 14 4 14Cox 10 23 4 4 16 3 24Beck 0 1 0 1 3 4 0A. Smith 2 8 3 5 6 4 7Hatton 9 20 12 15 3 3 30Mills 4 9 1 4 5 3 9Totals 30 73 24 36 47 21 84

SEATTLEPLAYER FGM FGA FTM FTA REB PF TPFrizzell 4 6 8 11 5 3 16Brown 6 17 5 7 5 5 17Baylor 9 32 7 9 19 4 25Harney 2 5 0 1 1 1 4Saunders 0 2 0 0 2 3 0Ogorek 4 7 2 2 11 5 10Plasecki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 25 69 22 30 43 21 72

Halftime: Seattle 39, UK 36

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Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Adrian Smith, John Crigler, Ed Beck, Don Mills, Johnny Cox, Vernon Hatton, Assistant Coach HarryLancaster. Second Row: Student Manager Jay Atkerson, Earl Adkins, Billy Smith, Phil Johnson, Bill Cassady, Lincoln Collinsworth andHarold Ross.

After edging Temple 61-60 in the NCAA Tournament semifinals, UK defeated

Seattle 84-72 in the national title tilt, the fourth and final national

championship for Adolph Rupp.

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CHAMPIONSKENTUCKY 94, DUKE 88March 27, 1978 • St. Louis, Mo.

Senior Jack Givens put on one of the finestindividual performances in NCAA

Championship history in leading the Wildcatspast the Blue Devils.With many Kentucky fans among the crowd of

18,271 chanting “Goose, Goose,” Givens scored 41points, three short of the record for a championshipgame, to help UK clinch its fifth NCAA title and thefirst in 20 years.Givens scored 23 of his 41 points before intermis-

sion—including UK’s last 16 of the half—to turn a29-28 UK lead into a 45-38 cushion from which theBlue Devils would not recover. Overall, Givens made18 of 27 field goal attempts, five of eight free throwsand added eight rebounds and three assists.

KENTUCKYPLAYER FGM FGA FTM FTA REB PF TPGivens 37 18-27 5-8 8 3 4 41Robey 32 8-11 4-6 11 0 2 20Phillips 11 1-4 2-2 2 1 5 4Macy 38 3-3 3-4 0 8 1 9Claytor 24 3-5 2-4 0 3 2 8Lee 20 4-8 0-0 4 2 4 8Shidler 16 1-5 0-1 1 3 3 2Aleksinas 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0Williams 10 1-3 0-0 4 0 2 2Cowan 8 0-2 0-0 2 0 1 0Stephens 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0Courts 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0Gettelfinger 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0Casey 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0Team 0Totals 200 39-68 16-25 32 20 26 94

DUKEPLAYER FGM FGA FTM FTA REB PF TPBanks 37 6-12 1-12 8 2 2 22Dennard 30 5-7 0-0 8 2 5 12Gminski 37 6-16 8-8 12 2 3 20Harrell 24 2-2 0-0 0 1 3 4Spanarkel 40 8-16 5-6 2 3 4 21Suddath 9 1-3 2-3 2 0 1 2Bender 17 1-2 5-5 1 4 3 7Goetsch 6 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0Team 0Totals 200 29-59 30-34 35 14 22 88

Technicals — Duke bench; Halftime: UK 45, Duke 38

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Front Row: Coach Joe Hall, Jay Shidler, Dwane Casey, Kyle Macy, Jack Givens, Tim Stephens, Chris Gettelfinger, Truman Claytor,Assistant Coach Dick Parsons. Second Row: Assistant Trainer Walt McCombs, Manager Don Sullivan, LaVon Williams, Scott Courts, MikePhillips, Rick Robey, Chuck Aleksinas, Fred Cowan, James Lee, Assistant Coach Leonard Hamilton, Assistant Coach Joe Dean Jr.

Considered by some early on as an underachieving team, Kentucky over-

came obstacles to win the SEC Championship and the first NCAA title

under head coach Joe B. Hall.

Regular-season losses to Alabama and LSU were the only blemishes on

Kentucky’s 1977-78 record, as UK went 30-2 for its first NCAA title in

20 years.

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1995-96 NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSUK 76, SYRACUSE 67April 1, 1996 • East Rutherford, N.J.

Tony Delk tied a championship game recordwith seven three-pointers and the Wildcats

withstood a late Orangemen rally to win UK’ssixth national title before a capacity crowd of19,229 in the Continental Airlines Arena at theMeadowlands.Delk, the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player,

canned seven of 12 three-pointers to lead the Catswith 24 points. But after Syracuse had cut the leadto two, 64-62, with 4:46 remaining, a Delk mis-fire was tipped in by Walter McCarty to extendUK’s lead to four. After holding the Orangemenon the next possession, Derek Anderson drained athree to push the lead to seven. SU would get nocloser than five in the final minutes.Delk was joined on the Final Four All-

Tournament team by freshman Ron Mercer, whowas sensational off the bench, scoring a career-high 20 points on 8-12 shooting from the field,including 3-4 from three-point range.

KENTUCKYPlayer MIN FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TPAnderson 16 4-8 2-3 1-1 4 2 1 2 0 3 11Walker 32 4-12 0-1 3-6 9 2 4 0 0 4 11McCarty 19 2-6 0-0 0-0 7 3 3 1 0 0 4Delk 37 8-20 7-12 1-2 7 2 2 3 1 2 24Epps 35 0-6 0-3 0-0 4 1 7 1 0 0 0Pope 27 1-6 0-2 2-2 3 3 2 4 0 1 4Mercer 24 8-12 3-4 1-1 2 3 2 0 0 1 20Sheppard 7 1-2 0-1 0-1 2 3 0 3 0 0 2Edwards 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0Team 2Totals 200 28-7312-27 8-13 40 19 22 15 1 11 76

SYRACUSEPlayer MIN FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TPBurgan 39 7-10 3-5 2-5 8 5 1 5 0 1 19Wallace 38 11-19 2-3 5-5 10 5 1 6 1 0 29Hill 28 3-9 0-0 1-1 10 2 1 3 1 0 7Sims 39 2-5 1-4 1-2 2 2 7 7 0 1 6Cipolla 35 3-8 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 4 6Reafsnyder 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0Janulis 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0Nelson 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Team 1Totals 200 26-52 6-15 9-13 38 17 12 24 2 6 67

Halftime: UK 42, Syracuse 33

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Front Row: Assistant Coach Delray Brooks, Head Coach Rick Pitino, Allen Edwards, Derek Anderson, Jeff Sheppard, Tony Delk,Anthony Epps, Cameron Mills, Wayne Turner, Associate Coach Jim O’Brien, Assistant Coach Winston Bennett. Back Row:Equipment Manager Bill Keightley, Administrative Assistant George Barber, Jason Lathrem, Oliver Simmons, Nazr Mohammed, MarkPope, Walter McCarty, Antoine Walker, Jared Prickett, Ron Mercer, Trainer Eddie Jamiel, Assistant Strength Coach Layne Kaufman,Strength Coach Shaun Brown.

Kentucky strung together 25 consecutive wins, including a 16-0 mark in

SEC play, midway through the 1995-96 season and rolled to its sixth

national championship and the first under head coach Rick Pitino.

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1997-98 NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSKENTUCKY 78, UTAH 69March 30, 1998 • San Antonio, Texas

Kentucky battled back from a 41-31 halftimedeficit to Utah — the largest halftime mar-

gin ever overcome in an NCAA title game — toclaim the school’s seventh national championshipbefore 40,509 fans in the Alamodome. Utah was propelled to the early lead thanks to a

24-6 rebounding advantage in the first half. ButHeshimu Evans sparked the “Comeback Cats” offthe bench with seven straight points early in thesecond half. Later, Final Four Most OutstandingPlayer Jeff Sheppard canned a baseline jumperwith 4:54 remaining to give UK a 65-64 lead. Theexhausted Utes then missed 11 consecutive fieldgoals as the Wildcats claimed their second NCAAChampionship in three years.Scott Padgett joined Sheppard on the All-Final

Four team after scoring 17 points. UK outre-bounded the Utes 18-15 in the second half.

KENTUCKYPlayer MIN FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TPEdwards 24 2-7 0-3 0-0 1 0 5 0 0 1 4Padgett 33 6-11 1-5 4-4 5 4 1 0 0 0 17Mohammed 13 5-9 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 1 2 0 10Turner 27 2-5 0-1 2-4 2 0 4 5 0 3 6Sheppard 34 7-14 0-2 2-2 4 1 3 2 0 2 16Magloire 22 2-3 0-0 3-3 2 4 1 0 3 0 7Evans 23 3-4 2-2 2-2 6 1 0 3 1 1 10Mills 12 2-4 2-4 2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8Smith 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bradley 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Team 1Totals 200 29-57 5-17 15-17 24 15 15 11 6 7 78

UTAHPlayer MIN FG 3FG FT R F A TO B S TPMottola 28 4-10 1-3 6-6 8 4 0 3 0 0 15Jensen 35 5-6 1-1 3-3 2 2 2 1 0 0 14Doleac 34 5-12 1-1 4-6 10 2 1 1 2 3 15Miller 37 6-15 0-3 4-7 6 5 5 8 0 2 16Hansen 32 1-6 0-2 0-0 5 2 1 2 0 3 2Johnsen 16 3-4 1-2 0-0 4 0 0 3 0 0 7McTavish 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0Jackson 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0Caton 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Team 4Totals 200 24-55 4-14 17-22 39 18 12 18 2 8 69

Halftime: Utah 41, UK 31

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Front Row: (L-R) Assistant Coach Mike Sutton, Head Coach Orlando “Tubby” Smith, Saul Smith, Cameron Mills, Jeff Sheppard,Wayne Turner, Steve Masiello, Assistant Coach George Felton, Assistant Coach Shawn Finney. Standing: Special Assistant LeonSmith, Administrative Assistant Simeon Mars, Equipment Manager Bill Keightley, Ryan Hogan, Heshimu Evans, Scott Padgett, NazrMohammed, Jamaal Magloire, Michael Bradley, Myron Anthony, Allen Edwards, Trainer Eddie Jamiel, Strength Coach Tom Boyd.

