Frank Anderson | LHL - UK team together at center court after beating Duke 86-84 in the NCAA South Regional Final in St. Petersburg, Fla. on March 22, 1998.
If Big Blue Nation carried psychic scars from Christian Laettner and six years earlier – and it did – Tubby Smith’s first UK team supplied the healing salve. Down 17 points with 9:38 left, Kentucky rallied behind the penetrating drives of point guard Wayne Turner. With the score tied at 81 and 39.4 seconds left, Scott Padgett buried a trey that put the Cats ahead to stay in one of their most savored victories. Read article.
