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Pat Riley

Former Kentucky great Pat Riley steps down from Lakers after nine years and four titles.  From “The Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar:  “There are other things I want to do with my life,” said tearful Lakers coach Pat Riley, who announced he was stepping down from the head coaching job in L.A. after an incredibly successful run of four NBA titles in nine years.  The former Kentucky basketball star said the last decade was the greatest experience of his life.  Riley would coach the from 1991-1995, then take over as President of the and win an NBA title in 2006.

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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 21, 1930, a Freeport, Ill., high school coach named Adolph Rupp is named head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

 

On March 21, 1958, in the Wildcats’ first game in Freedom Hall and in front of 18,586 spectators, Vernon Hatton’s layup with 17 seconds left pushed the Wildcats past Temple, 61-60, and into the NCAA Championship game.

 

On March 21, 1976, UK wins its second NIT Championship by defeating North Carolina-Charlotte, 71-67 in New York.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 21, 1963

40 Troy McKinley

March 21, 1965

14 Paul Andrews

March 21, 1990

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