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One Year Anniversary: Jodie Meeks scores 54 against Tennessee

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Jodie Meeks

It was a national coming out party for Kentucky’s Jodie Meeks after a 54-point effort helped the Wildcats embarass Tennessee, 90-72.  Meeks broke a record held for 39 years by Dan Issel, who had 53 points in a game against Ole Miss.  UT tried five different defenders on Meeks to no avail.  He made 10 of 15 three-pointers.

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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 December 22, 1953, undefeated Kentucky checked LaSalle's Tom Gola and turned loose its own Cliff Hagan to score a 73-60 victory and gain the championship of the University of Kentucky's first invitational basketball tournament.  The significance of Kentucky’s win over La Salle became apparent after the 1953-54 season. Unbeaten at 25-0, UK declined a bid to the NCAA Tournament because its three best players, Hagan, Tsioropoulos and Frank Ramsey were graduate students and therefore ineligible to play in the postseason by the rules of that time. With UK out of the field, La Salle won the 1954 NCAA championship.

 

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