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This Kentucky team belongs to the Harrison Twins

The potential of the Harrison Twins was always there but it didn’t truly manifest until the NCAA tournament.

Andrew Harrison - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

– photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

The Harrison Twins, Andrew and , were supposed to be  Wildcats for one season and one season only. After all, Andrew was the top ranked point guard and Aaron was the top ranked shooting guard in arguably the most talented recruiting class of all time. Andrew was projected as a top ten draft pick and Aaron was a fringe lottery pick.

But their freshman year at Kentucky turned out to be something other than a one stop layover on the way to NBA stardom. Their reps as killers on the court quickly dissolved as their body language painted them as pouters and crybabies.  They quickly drew the ire of Big Blue Nation as their on-the-court demeanor did nothing to improve their play. Andrew struggled at times to run the offense and Aaron wasn't exactly the knock down shooter that he was thought to be as a recruit, and both had difficulty guarding smaller, quicker guards.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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