Heralded as the “Comeback Cats,” the 1997-98 Kentucky Wildcats cap-

tured their second NCAA title in three years after overcoming a 10-

point halftime deficit against Utah in the national championship game.


NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

HEAD COACHES

Succeeding the ledendaryAdolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall (left)won 297 games, an NIT titleand an NCAA title. TubbySmith (above) led UK to itsseventh NCAA title with a 35-4record in 1998.

Adolph Rupp poses with All-AmericanCotton Nash.

Rick Pitino helped restore Kentuckyas a national powerhouse in the1990s.

The winningest coach in college basketballhistory when he retired in 1972, a mark thatstood for 25 years. Along with four NCAAtitles, he won an Olympic Gold Medal(1948), one NIT Championship (1946), 27SEC titles and coached 24 All-Americans.

ADOLPH RUPP

The former Rupp assistant coached threeteams to the Final Four (1975, ‘78 and ‘84)and won the 1978 NCAA Championship,the school’s fifth title and first in 20 seasons.He saw 23 players drafted during his 13-yeartenure, five in the first round.

JOE B. HALL

Coached Kentucky to its sixth NCAA titleand a national runner-up finish in 1997. Hehad a 104-28 record vs. SEC teams with twoSEC crowns and an amazing 17-1 SEC tour-ney mark. Six of his Wildcats were drafted inthe first round, including three lottery picks.

RICK PITINO

TUBBY SMITH

Years Seasons Record Pct NCAA Titles (Years)1931-72 +42 876-190 .822 4 (1948, ’49, ’51, ’58)

+ No schedule played in 1953 — Rupp’s record for 41 seasons. Five wins in 1966 InternationalUniversities Tournament in Israel not included in team totals.

Years Seasons Record Pct NCAA Titles (Years)1990-97 8 219-50 .814 1 (1995)


Led Kentucky to five SEC crowns and fiveSEC Tournament titles, with six Sweet 16finishes in his 10 seasons. Winning anNCAA title in his first season, he totaled 100wins quicker than any other Wildcat coachexcept Hall of Famer Adolph Rupp.


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HELMS

NATIONAL TITLES

Front Row: Biggerstaff, Settle, Gates, Nugent, Tucker, Jackson, Lawrence. Middle Row: Coach Rupp, Boles, Kercheval, Davis, Johnson, Darby, Mann, Asst.Coach Miller. Back Row: Blair, Davis, Morris, Sale, DeMoisey, Yates, Kreuter,Maxson.

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Linville Puckett, Jess Curry, Gayle Rose, Clay Evans,Willie Rouse, Dan Chandler, Pete Grigsby, Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster. BackRow: Student Manager Mike Dolan, Hugh Coy, Cliff Hagan, Lou Tsioropoulos, JerryBird, Phil Grawemeyer, Harold Hurst, Bill Bibb, Frank Ramsey, Bill Evans.

Founded in Los Angeles in themid-1930s by Bill Schroader

and Paul Helms, the HelmsFoundation researched records torank the nation’s top teams datingback to 1901. From 1939, whenthe NCAA Tournament started, theHelms titlists and NCAA championswere the same, except for 1939-40-44-54. In addition to its NCAAChampionship years of 1948, ’49,’51, ’58, ’78, ’96 and ’98,Kentucky was named the HelmsNational Titlist in 1933 (20-3) and1954 (25-0).Kentucky players Forest Sale

(1933) and Leroy Edwards (1935)were named Helms NationalPlayers of the Year.

1933 NATIONAL TITLIST

1954 NATIONAL TITLISTHELMS NATIONAL

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Forest Sale, 1933 Leroy Edwards, 1935

C HAMP I O N S H I P S


AP & UPI

NATIONAL TITLES1951-52 AP & UPI TITLIST

1965-66 AP & UPI TITLIST

1969-70 AP & UPI TITLIST

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Gayle Rose, Bill Evans, BobbyWatson, Lucian Whitaker, Willie Rouse, Manager Bobby Moore.Back Row: Gene Neff, Cliff Hagan, Shelby Linville, Ronald Clark,Lou Tsioropoulos, Frank Ramsey, James Flynn.

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Gene Stewart, Pat Riley,Louie Dampier, Bob Tallent, Steve Clevenger, Jim LeMaster,Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster. Back Row: Tommy Porter,Gary Gamble, Tommy Kron, Cliff Berger, Larry Lentz, BradBounds, Thad Jaracz, Larry Conley, Student Manager MikeHarreld.

Front Row: Coach Adolph Rupp, Dan Issel, Tom Parker, BobMcCowan, Larry Steele, Mike Pratt, Randy Noll, Assistant CoachJoe B. Hall. Back Row: Assistant Coach Dick Parsons, TrainerClaude Vaughan, Kent Hollenbeck, Jim Dinwiddie, Clint Wheeler,Art Laib, Randy Pool, Mark Soderberg, Stan Key, Terry Mills, BillBusey, Assistant Coach T. L. Plain, Manager Doug Billips.


2002-03 AP TITLIST

1945-46 NIT CHAMPIONS

1975-76 NIT CHAMPIONS

Seated: (L-R) Assistant David Hobbs, Coach Tubby Smith, RaviMoss, Matt Heissenbuttel, Gerald Fitch, Keith Bogans, CliffHawkins, Brandon Stockton, Preston LeMaster, Assistant ReggieHanson, Assistant Scott Rigot. Standing: Basketball OperationsDirector Leon Smith, Equipment Manager Bill Keightley, AthleticTrainer David Kindy, Josh Carrier, Chuck Hayes, Marquis Estill,Jules Camara, Bernard Coté, Erik Daniels, Kelenna Azubuike,Antwain Barbour, Manager Allen Edwards, Special AssistantKevin Murphy, Strength Coach Tom Boyd.

Front Row: Manager Humzey Yessin, Muff Davis, BuddyParker, Ralph Beard, Jack Parkinson, Bill Sturgill. Back Row:Trainer Frank Mann, Elmer Gilb, Jack Tingle, Kenton Campbell,Coach Adolph Rupp, Wallace Jones, Wilbur Schu, Joe Holland.

Front Row: Coach Joe B. Hall, Reggie Warford, Dwane Casey,Pat Foschi, Larry Johnson, Joey Holland, Truman Claytor, Asst.Coach Dick Parsons. Back Row: Manager Tripp Ramsey, Asst.Coach Lynn Nance, Jack Givens, James Lee, Rick Robey, DanHall, Mike Phillips, Merion Haskins, Bob Fowler, Asst. CoachLeonard Hamilton, Assoc. Trainer Bobby Barton.

NIT

CHAMPIONS

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KENTUCKY’S ALL-TIME

NBA CHAMPIONS


Atlanta HawksTony DelkGeorge FeigenbaumJack GivensCliff HaganVernon HattonTommy KronNazr MohammedRandolph MorrisTom PayneJeff SheppardAntoine WalkerBobby Watson

Boston CelticsTony DelkReggie HansonWalter McCartyRon MercerDirk MinniefieldFrank RamseyRick RobeyKenny RollinsRajon RondoLou TsioropoulosWayne TurnerAntoine WalkerLucian Whitaker

Charlotte BobcatsDerek AndersonKeith BogansNazr Mohammed

Chicago BullsKyle MacyRon Mercer

Cleveland CavaliersDerek AndersonWinston BennettDirk MinniefieldMelvin Turpin

Dallas MavericksTony DelkJamaal MagloireJamal MashburnAntoine Walker

Denver NuggetsDan IsselRon MercerMark Pope

Detroit PistonsTony DelkNazr MohammedTayshaun Prince

Golden State WarriorsKelenna AzubuikeTony DelkVernon HattonDirk MinniefieldCotton NashAdrian Smith

Houston RocketsDerek AndersonKeith BogansChuck HayesDirk MinniefieldScott PadgettPat Riley

Indiana PacersMike FlynnKyle MacyRon MercerMark PopeRick Robey

Los Angeles ClippersDerek AndersonLarry JohnsonRob LockWalter McCarty

Los Angeles LakersSam BowieBob BurrowCotton NashPat RileyJack Tingle

Memphis GrizzliesScott Padgett

Miami HeatDerek AndersonWinston BennettRex ChapmanGerald FitchJamaal MagloireJamal MashburnAntoine Walker

Milwaukee BucksKeith BogansKevin GreveyJamaal MagloireJodie MeeksMark Pope

MinnesotaTimberwolvesAntoine Walker

New Jersey NetsSam BowieJamaal MagloireRon MercerScott Padgett

New Orleans HornetsRex ChapmanTony DelkJamaal Magloire

Jamal Mashburn

New York KnicksJerry BirdBob CluggishJoe CrawfordWalter McCartyNazr MohammedRandolph MorrisPaul NoelKenny Walker

Oklahoma City ThunderTommy Kron

Orlando MagicKeith BogansRon Mercer

Philadelphia 76ersJodie MeeksNazr Mohammed

Phoenix SunsRex ChapmanTony DelkKyle MacyWalter McCartyPat RileyRick Robey

Portland Trail BlazersDerek AndersonSam BowieJamaal MagloireLarry Steele

Sacramento KingsBob BurrowErik DanielsTony DelkVernon HattonPaul Noel Adrian Smith

San Antonio SpursDerek AndersonKeith BogansLouie Dampier

Cliff HaganRon MercerNazr Mohammed

Utah JazzScott PadgettMelvin Turpin

Washington WizardsRex ChapmanJohnny CoxGeorge FeigenbaumKevin GreveyMelvin TurpinKenny Walker

DEFUNCTTEAMS

Chicago StagsKenny Rollins

IndianapolisOlympiansCliff BarkerRalph BeardAlex GrozaJoe HollandWah Wah JonesJack Parkinson

Kentucky ColonelsLarry ConleyJimmy Dan ConnerLouie DampierDan IsselTommy KronCotton NashMike Pratt

Virginia SquiresAdrian SmithJack Tingle

Note: Listing updated throughend of 2009-10 NBA season.

