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DePaul has eliminated Kentucky assistant Rod Strickland from consideration

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- photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

Big-name coaches come with big price tags.  That's especially true in the Big East. It cost Louisville to bring in Rick Pitino. West Virginia did the same with Bob Huggins. Villanova has had to pay to keep Jay Wright. Connecticut's Jim Calhoun and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim are compensated nicely.   gets that.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 10, 1951, Bob Burrow collected 34 rebounds against Temple for the most rebounds ever in a single game by a Kentucky player.

 

On December 10, 1977, as top-ranked UK is defeating Kansas on “Adolph Rupp Night” in Allen Field House on Naismith Drive in Lawrence, Kansas, Rupp dies. Thousands would participate in the funeral procession in Lexington.

 

On December 10, 2011, Indiana's Christian Watford hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer in Assembly Hall to stun No. 1 Kentucky.  It's only the second time Indiana had beaten a top-ranked team at Assembly Hall.

 

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