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Reflecting on greatness: 1969-70 Kentucky Wildcats

Dan Issel - photo from BleacherReport.com

Dan Issel - photo from BleacherReport.com

From BleacherReport.com, “They were one of the greatest college basketball teams that didn’t reach the Final Four. Need proof? At the end of the 1969-70 season, while UCLA walked away with their sixth NCAA Tournament title, Kentucky walked away with the no.1 ranking in both the AP and UPI polls (remember, this was before ESPN was a twinkle in its creator’s eye).”

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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 March 7, 2015, playing under a two-platoon system for most of the year, the Wildcats complete the regular season 31-0 with a victory over Florida, becoming the first team from a “power five” conference to go undefeated in the regular season since Indiana did it in 1976. UK completes the SEC season with an 18-0 record and goes on to win the SEC Tournament championship, its 28th title. The Wildcats eventually post a 38-0 record to reach the Final Four, the first team in college basketball history to record such a record, before losing to Wisconsin in the national semifinals.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 8, 1934

32 Clay Evans

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