KENTUCKY PLAYERS

IN THE NBA


C HAMP I O N S H I P S186

WILDCATS IN THE

NBAThirteen former Wildcats have won NBA titles, including five in

the last seven years.

Rajon RondoBOSTON CELTICS

Nazr MohammedCHARLOTTE BOBCATS

Tayshaun PrinceDETROIT PISTONS

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Jodie MeeksPHILADELPHIA 76ers

Chuck HayesHOUSTON ROCKETS

Randolph MorrisATLANTA HAWKS

Kelenna AzubuikeGOLDEN STATE

WARRIORS

Kentucky has a well-known

reputation for recruiting

and developing future

NBA talent.

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KENTUCKY WILDCAT

RETIRED JERSEYS 1

Basil Hayden1920-21-22

56 - Burgess Carey1925-26

Carey Spicer1929-30-31

Adolph RuppHead Coach – 1931-72

Forest “Aggie”Sale

1931-32-33

4 - Layton“Mickey” Rouse

1938-39-40

7 - John “Frenchy”DeMoisey1932-33-34

�26 - KennyRollins1943-47-48

�15 - Alex Groza1945-47-48-49

�12 - Ralph Beard1946-47-48-49

�27 - WallaceJones

1946-47-48-49

�22 - Cliff Barker1947-48-49

*30 - FrankRamsey1951-52-54

77 - Bill Spivey1950-51

*6 - Cliff Hagan1951-52-54

*16 - LouTsioropoulos

1951-52-54

*42 - Billy Evans1952-54-55

*20 - Gayle Rose1952-54-55

Cawood Ledford"Voice of the Wildcats"

1953-92

*44 - PhilGrawemeyer

1954-55-56

*22 - Jerry Bird1954-55-56

50 - Bob Burrow1955-56

52 - VernonHatton1956-57-58

24 - Johnny Cox1957-58-59

Bill Keightley “Mr. Wildcat”-Equipment Mgr.

1962-2008

42 - Pat Riley1965-66-67

10 - Louie Dampier1965-66-67

44 - Cotton Nash1962-63-64



44 - Dan Issel1968-69-70

35 - Kevin Grevey1973-74-75

21 - Jack Givens1975-76-77-78

53 - Rick Robey1975-76-77-78

31-Sam Bowie1980-81, 84

4 - Kyle Macy1978-79-80

34 - Kenny Walker1983-84-85-86

32 - Richie Farmer1989-90-91-92

12 - DeronFeldhaus1989-90-91-92

34 - JohnPelphrey1989-90-91-92

11 - Sean Woods1990-91-92

Rick Pitino Head Coach – 1990-97

24 - JamalMashburn1991-92-93

Coach Joe B. HallHead Coach – 1973-85

In recognition of outstanding contributions to the Kentucky

basketball program, the UK Athletics Department has retired

jerseys honoring 42 individuals.

Adolph RuppInducted 1969

Cliff HaganInducted 1977

Frank RamseyInducted 1981

Dan IsselInducted 1993

Pat RileyInducted 2008

Adrian SmithInducted 2010

C.M. NewtonInducted 2000

UK’s AthleticHall of Fame,

organized in 2005,recognizes and hon-ors persons whoseparticipation andcontributionsenriched and strengthened the university athleticprogram. Athletes are required to wait five yearsafter completing their Wildcat playing careerbefore being eligible for the honor. The charterclass was comprised of those individuals whohad previously had their jersey retired at RuppArena, Commonwealth Stadium, MemorialColiseum and Cliff Hagan Stadium.

UK ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

★Member of “The Fabulous Five,” 1948 National Champions& Olympic Gold Medalists; * Member of 1954 UndefeatedNational Champions

KENTUCKY WILDCATS INDUCTED INTO THE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

Enshrined in Springfield, Mass.

KENTUCKY WILDCAT

ALL-AMERICANS

Ralph Beard Keith Bogans Sam Bowie Bob Brannum Bob Burrow Burgess Carey

Rex Chapman DeMarcus Cousins Johnny Cox Louie Dampier Tony DelkWilliam Davis

John DeMoisey LeRoy Edwards Jack Givens Kevin Grevey Alex Groza Cliff Hagan

Basil Hayden Vernon Hatton Lee Huber Dan Issel Ellis Johnson Wah Wah Jones


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John Wall

Billy Ray Lickert Jim Line Kyle Macy Jamal Mashburn Paul McBrayer Jodie Meeks

Ron Mercer

Cotton Nash Bernard Opper Scott Padgett Jack Parkinson Mike Pratt Tayshaun Prince

Frank Ramsey Pat Riley Rick Robey Forest Sale Wilbur Schu Carey Spicer

Bill Spivey Jack Tingle Melvin Turpin Kenny Walker Robert Watson

A total of 49 Wildcats have earned All-America honors.

Of those players, 16 were named consensus first-team

All-America 21 times, the most of any Division I program.


194R E C O R D B O O K

Most Wins1. Kentucky (2,023)2. North Carolina (2,004)3. Kansas (2,003)4. Duke (1,912)5. Syracuse (1,783)

Highest WinningPercentage1. Kentucky (.760)2. North Carolina (.736)3. Kansas (.716)4. UNLV (.711)5. Duke (.699)

Most NCAA Titles1. UCLA (11)2. Kentucky (7)3. Indiana (5)4. North Carolina (5)5. Duke (4)

Most Appearances inNCAA Tournament 1. Kentucky (50)2. North Carolina (41)

UCLA (41)4. Kansas (39)5. Louisville (36)

Most NCAA TournamentGames1. Kentucky (146)2. North Carolina (141)3. UCLA (128)4. Kansas (123)

Duke (123)

Most NCAA Tournament Wins1. North Carolina (102)2. Kentucky (101)3. UCLA (94)

Duke (94)5. Kansas (85)

NCAA BASKETBALL

TRADITION


Kentucky’s rich basketball heritage

includes: a national-record 50 NCAA

Tournament appearances; 146 NCAA

Tournament games; 101 NCAA Tourney

wins; and 53 20-win seasons

AP No. 1 Finishes1. Kentucky (8)UCLA (8)

3. Duke (7)4. North Carolina (6)5. Indiana (3)

AP Top 10 Finishes1. Kentucky (39)2. North Carolina (32)3. Duke (30)4. UCLA (25)5. Kansas (22

Coaches’ Top 1 Finishes 1. Kentucky (7)

UCLA (7)3. North Carolina (5)

Indiana (5)5. Duke (4)

Coaches’ Top 10 Finishes 1. Kentucky (34)2. North Carolina (33)3. Kansas (25)UCLA (24)

5. Duke (23)

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SUCCESS IN THE

SEC TOURNAMENTKentucky has enjoyed unparalleled success in theleague’s postseason tournament. In the 50 years the eventhas been held, the Wildcats have captured 26 titlesand won 84 percent of their games.

R E C O R D B O O K

197

Team Yrs. Won Lost Pct. TitlesKENTUCKY 49 114 22 .838 26Alabama 51 58 45 .563 6Tennessee 50 59 46 .561 4Arkansas 19 20 18 .526 1South Carolina 19 16 19 .457 0LSU 50 43 49 .467 1Georgia 50 38 48 .441 2Florida 45 33 42 .440 3Vanderbilt 49 30 48 .384 1Mississippi State 50 27 47 .365 3Auburn 48 27 47 .365 1Ole Miss 48 23 47 .328 1

Former MembersGeorgia Tech 19 14 18 .438 1Tulane 16 12 16 .429 0Sewanee 2 0 2 .000 0

SEC TOURNAMENT RECORD

R E C O R D B O O K

R E C O R D B O O K198

KENTUCKY

RECORDS

Team RecordsMost Points ScoredHalf: 86 at LSU (1-16-96, 1st half)Game: 143 vs. Georgia (2-27-56)Game (both teams): 245 at Kansas (12-9-89)[KU 150, UK 95]Season: 3,325 (1996-97) [40 games]

Fewest Points ScoredGame: 1 vs. Transylvania (2-5-1905)Season: 538 (1924-25) [22 games]

Individual RecordsPoints ScoredGame: 54, Jodie Meeks at Tennessee (1-13-09)Season: 948, Dan Issel (1969-70)Career: 2,138, Dan Issel (1968-70)

Highest Scoring AverageSeason (min. 20 games): 33.9, Dan Issel (1969-70)Career (min. 40 games): 25.8, Dan Issel (1968-70)

SCORING

Team RecordsField Goals MadeGame: 60 vs. Georgia Tech (2-27-56)Season: 1,238 (1996-97)

Field Goals AttemptedGame: 125 vs. Ole Miss (2-8-64)Season: 3,465 (1947-48)

