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The Man in Brown: Adolph Rupp, December 16, 1957 (SI.com)

“All I want out of life,” Rupp says, “is to get a bunch of boys together and whip somebody else.” Year after year, he does just that—and with Kentucky boys almost exclusively.  Read article.

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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On February 14, 1938, Joe Hagan’s 48-foot shot with 12 seconds left lifts the Wildcats over Marquette, 35-33. Then-Kentucky governor A.B. “Happy” Chandler sprinted onto the playing court at the final buzzer and drove a nail into the floor to mark the spot from which “Hagan’s heave” was launched.

 

On February 14, 2009, Jodie Meeks scored 45 points at Arkansas.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

February 14, 1952

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