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Former Cat Mark Coury is headed to SEC country

Mark Coury

Mark Coury finds it fitting his first game in a uniform will be played on an Southeastern Conference court.  The Big Red opens the 2009-10 season at 2 p.m. Saturday at new-look Alabama, which is retooling under first-year coach Anthony Grant.  After two years at Kentucky, Coury spent a semester at community college before joining Cornell for the second semester last school year. As a sophomore, Coury started 29 of 31 games for former Kentucky coach Billy Gillespie.  Read article.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 5, 1953, Cawood Ledford broadcasts his first game as the radio “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On December 5, 1953, Cliff Hagan scored 51 points against Temple.

 

On December 5, 2009, freshman John Wall bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points -- including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left -- seven assists, five rebounds and three steals to lift the Wildcats to a 68-66 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.  This was the first signature win of Calipari's tenure and proved his rebuilding job was well ahead of schedule.

 

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