Highest Field Goal PercentageFirst Half: .786 vs. Ole Miss (1-14-81) [11-of-14]Second Half: .875 at Alabama (2-9-80) [14-of-16]Game: .765 vs. Notre Dame (12-29-81) [13-of-17]Season: .556 (1982-83)

Individual RecordsField Goals MadeGame: 23, Dan Issel at Ole Miss (2-7-70)Season: 369, Dan Issel (1969-70)Career: 843, Jack Givens (1975-78)

Field Goals AttemptedGame: 42, Bill Spivey (2-18-50)Season: 667, Dan Issel (1969-70)Career: 1,638, Jack Givens (1975-78)

Highest Field Goal PercentageGame (min. 10 made): 1.000, Rodney Dent vs. Morehead State (12-17-93)[12-of-12]; Kenny Walker vs. Western Kentucky (3-16-86) [11-of-11]Season (min. 100 att.): .657, Michael Bradley (1998-99) [157-of-239]Career (min. 400 att.): .602, Marquis Estill (2001-03) [365-of-606]

Longest Field Goal MadeGame: 63 feet, 7 inches, Cliff Barker vs. Vanderbilt (2-26-49 in Alumni Gym).(Other long shots on record include 53 ft. 9 in., Ralph Beard vs. Tennesseein 1947-48; 53 ft. 6 in., Linville Puckett vs. Mississippi State in 1953-54; 48ft. 2 in., Red Hagan vs. Marquette in 1937-38; and 47-feet, Vernon Hattonvs. Temple [12-7-57] that tied the score at the end of the first overtime. UKlater won the game in 3 overtimes, 85-83).

FIELD GOALS

DAN ISSEL


Team RecordsMost Free Throws MadeGame: 46 at Vanderbilt (1-7-63)Season: 666 (1978-79)

Most Free Throws AttemptedGame: 56 vs. Mississippi State (2-12-79)Season: 892 (1991-92)

Highest Free Throw PercentageGame (min. 10 att.): 1.000 vs. Mississippi State (2-8-83) [19-of-19]; vs.Duke (3-3-30) [19-of-19]; at Ole Miss (1-28-89) [13-of-13]; vs. Georgia(3-13-88) [12-of-12]; vs. Auburn (2-27-93) [11-of-11]; at Vanderbilt (3-2-74) [11-of-11]; vs. Alabama (2-1-34) [11-of-11]; at Alabama (1-18-89)[10-of-10]Season: .776 (1978-79) [666-of-858]

Fewest Free Throws AttemptedGame: 1 vs. Auburn (3-10-84); at Tennessee (1-5-80); vs. Georgia (2-8-75)

Individual RecordsFree Throws MadeGame: 18, Dwight Anderson vs. Miss. State (1-15-79)Season: 218, Kenny Walker (1984-85)Career: 550, Kenny Walker (1983-86)

Free Throws AttemptedGame: 24, Cliff Hagan vs. Temple (12-18-54)Season: 284, Kenny Walker (1984-85)Career: 733, Kenny Walker (1983-86)

Highest Free Throw PercentageGame (min. 10 att.): 1.000, (30 times), most by Louie Dampier vs. OregonState (12-22-66); last by Jodie Meeks at Vanderbilt (2/17/09) [10-10]Game (min. 15 att.): .944, Cliff Hagan vs. Ole Miss (1-2-52) [17-of-18]Season (min. 50 att.): .912, Kyle Macy (1979-80) [104-of-114]Career (min. 200 att.): ..890, Jodie Meeks (2007-09) [299-336]; Kyle Macy(1978-80) [331-of-372]

FREE THROWS

Team RecordsMost 3-point Field Goals MadeGame: 21 vs. North Carolina (12-27-89) [21-of-48]Season: 340, 1992-93 [340-of-862 in 34 games]

Most 3-point Field Goals AttemptedGame: 53 vs. UL Lafeyette (12-23-89) [15-of-53]Season: 888, 1991-92 [317-of-888 in 36 games]

Highest 3-point Field Goal Pct.Game (min. 10 made): .667 vs. Wake Forest (3-25-93) [16-of-24]Game (min. 20 made): .571 vs. LSU (3-4-95) [20-of-35]Season: .397, 1995-96 [317-of-888 in 36 games]

Individual RecordsMost 3-point Field Goals MadeHalf: 7, Jodie Meeks at Tennessee (1/13/09); Tayshaun Prince vs. NorthCarolina (12-8-01); Derrick Miller vs. Kansas (12-9-89)Game: 10, Jodie Meeks at Tennessee (1/13/09) [10-of-15]Season: 117, Jodie Meeks (12008-09) [117-of-288]Career: 283, Tony Delk (1993-96) [283-of-712]

Most 3-point Field Goals AttemptedGame: 19, Derrick Miller vs. Kansas (12-8-90) [8-of-19]Season: 289, Derrick Miller (1989-90) [99-of-289]Career: 712, Tony Delk (1993-96) [283-of-712]

Highest 3-point Field Goal Pct.Game (min. 5 made): 1.000, Ramel Bradley vs. South Carolina (1-26-08) [5-of-5]; Keith Bogans vs. Tulane (12-10-02) [5-of-5]; Tayshaun Prince vs. South Carolina (2-3-01) [5-of-5]; Jamal Mashburn vs. Wake Forest (3-25-93) [5-of-5] Season (min. 75 att.): .532, Cameron Mills (1996-97) [42-of-79]Season (min. 100 att.): .529, Travis Ford (1992-93) [101-of-191]Career (min. 150 att.): .474, Cameron Mills (1995-98) [81-of-171]

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS

KENTUCKY

RECORDS


KENTUCKY

RECORDS

Team RecordsMost ReboundsGame: 108 vs. Ole Miss (2-8-64)Season: 2,109 (1950-51)

Highest Rebounding AverageSeason: 64.6 (1955-56) [1,680 in 26 games]

Highest Rebounding MarginSeason: 21.5 (1955-56)

Individual RecordsMost ReboundsGame: 34, Bob Burrow vs. Temple (12-10-55);Bill Spivey vs. Xavier (2-13-51)Season: 567, Bill Spivey (1950-51)Career: 1,078, Dan Issel (1968-70)

Highest Rebounding AverageSeason: 17.7, Bob Burrow (1954-55) [459 in 26 games]Career: 16.1, Bob Burrow (1955-56) [823 in 51 games]

Team RecordsMost AssistsGame: 35 vs. San Jose State (3-14-96)Season: 783 (1995-96)

Individual RecordsMost AssistsGame: 16, John Wall vs. Hartford (12-29-09)Season: 241, John Wall (2009-10)Career: 646, Dirk Minniefield (1980-83)

Most Assists Per GameSeason: 6.5, John Wall (2009-10) [241 in 37 games]Career: 5.3, Sean Woods (1990-92) [482 in 91 games]

REBOUNDS ASSISTS

Team RecordsMost BlocksGame: 17 vs. Morehead State (11-20-97)Season: 240 (1997-98)

Individual RecordsMost BlocksGame: 9, Andre Riddick vs. LSU (3-14-93); Sam Bowie vs. Vanderbilt (2-21-81)Season: 83, Andre Riddick (1993-94);Melvin Turpin (1982-83)Career: 268, Jamaal Magloire (1997-00)

Most Blocks Per GameSeason: 2.86, Sam Bowie (1980-81) [80 in 28 games]Career: 2.27, Sam Bowie (1980-81, 84) [218 in 96 games]

BLOCKS

BOB BURROW


Team RecordsMost StealsGame: 23 vs. Tennessee-Martin (11-26-94); vs. Mississippi State (1-9-91)Season: 480 (1996-97)

Individual RecordsMost StealsGame: 8, Rajon Rondo vs. Mississippi State (2-19-05); Wayne Turner vs. George Washington (11-24-97)Season: 87, Rajon Rondo (2004-05)Career: 238, Wayne Turner (1996-99)

Most Steals Per GameSeason: 2.56, Rajon Rondo (2004-05) [87 in 34 games]Career: 2.29, Rajon Rondo (2005-06) [156 in 68 games]

STEALS

KENTUCKY

RECORDS

Team RecordsMost Games PlayedSeason: 40 (1996-97)

WinsMost in a Season: 36 (1947-48) [36-3]Fewest in a Season (20 or more games): 13 (1966-67, 1973-74 and 1988-89)

Longest Win StreakOverall: 32 (Dec. 5, 1953 to Jan. 8, 1955)SEC: 51 (Jan. 28, 1950 to Jan. 8, 1955)

Longest Home Win StreakOverall: 129 (Jan. 4, 1943 to Jan. 8, 1955)SEC: 70 (Jan. 21, 1939 to Jan. 8, 1955)

LossesMost in a Season: 19 (1988-89) [13-19]Fewest in a Season: 0, 1911-12 [9-0] and 1953-54 [25-0]

Longest Losing StreakOverall: 9 (1922-23)SEC: 6 (1988-89)

Personal FoulsMost in a Game: 41 vs. Tennessee (1-21-92); vs. Ohio (1-12-48)Most in a Season: 837 (1991-92)Fewest in a Season: 307 (1944-45)

Individual RecordsMost Games PlayedSeason: 40, Anthony Epps, Jamaal Magloire, Ron Mercer and WayneTurner (1996-97)Career: 151, Wayne Turner (1996-99)Career (SEC): 72, Kenny Walker (1983-86)

Most Games StartedSeason: 40, Ron Mercer (1996-97)Career: 136, Ralph Beard (1946-49)

