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Kentucky Rebounding Records

Career Leaders

Totals

  Player Seasons G Avg Reb
1 1968-70 83 13 1078
2 1951-52, 54 91 11.4 1038
3 1951-52, 54 77 13.4 1035
4 Johnny Cox 1957-59 84 12 1004
5 Cotton Nash 1962-64 78 12.3 962
6 Oscar Tshiebwe 2022-23 66 14.4 952
7 1983-86 132 7.1 942
8 2002-05 134 6.8 910
9 1980-81, 84 96 8.8 843
10 Rick Robey 1975-78 105 8 838

 

Average (min. 60 games)

  Player Seasons G Reb Avg
1 Oscar Tshiebwe 2022-23 66 952 14.4
2 Cliff Hagan 1951-52, 54 77 1035 13.4
3 Dan Issel 1968-70 83 1,078 13
4 Cotton Nash 1962-64 78 962 12.3
5 Johnny Cox 1957-59 84 1,004 12
6 Frank Ramsey 1951-52, 54 91 1,038 11.4
7 Ed Beck 1956-58 78 783 10
8 Phil Grawemeyer 1953-56 71 703 9.9
9 1971-73 80 783 9.8
10 Don Mills 1957-59 71 669 9.4

 


Single-Season Leaders

Totals

  Player Season  G Avg Reb
1 Bill Spivey 1950-51 33 17.2 567
2 Cliff Hagan 1951-52 32 16.5 528
3 Oscar Tshiebwe 2021-22 34 15.1 515
4 1954-55 26 17.7 459
5 Oscar Tshiebwe 2022-23 32 13.7 437
6 Frank Ramsey 1950-51 34 12.8 434
7 Julius Randle 2013-14 40 10.4 417
8 Anthony Davis 2011-12 40 10.4 415
9 Frank Ramsey 1951-52 32 12 383
10 Dan Issel 1968-69 28 13.6 381
11 Ed Beck 1956-57 27 14.1 380
12 2009-10 38 9.8 374
13 Dan Issel 1969-70 28 13.2 369

 

Average

  Player Season  G Reb Avg
1 Bob Burrow 1954-55 26 459 17.7
2 Bill Spivey 1950-51 33 567 17.2
3 Cliff Hagan 1951-52 32 528 16.5
4 Oscar Tshiebwe 2021-22 34 515 15.1
5 Bob Burrow 1955-56 25 364 14.6
6 Ed Beck 1956-57 27 380 14.1
7 Oscar Tshiebwe 2022-23 32 437 13.7
8 Dan Issel 1968-69 28 381 13.6
9 Cliff Hagan 1953-54 25 338 13.5
10 Cotton Nash 1961-62 26 345 13.3
10 Dan Issel 1969-70 28 369 13.2
11 Don Mills 1959-60 25 323 12.9

 


Single-Game Highs

  Player Opp (Date) Reb
1 Bob Burrow Temple (12-10-55) 34
  Bill Spivey Xavier (2-13-51) 34
3 Cotton Nash Ole Miss (2-8-64) 30
  Cotton Nash Temple (12-18-61) 30
5 Dan Issel LSU (2-22-69) 29
6 Oscar Tshiebwe Western Kentucky (12/22/21) 28
  Tennessee (1-10-76) 28
8 Dan Issel Xavier (11-30-68) 24
  Dan Issel Florida (12-4-67) 24
  Don Mills S. California (12-5-59) 24

Team Records

Most Rebounds

Game 108 vs. Ole Miss (2/8/1964)
Season 2,109 1950-51

Highest Rebound Average

Season 64.6 1955-56 [1,680 in 26 games]

Highest Rebounding Margin

Season 21.5 1955-56

 


Individual Records

Most Rebounds

Game 34 Bob Burrow vs. Temple (12/10/1955)
    Bill Spivey vs. Xavier (2/13/1951)
Season  567 Bill Spivey (1950-51)
Career 1,078 Dan Issel (1868-70)

Highest Rebound Average

17.7 Bob Burrow (1954-55) [459 in 26 games]

Career

16.1 Bob  Burrow (1955-56) [823 in 51 games]

 

 

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.