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The two winningest teams in college basketball collide Saturday at Rupp

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versus .  The two winningest teams in college basketball face off Saturday when the Wildcats (1,995 wins) take on the Tar Heels (1,991 wins) in Rupp Arena in a nationally televised contest on CBS.  Kentucky enters the game on a seven-game winning streak to open the year, its best start since the 2004 season. In its most recent outing, claimed a 94-57 win over UNC Asheville at Freedom Hall in Louisville.  For more including a stats for both teams and pre-game quotes, go here.

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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.

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 24, 1947, before a Madison Square Garden record crowd of 18,493, Wat Misaka held Ralph Beard to two points and Utah ended the Wildcats’ bid for back-to-back NIT Championships.

 

On March 24, 1951, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 5 Illinois in the 1951 NCAA Final Four.  After UK standouts Bill Spivey and Cliff Hagan fouled out, Shelby Linville, a 6-foot-5 junior, scored Kentucky’s final six points, including the game-winning basket on a layup with 12 seconds left before 16,425 in the old Madison Square Garden in New York City.

 

On March 24, 2017, in a highly anticipated matchup with UCLA, which beat the Wildcats in the regular season in Rupp Arena, freshman point guard De’Aaron Fox scores an NCAA Tournament freshman record 39 points to propel UK to the Elite Eight.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 24, 1972

25 Jody Thompson

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