Most Consecutive Games StartedCareer: 110, Chuck Hayes (Feb. 19, 2002 to Mar. 27, 2005); Alex Groza(Nov. 28, 1946 to Mar. 26, 1949)Career (SEC): 54, Dan Issel (1968-70); Mike Pratt (1968-70); Jack Givens(1975-78)

Most Wins

MISCELLANEOUS

RAJON RONDO


ALL-TIME

RESULTSFinal SEC SEC TOURNAMENT NCAA/NIT TOURNAMENT

Year W L T Pct. Rank H A N W L Pct. Finish W L Finish W L Finish Coach1903 1 2 .333 1-21904 1 4 .250 1-1 0-3 Andrus1905 1 4 .250 1-3 0-11906 5 9 .357 2-3 3-6 Wendt1907 3 6 .333 3-2 Kirby1908 5 6 .455 4-1 1-5 Chambers1909 5 4 .556 4-1 1-3 Chambers1910 4 8 .333 3-2 1-6 Spahr/

Sweetland1911 5 6 .455 3-2 2-4 Iddings1912 9 0 1.000 7-0 2-0 Southern Champions Sweetland1913 5 3 .625 5-3 Tigert1914 12 2 .857 9-0 3-2 Brumage1915 7 5 .583 6-1 1-4 Brumage1916 8 6 .571 4-6 4-0 Park1917 4 6 .400 3-2 1-4 Tuttle1918 9 2 1 .792 5-0 4-1-1 0-1 Boles1919 6 8 .429 3-4 3-4 Gill1920 5 7 .417 3-2 2-5 Buchheit1921 13 1 .929 7-0 2-1 4-0 4 0 &-SIAA Champions Buchheit1922 10 6 .625 5-1 4-4 1-1 3 1 .750 5th 1 1 &-Quarterfinals Buchheit1923 3 10 .231 2-7 1-3 0 5 .000 18th Buchheit1924 13 3 .813 10-1 3-2 0-1 6 2 .750 5th 0 1 &-1st Round Buchheit1925 13 8 .619 8-2 4-5 1-1 6 2 .750 3rd 1 1 %-Quarterfinals Applegran1926 15 3 .833 9-1 4-1 2-1 8 0 1.000 1st 2 1 %-Semifinals Eklund1927 3 13 .188 2-7 1-6 1 6 .143 18th Hayden1928 12 6 .667 6-2 4-3 2-1 8 1 .889 5th 2 1 %-Semifinals Mauer1929 12 5 .706 7-2 3-2 2-1 7 4 .636 6th 1 1 %-Quarterfinals Mauer1930 16 3 .842 12-1 2-1 2-1 9 1 .900 t2nd 2 1 %-Semifinals Mauer1931 15 3 .833 9-0 3-2 3-1 8 2 .800 4th 3 1 %-Runner-Up Rupp1932 15 2 .882 10-1 4-0 1-1 9 1 .900 t1st 1 1 %-Quarterfinals Rupp1933 21 3 .875 10-1 5-2 6-0 8 0 1.000 1st 4 0 SEC Champions Rupp1934 16 1 .941 10-0 5-0 1-1 11 0 1.000 1st 0 1 Quarterfinals Rupp1935 19 2 .905 13-0 5-2 1-0 11 0 1.000 1st Rupp1936 15 6 .714 11-1 3-4 1-1 6 2 .750 1st 1 1 Semifinals Rupp1937 17 5 .773 9-1 3-3 5-1 5 3 .625 1st 3 0 Champions Rupp1938 13 5 .722 9-0 2-4 2-1 6 0 1.000 2nd 0 1 Quarterfinals Rupp1939 16 4 .800 8-1 5-1 3-2 5 2 .714 1st 3 0 Champions Rupp1940 15 6 .714 8-1 2-4 5-1 4 4 .500 7th 3 0 Champions Rupp1941 17 8 .680 9-1 5-4 3-3 8 1 .889 1st 3 1 Runner-Up Rupp1942 19 6 .760 10-0 4-4 5-2 6 2 .750 3rd 4 0 Champions 1 1 Final Four-3rd Rupp1943 17 6 .739 8-1 5-2 4-3 8 1 .889 1st 3 1 Runner-Up 2 1 Rupp1944 19 2 .905 8-0 3-1 8-1 0 0 .000 -- 3 0 Champions 2 1 3rd (NIT) Rupp1945 22 4 .846 9-0 6-2 7-2 5 0 1.000 1st 4 0 Champions 1 1 Elite Eight Rupp1946 28 2 .933 12-0 7-1 9-1 6 0 1.000 1st 4 0 Champions 3 0 Champions (NIT) Rupp1947 34 3 .919 16-0 8-1 10-2 11 0 1.000 1st 4 0 Champions 2 1 Runner-Up (NIT) Rupp1948 36 3 .923 11-0 13-2 12-1 9 0 1.000 1st 4 0 Champions 3 0 Final Four-Champions Rupp

Kentucky also won the 1948 World Championships, claiming the gold medal at the ‘48 Olympic Games in London.1949 32 2 .941 1st/-- 10-0 8-0 14-2 13 0 1.000 1st 4 0 Champions 3 0 Final Four-Champions Rupp1950 25 5 .833 3rd/-- 10-0 6-4 9-1 11 2 .846 1st 3 0 Champions 0 1 1st Round (NIT) Rupp1951 32 2 .941 1st/1st 14-0 8-1 10-1 14 0 1.000 1st 4 0 Champions 4 0 Final Four-Champions Rupp1952 29 3 .906 1st/1st 12-0 8-1 9-2 14 0 1.000 1st 4 0 Champions 1 1 Elite Eight Rupp1953 Under suspension by NCAA...No offical games played1954 25 0 1.000 1st/2nd 16-0 5-0 4-0 14 0 1.000 t1st Declined NCAA berth Rupp1955 23 3 .885 2nd/2nd 13-1 8-1 2-1 12 2 .857 1st 1 1 Sweet 16 Rupp1956 20 6 .769 9th/NR 11-2 6-2 3-2 12 2 .857 2nd 1 1 Elite Eight Rupp1957 23 5 .821 3rd/3rd 14-2 6-3 3-0 12 2 .857 1st 1 1 Elite Eight Rupp1958 23 6 .793 9th/14th 14-1 5-4 4-1 12 2 .857 1st 4 0 Final Four-Champions Rupp1959 24 3 .889 2nd/2nd 13-0 7-2 4-1 12 2 .857 t2nd 1 1 Sweet 16 Rupp1960 18 7 .720 NR/NR 11-3 4-4 3-0 10 4 .714 3rd Rupp1962 23 3 .885 3rd/3rd 14-2 6-0 3-1 13 1 .929 t1st 1 1 Elite Eight Rupp


Final SEC SEC TOURNAMENT NCAA/NIT TOURNAMENTYear W L T Pct. Rank H A N W L Pct. Finish W L Finish W L Finish Coach1963 16 9 .640 NR/NR 10-5 4-4 2-0 8 6 .571 5th Rupp1964 21 6 .778 4th/3rd 13-1 4-3 4-2 11 3 .786 1st 0 2 Sweet 16 Rupp1965 15 10 .600 NR/NR 11-3 4-5 0-2 10 6 .625 5th Rupp1966 27 2 .931 1st/1st 13-0 10-1 4-1 15 1 .938 1st 3 1 Final Four-Runner-Up Rupp1967 13 13 .500 NR/NR 8-7 4-6 1-0 8 10 .444 t5th Rupp1968 22 5 .815 4th/4th 14-1 7-3 1-1 15 3 .833 1st 1 1 Elite Eight Rupp1969 23 5 .821 7th/7th 12-1 9-2 2-2 16 2 .889 1st 1 1 Sweet 16 Rupp1970 26 2 .929 1st/1st 15-0 8-1 3-1 17 1 .944 1st 1 1 Elite Eight Rupp1971 22 6 .786 10th/-- 12-1 10-2 0-3 16 2 .889 1st 0 2 Sweet 16 Rupp1972 21 7 .750 18th/14th 12-1 7-4 2-2 14 4 .778 t1st 1 1 Elite Eight Rupp1973 20 8 .714 17th/15th 11-2 7-4 2-2 14 4 .889 1st 1 1 Elite Eight Hall1974 13 13 .500 NR/NR 9-3 4-7 0-3 9 9 .500 t4th Hall1975 26 5 .839 2nd/4th 12-0 7-4 7-1 15 3 .833 t1st 4 1 Final Four-Runner-Up Hall1976 20 10 .667 NR/NR 11-1 4-7 5-2 11 7 .611 t4th 4 0 Champion (NIT) Hall1977 26 4 .867 6th/5th 12-2 10-1 4-1 16 2 .889 t1st 2 1 Elite Eight Hall1978 30 2 .938 1st/1st 16-0 8-2 6-0 16 2 .889 1st 5 0 Final Four-Champion Hall1979 19 12 .613 NR/NR 11-3 4-7 4-2 10 8 .556 6th 3 1 Runner-Up 0 1 1st Round (NIT) Hall1980 29 6 .829 4th/3rd 12-3 9-1 8-2 15 3 .833 1st 2 1 Semifinals 1 1 Sweet 16 Hall1981 22 6 .786 8th/8th 15-0 7-3 0-3 15 3 .833 2nd 0 1 Quarterfinals 0 1 2nd Round Hall1982 22 8 .733 8th/9th 15-1 6-5 1-2 13 5 .722 t1st 2 1 Semifinals 0 1 1st Round Hall1983 23 8 .742 12th/12th 14-1 6-5 3-2 13 5 .722 1st 0 1 Quarterfinals 2 1 Elite Eight Hall1984 29 5 .853 3rd/3rd 16-0 8-4 5-1 14 4 .778 1st 3 0 Champions 3 1 Final Four Hall1985 18 13 .581 NR/NR 11-3 4-8 3-2 11 7 .611 t3rd 0 1 Quarterfinals 2 1 Sweet 16 Hall1986 32 4 .889 3rd/3rd 18-0 10-3 4-1 17 1 .944 1st 3 0 Champions 3 1 Elite Eight Sutton1987 18 11 .621 NR/NR 13-2 5-6 0-3 10 8 .556 t3rd 0 1 Quarterfinals 0 1 1st Round Sutton1988 25 5 .833 6th/6th 14-2 6-3 5-0 13 5 .722 1st* 3 0 Champions* Sutton1989 13 19 .406 NR/NR 8-5 2-10 3-4 8 10 .444 t6th 0 1 Quarterfinals Sutton1990 14 14 .500 NR/NR 13-2 1-10 0-2 10 8 .556 t4th@ Pitino1991 22 6 .786 9th/-- 13-0 7-6 2-0 14 4 .778 2nd SEC/1st East Pitino1992 29 7 .806 6th/6th 15-2 5-4 9-1 12 4 .750 2nd SEC/1st East 3 0 Champions 3 1 Elite Eight Pitino1993 30 4 .882 6th/3rd 16-0 7-3 7-1 13 3 .813 2nd SEC/2nd East 3 0 Champions 4 1 Final Four Pitino1994 27 7 .794 7th/8th 13-1 5-4 9-2 12 4 .750 2nd SEC/1st East 3 0 Champions 1 1 2nd Round Pitino1995 28 5 .848 2nd/5th 12-1 7-2 9-2 14 2 .875 1st SEC/1st East 3 0 Champions 3 1 Elite Eight Pitino1996 34 2 .944 1st/2nd 13-0 8-0 13-2 16 0 1.000 1st SEC/1st East 2 1 Runner-Up 6 0 Champions Pitino1997 35 5 .825 2nd/5th 12-1 7-3 16-1 13 3 .813 2nd SEC/2nd East 3 0 Champions 5 1 Final Four-Runner-Up Pitino1998 35 4 .897 5th/1st 9-3 11-0 15-1 14 2 .875 1st SEC/1st East 3 0 Champions 6 0 Champions Smith1999 28 9 .757 8th/t5th 12-1 4-5 12-3 11 5 .688 3rd SEC/2nd East 3 0 Champions 3 1 Elite Eight Smith2000 23 10 .757 19th/20th 14-0 5-5 4-5 12 4 .750 t1st SEC/t1st East 0 1 Quarterfinals 1 1 2nd Round Smith2001 24 10 .706 9th/8th 11-1 7-5 6-4 12 4 .750 t1st SEC/t1st East 3 0 Champions 2 1 Sweet 16 Smith2002 22 10 .688 16th/13th 12-3 5-4 5-3 10 6 .625 t2nd SEC/t1st East 0 1 Quarterfinals 2 1 Sweet 16 Smith2003 32 4 .889 1st/4th 12-1 10-1 10-2 16 0 1.000 1st SEC/1st East 3 0 Champions 3 1 Elite Eight Smith2004 27 5 .844 2nd/8th 11-2 7-2 9-1 13 3 .813 2nd SEC/1st East 3 0 Champions 1 1 2nd Round Smith2005 28 6 .824 7th/5th 14-1 7-3 7-2 14 2 .875 1st SEC/1st East 2 1 Runner-Up 3 1 Elite Eight Smith2006 22 13 .629 NR/RV 10-5 6-4 6-4 9 7 .563 6th SEC/3rd East 2 1 Semifinals 1 1 2nd Round Smith2007 22 12 .647 RV/RV 14-2 4-6 4-4 9 7 .563 4th SEC/4th East 1 1 Quarterfinals 1 1 2nd Round Smith2008 18 13 .581 NR/NR 14-4 4-6 0-3 12 4 .750 3rd SEC/2nd East 0 1 Quarterfinals 0 1 1st Round Gillispie2009 22 14 .611 NR/NR 13-6 5-7 4-1 8 8 .500 7th SEC/4th East 1 1 Quarterfinals 2 1 Quarterfinals (NIT) Gillispie2010 35 3 .921 2/5 18-0 7-2 10-1 14 2 .875 1st SEC/1st East 3 0 Champions 3 1 Elite Eight Calipari

&- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; %-Southern Conference; *-Vacated due to NCAA sanctions; From 1933-50 the SEC Champion was determined by a tournament, except for 1935.Rankings - AP/UPI (Coaches Poll); @-Not eligible for title due to NCAA sanctions


AAllan Abramson (Mgr.) (44)John Adams (63, 64, 65)Don Adkins (63 64, 65)Earl Adkins (55, 57, 58)Paul Adkins (21, 22)Marvin Akers (41, 42, 43)Charles Alberts (25, 26)Charles Aleksinas (78)Ermal Allen (40, 41, 42)Shagari Alleyne (2004, 05, 06)Ed Allin (45)Desmond Allison (1999, 00)Sean Alteri (Mgr.) (97)Carl Althaus (43)H.M. Amoss (1904)Derek Anderson (96, 97)Dwight Anderson (79)Milerd Anderson (34, 35, 36)Jim Andrews (71, 72, 73)Paul Andrews (84, 85, 86, 87)Lee Andrus (1903, 04)Myron Anthony (98)Phil Argento (67, 68, 69)R.H. Arnett (1904)Jay Atkerson (Mgr.) (57, 58, 59)Randy Azbill (Mgr.) (84, 85)Kelenna Azubuike (2003, 04, 05)

BH.A. Babb (Mgr.) (1911)Adrian Back (42)Stanley Baer (1905, 06, 07)Scotty Baesler (62, 63)Mike Ballenger (82)R.C. Barbee (1906, 07, 09)Antwain Barbour (2003, 04)Cliff Barker (47, 48, 49)Bill Barlow (43)B. Barnett (1911, 12, 13)Dale Barnstable (47, 48, 49, 50)Bobby Barton (Mgr.) (67)Arthur Bash (1918)Arthur Bastin (1918)Dickey Beal (81, 82, 83, 84)Ralph Beard (46, 47, 48, 49)

Bret Bearup (81, 83, 84, 85)Todd Bearup (91)Ed Beck (56, 57, 58)Cecil Bell (31)Winston Bennett (84, 85, 86, 88)Cliff Berger (66, 67, 68)Henry Besuden (26)Bill Bibb (54)Arthur Bicknell (40)Doug Billips (Mgr.) (69, 70)Jerry Bird (54, 55, 56)James Blackmon (84, 85, 86, 87)Crittenden Blair (34)Eric Bledsoe (2010)J.P. Blevins (1999, 00, 01, 02)Harry Bliss (35)Keith Bogans (2000, 01, 02, 03)J. David Bolen (Mgr.) (96, 97, 98)Ralph Boren (24)Brad Bounds (66, 67)Sam Bowie (80, 81, 84)Junior Braddy (90, 91, 92, 93)Michael Bradley (1998, 99)Ramel Bradley (2005, 06, 07, 08)Bob Brannum (44, 47)Jeff Brassow (90, 91, 93, 94)D.P. Branson (1905, 06)Wayne Breeden (Mgr.) (83)John Brewer (55, 56, 57)Leo Brewer (1908)Melvin Brewer (41, 42, 43)G.C. Bridges (1910)Chris Briggs (Mgr.) (2002, 03, 04)Jake Bronston (30, 31)Dale Brown (92, 93)Steve Bruce (87)T.R. Bryant (1905, 06, 07)Nathanial Buis (44)Carey Burchett (Mgr.) (34)Carroll Burchett (60, 61, 62)L.S. Burhham (19, 20, 22, 23)Bob Burrow (55, 56)Bill Busey (68)Kirk Byars (Mgr.) (63)Leroy Byrd (84, 85, 86)

CCraig Callihan (Mgr.) (2008, 09)Gerry Calvert (55, 56, 57)Jules Camara (1999, 00, 02, 03)George Campbell (Mgr.) (35)Kenton Campbell (45, 46)Patrick Campbell (1917, 18)Will Campbell (Mgr.) (2007, 08, 09)Burgess Carey (25, 26)Ralph Carlisle (35, 36, 37)Armiel Carman (Mgr.) (1916)Josh Carrier (2002, 03, 04, 05)Rashaad Carruth (2002)Jared Carter (2006, 07, 08, 09)Dwane Casey (76, 77, 78, 79)Mike Casey (68, 69, 71)Billy Ray Cassady (56, 57, 58)J.S. Chambers (Mgr.) (1909)Rex Chapman (87, 88)Truman Claytor (76, 77, 78, 79)Steve Clevenger (66, 67, 68)Marion Cluggish (38, 39, 40)Bennie Coffman (59, 60)Sid Cohen (59, 60)L. Collinsworth (56, 57, 58)Carl Combs (40)Cecil Combs (28, 29, 30)Charles Combs (38)Larry Conley (64, 65, 66)Jimmy Dan Conner (73, 74, 75)Joe Coons (1905)Anthony Cooper (90)Bernard Coté (2003, 04)Mark Coury (2007, 08)DeMarcus Cousins (2010)Fred Cowan (78, 79, 80, 81)Jeremiah Cox (Mgr.) (2004, 05, 06)Johnny Cox (57, 58, 59)Hugh Coy (54)Joe Crawford (2005, 06, 07, 08)John Crigler (56, 57, 58)George Critz (64)Larry Crosby (Mgr.) (65)John S. Crosthwaite (1910)Albert Cummins (47)Fred Curtis (37, 38, 39)

ALL-TIME

LETTERMEN


DLouie Dampier (65, 66, 67)Erik Daniels (2001, 02, 03, 04)Darrell Darby (31, 32, 33)Howard Dardeen (59)Ed Davender (85, 86, 87, 88)A.J. Davis (Mgr.) (2006)Berkley Davis (34)Bruce Davis (36)Johnathon Davis (89, 90, 91)Mulford Davis (43, 46, 47)Robert Davis (37)William Davis (33, 34)David Deaton (Mgr.) (89)Ted Deeken (62, 63, 64)Claire Dees (27, 28, 29)Tony Delk (93, 94, 95, 96)John “Frenchy” DeMoisey(32, 33, 34)

Truitt DeMoisey (44)Harry Denham (39)Rodney Dent (93, 94)Jim Dinwiddie (69, 70, 71)J.A. Dishman (1918, 19)Darnell Dodson (2010)A.L. Dolan (1906)Mike Dolan (Mgr.) (52, 54)Warfield Donohue (35, 36, 37)H.H. Downing (1908)Pat Doyle (63)Rick Drewitz (72, 73, 74)Hunter Durham (Mgr.) (61, 62)James Durham (45)

ERay Edelman (72, 73, 74)Allen Edwards (95, 96, 97, 98)Leroy Edwards (35) Russell Ellington (35, 36)LeRon Ellis (88, 89)Randy Embry (63, 64, 65)Kenneth England (41, 42)Anthony Epps (94, 95, 96, 97)Marquis Estill (2001, 02, 03)Bill Evans (52, 54, 55)Heshimu Evans (98, 99)William Evans (Mgr.) (42)J.C. Everett (1919, 20)

FH.L. Farmer (1912, 13)Richie Farmer (89, 90, 91, 92)Keith Farnsely (39, 40, 41)John Farris (Mgr.) (92, 94, 95)J.B. Faulconer (Mgr.) (39)

Allen Feldhaus (60, 61, 62)Deron Feldhaus (89, 90, 91, 92)John Ferguson (Mgr.) (71)Fred Fest (23)Gerald Fitch (2001, 02, 03, 04)Garrett Fitzpatrick (Mgr.) (41)George Fletcher (Mgr.) (80, 81)Chigger Flynn (Mgr.) (56)Mike Flynn (73, 74, 75)Bob Fowler (76)Travis Ford (92, 93, 94)W.C. Fox (1907, 08, 09)Jeremy French (Mgr.) (2007, 08, 09))

GJ.H. Gaiser (1910, 11, 12)Kevin Galloway (2009)Gary Gamble (66, 67, 68)Kenneth Gayheart (Mgr.)(90, 91, 92, 94)

Robert Gayheart (Mgr.) (89)D.J. Geddes (Mgr.) (2001, 02, 03, 04, 05)Chris Gettelfinger (80, 81)Elmer Gilb (29)Jeff Ginnan (89)Jack Givens (75, 76, 77, 78)Max Glickman (1918)James Goforth (35, 36, 37)Zach Goines (Mgr.) (96, 97, 98, 99)James Goodman (38, 39)Steve Goodson (Mgr.) (2002, 03, 04, 05)Phil Grawemeyer (54, 55, 56)Sean Gray (Mgr.) (94, 95, 96, 97)Kevin Grevey (73, 74, 75)William Griffeth (Mgr.) (29)Alex Groza (45, 47, 48, 49)George Gumbert (1914, 15, 16)Bob Guyette (73, 74, 75)J. White Guyn (1904)

HCliff Hagan (51, 52, 54)Joseph Hagan (36, 37, 38)Jerry Hale (73, 74, 75)Dan Hall (75)Mark Halsell (2009)Reggie Hanson (88, 89, 90, 91)Roger Harden (83, 84, 85, 86)Philip Haring (Mgr.) (36, 38)Sam Harper (63, 64)Tom Harper (64)Carson Harreld (Mgr.) (65, 66)Josh Harrellson (2009, 10)Ramon Harr is (2007, 08, 09, 10)Chris Harrison (92, 93, 94, 95)

W.C. Harrison (1911, 12)D.W. Hart (1911, 12, 16)Merion Haskins (75, 76, 77)Vernon Hatton (56, 57, 58)Cliff Hawkins (2001, 02, 03, 04)Basil Hayden (1920, 21, 22)Chuck Hayes (2002, 03, 04, 05)Elmo Head (37, 38, 39)Matt Heissenbuttel (2001, 02, 03, 04)Tom Heitz (80, 82, 83, 84)G. Foster Helm (25, 27)J.H. Herman (1906)Will Herschelman (Mgr.) (06,07,08, 09)Walter Hirsch (49, 50, 51)Walter Hodge (37)Ryan Hogan (98, 99)Joe Holland (46, 47, 48)Joey Holland (76)Kent Hollenbeck (70, 71, 72)Jon Hood (2010)Derrick Hord (80, 81, 82, 83)Aaron Howard (Mgr.)(1998, 99, 00, 01, 02)

Mike Howard (Mgr.) (96, 97, 98)Dick Howe (57, 58)Lee Huber (39, 40, 41)C.T. Hughes (24, 25)Lowell Hughes (58, 59)Harry Hurd (62)Charles Hurt (80, 81, 82, 83)

IR.Y. Ireland (1916, 17)Charles Ishmael (63, 64)Dan Issel (68, 69, 70)

JRalph Jackowski (38)Thad Jaracz (66, 67, 68)Derrick Jasper (2007, 08)Irvine Jeffries (28)Cedric Jenkins (85, 86, 87, 88)Paul Jenkins (26, 27, 28)Ned Jennings (59, 60, 61)Herbert Jerome (34)Danny Jett (Mgr.) (2003)Ellis Johnson (31, 32, 33)Larry Johnson (74, 75, 76, 77)Phil Johnson (56, 58, 59)Walter Johnson (44)Chris Jones (89)Wallace Jones (46, 47, 48, 49)James Jordan (47, 48)David Judy (Mgr.) (2000, 01 02)

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KPat Kelly (1905)William P. Kemper (Mgr.) (05)Ron Kennett (64)Stan Key (70, 71, 72)Jeff Kidder (Mgr.) (89)James King (40, 41, 42)William King (21, 22, 24)A.M. Kirby (1907)William Kleiser (32)Edwin Knadler (27)Mark Krebs (2008, 09, 10)Howard Kreuter (32, 33)Tommy Kron (64, 65, 66)

LArt Laib (68)Ed Lander (42, 43)Bo Lanter (80, 81, 82)Jason Lathrem (96)Bob Lavin (20, 21, 22)Dave Lawrence (33, 34, 35)Roger Layne (51)James Lee (75, 76, 77, 78)Ken Lehkamp (Mgr.) (56, 57)Jim LeMaster (66, 67, 68)Preston LeMaster (2003, 04, 05, 06)Larry Lentz (66)Morris Levin (Mgr.) (31)Garland Lewis (34, 35, 36)Billy Ray Lickert (59, 60, 61)DeAndre Liggins (2009, 10)James Line (47, 48, 49, 50)Shelby Linville (50, 51, 52)Ercel Little (32)Steve Lochmueller (73, 74)Robert Lock (85, 86, 87, 88)Dutch Longworth (1917)Ronnie Lyons (72, 73, 74)

MKyle Macy (78, 79, 80)Richard Madison (85, 86, 87, 88)Jamaal Magloire (97, 98, 99, 00)Eric Manuel (88)Dustin Marr (Mgr.) (2006, 07, 08)B.G. Marsh (18)Gimel Martinez (91, 92, 93, 94)F.L. Marx (1910, 11)Jamal Mashburn (91, 92, 93)Steve Masiello (97, 98, 99, 00)Luke Mason (Mgr.) (2007, 08)Jim Master (81, 82, 83, 84)James Mathewson (42)Charles Maxson (Mgr.) (33)

Jack May (Mgr.) (35, 36)John McAdam (Mgr.) (70)Paul McBrayer (28, 29, 30)Walter McCarty (94, 95, 96)Bob McCowan (69, 72)Jim McDonald (60, 61, 62)James McFarland (24, 25, 26)Skip McGaw (90)Lawrence McGinnis (28, 29, 30)Louis McGinnis (29, 30, 31)Dan McHale (Mgr.) (1998, 99, 00, 01)James McIntosh (37)Troy McKinley (82, 83, 84, 85)J. McKinney (Mgr.) (36, 37)C.F. Meadors (1912)Jodie Meeks (2007, 08, 09)Ron Mercer (96, 97)Hub Metry (Mgr.) (64, 65)Darius Miller (2009, 10)Derrick Miller (87, 88, 89, 90)Cameron Mills (95, 96, 97, 98)Chris Mills (89)Don Mills (58, 59, 60)Ray Mills (55, 56, 57)Terry Mills (69, 70, 71)Stanley Milward (28, 29, 30)Will Milward (24, 25)Dirk Minniefield (80, 81, 82, 83)Terry Mobley (63, 64, 65)Nazr Mohammed (96, 97, 98)Gayle Mohney (26)Bob Moore (Mgr.) (50, 51, 52)Caleb Moore (Mgr.) (2000, 01, 02, 03)Eric Moore (Mgr.) (89)Ralph Morgan (1913, 14, 15)Jonathan Morris (Mgr.) (2005)Randolph Morris (2005, 06, 07)Jeff Morrow (Mgr.) (89, 90, 91, 92)Tom Moseley (44)Ravi Moss (2003, 04, 05, 06)Kevin Murphy (Mgr.) (98, 99, 00)Zach Murphy (Mgr.) (2005,06,07,08)

NCotton Nash (62, 63, 64)Alonzo Nelson (45)Roger Newman (61)C.M. Newton (51)Tommy Nichols (36)Brad Noe (Mgr.) (2006)Paul Noel (43)Randy Noll (70)

OLukasz Obrzut (2004, 05, 06, 07)

Dan Omlor (Mgr.) (64)Bernard Opper (37, 38, 39)Daniel Orton (2010)Hays Owens (28, 29, 30)

PScott Padgett (95, 97, 98, 99)Harold Park (Mgr.) (45)James Park (1914)Clyde Parker (43)Ed Parker (Mgr.) (1919)J. Ed Parker (45, 46, 47)Jason Parker (2001)Tom Parker (70, 71, 72)Jack Parkinson (44, 45, 46, 48)Michael Parks (90)Dick Parsons (59, 60, 61)Patrick Patterson (2008, 09, 10)Tom Payne (71)Bart Peak (1917)Leonard Pearson (50)John Pelphrey (89, 90, 91, 92)Doug Pendygraft (62)E.S. Penick (43)Bobby Perry (2004, 05, 06, 07)Dwight Perry (2007, 08, 09)Dan Perry (72)George Perry (Mgr.)(54)Mike Phillips (75, 76, 77, 78)Frank Phipps (27)Wayne Plummer (1909)Randy Pool (68, 69)Mark Pope (95, 96)Michael Porter (2007, 08, 09)Tommy Porter (66, 67, 68)Shelby Post (1908, 09)Sam Potter (34)William Poynz (21, 23)Mike Pratt (68, 69, 70)R.C. Preston (1911, 12, 13, 14)Jared Prickett (93, 94, 95, 97)Tayshaun Prince (99, 00, 01, 02)Linville Puckett (54)Larry Pursiful (60, 61, 62)

RFrank Ramsey (51, 52, 54)Lloyd Ramsey (41, 42)Tripp Ramsey (Mgr.) (76, 77)Robert Reynolds (32)Rodrick Rhodes (93, 94, 95)A.T. Rice (23, 24)S.H. Ridgeway (20, 21)Andre Riddick (92, 93, 94, 95)Carl Riefkin (23, 24)

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Pat Riley (65, 66, 67)R.N. Roark (1904)Roy Roberts (62, 63)Rick Robey (75, 76, 77, 78)Al Robinson (59)William “Doc” Rodes (1917)William Rodes (1909, 10)Karl Rohs (25)Don Rolfes (63)Kenneth Rollins (43, 47, 48)Rajon Rondo (2005, 06)Van Buren Ropke (27)Gayle Rose (52, 54, 55)Harold Ross (56, 57, 58)Ben Roth (Mgr.) (1915)Layton Rouse (38, 39, 40)Willie Rouse (54)Herky Rupp (61)Tony Russell (Mgr.) (94, 95, 96, 97)

SForest Sale (31, 32, 33)Chad Sanders (Mgr.) (2007, 08, 09)Matt Scherbenske (2008)Charles Schrader (1914, 17)Wilber Schu (44, 45, 46)Herschel Scott (1913, 14, 15)Mike Scott (87, 88, 89)Jason Seamonds (Mgr.) (98, 99)Cory Sears (2001, 02)Jim Server (1915, 16)Evan Settle (33, 34)A.P. Shanklin (1918)Shelby Shanklin (1908)James Sharpe (27)Jeff Sheppard (94, 95, 96, 98)Jay Shidler (77, 78, 79, 80)Terry Shigg (87)Oliver Simmons (96)Glenn Sims (Mgr.) (73)Rekalin Sims (2006)George Skinner (33)Landon Slone (2009)Bobby Slusher (59)Adrian Smith (57, 58)Bill Smith (56, 57, 58)Doug Smith (Mgr.) (2006)G.J. Smith (73, 74, 75)G.K. Smith (21, 23)Saul Smith (98, 99, 00, 01)Mark Soderberg (70)Patrick Sparks (2005, 06)Carey Spicer (29, 30, 31)Bill Spivey (50, 51)Vincent Splane (42)

Carl Staker (40, 41, 42)Larry Stamper (71, 72, 73)Larry Steele (69, 70, 71)Tim Stephens (77, 78)Perry Stevenson (2007, 08, 09, 10)A.J. Stewart (2008, 09)Gene Stewart (67)Bobby Stilz (67)C.P. St. John (1904)Brian Stocker (Mgr.) (94, 95, 96, 97)Brandon Stockton (2003, 04, 05, 06)Marvin Stone (2000, 01)N. Stone (1908)John Strogh (45, 48)Guy Strong (50)William Sturgill (45, 46)Don Sullivan (Mgr.) (78, 79)Anthony Summers (Mgr.) (98, 99, 00)Bill Surface (Mgr.) (55)Sean Sutton (88, 89)Todd Svoboda (93)

TTodd Tackett (1999, 00)Bob Tallent (66)Spencer Tatum (Mgr.)(89, 90, 91, 92)

Vincent Tatum (Mgr.) (91, 92)Bob Taylor (35)Alan Theobald (Mgr.) (68)H.C. Thomas (1918, 19)Henry Thomas (91, 92)Irving Thomas (86, 87)Roger Thomas (Mgr.) (82, 83)Sheray Thomas (2004, 05, 06, 07)Homer Thompson (37, 38, 39)Tommy Thompson (Mgr.) (60)Milton Ticco (41, 42, 43)E.J. Tierney (35)Clarence Tillman (79)Aminu Timberlake (92, 93)Jack Tingle (44, 45, 46, 47)Carlos Toomer (91, 92)Garland Townes (50)Bill Trott (31)Lou Tsioropoulos (51, 52, 54)Jack Tucker (33, 34, 35)Wayne Turner (96, 97, 98, 99)Melvin Turpin (81, 82, 83, 84)Paul Turrell (35)William P. Tuttle (1912, 13, 14 15)

UEiki Umezaki (Mgr.) (89)Lovell Underwood (24, 25, 26)

VChuck Verderber (79, 80, 81, 82)Frank Vogel (Mgr.) (96)George Vulich (44, 45)

WAntoine Walker (95, 96)J. Rice Walker (36, 37, 38)Kenny Walker (83, 84, 85, 86)John Wall (2010)Reggie Warford (76)L.B. Waters (1905)Robert Watson (50, 51, 52)A.J. Weisenberger (1911, 13)Wylie B. Wendt (1906)Leo Wenkley (Mgr.) (30)Clint Wheeler (71)Lucian Whitaker (50, 51, 52)Waller White (40, 41, 42)Don Whitehead (44)James Wilhelm (21)W.G. Wilkinson (23)Adam Williams (2006)LaVon Williams (77, 78, 79, 80)Morakinyo Williams (2008)Maury Wilson (1906, 07, 08)W.C. Wilson (1913)Phil Whitt (Trn.) (77)Sean Woods (90, 91, 92)Charles Worthington (31, 32)H.J. Wurtele (1904)

YGeorge Yates (30, 31, 33)Humzey Yessin (Mgr.) (46, 47, 48, 49)Rudy Yessin (44)

ZGeorge Zerfoss (1916, 18)Karl Zerfoss (1913, 15, 16)Tom Zerfoss (1914)Todd Ziegler (85, 86)



2010-11 WILDCATS

AT A GLANCE

6-11 • 272 • Fr.Istanbul, Turkey

Stoneridge Prep (Calif.)

ENES KANTERForward

0

2nd Season at UKClarion, ’82

JOHN CALIPARIHead Coach

2nd Season at UKPittsburgh, ’95

ORLANDO ANTIGUAAssistant Coach

6-7 • 230 • Jr.Maysville, Ky.Maysville, Ky.

DARIUS MILLERGuard

1

6-4 • 203 • Fr.Jacksonville, Fla.Providence HS

STACEY POOLEGuard

2

6-7 • 205 • So.Madisonville, Ky.North Hopkins HS

JON HOODGuard

4

6-6 • 215 • Jr.Chicago, Ill.FIndlay Prep

DEANDRE LIGGINSGuard

34

2nd Season at UKDenison, ’86

JOHN ROBICAssistant Coach

6-8 • 250 • Jr.Portland, Ore.Jefferson HS

TERRENCE JONESForward

3

6-11 • 239 • Jr.Moca, Dominican Republic

Miami-Dade CC (Fla.)

ELOY VARGASForward

30

1st Season at UKLouisville, ’03

KENNY PAYNEAssistant Coach

6-3 • 195 • Fr.Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Pine Crest HS

BRANDON KNIGHTGuard

12

6-4 • 210 • Fr.Queens, N.Y.

Oak Hill Academy

DORON LAMBGuard

20

6-2 • 180 • Fr.Nicholasville, Ky.

West Jessamine HS

JARROD POLSONGuard

5

6-10 • 275 • Sr.St. Charles, Mo.

SW Illinois College

JOSH HARRELLSONForward

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MAKING HISTORYAfter reaching the Elite Eight last season,the Kentucky basketball program made his-tory with five first round picks in the 2010NBA Draft. From left: DeMarcus Cousins(5th, Sacramento Kings); Eric Bledsoe (18th,Los Angeles Clippers via trade withOklahoma City Thunder); Patrick Patterson(14th, Houston Rockets); John Wall (1st,Washington Wizards); Daniel Orton (29th,Orlando Magic).

DEJA BLUEFor the second straight year, Kentucky bas-ketball has landed the nation’s top-rankedrecruiting class for the 2010-11 season.From left: Doron Lamb; Eloy Vargas;Brandon Knight; Enes Kanter; TerrenceJones and Stacey Poole

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