Adolph Rupp
Kentucky tips off its record 51st NCAA Tournament appearance on Thursday against Princeton. This feature breaks down the Wildcats’ March Madness history by the numbers…
1 – UK‘s first game in the NCAA tourney came in 1942, a 46-44 victory over Illinois in New Orleans. Milt Ticco led Adolph Rupp’s squad with 13 points, but the Cats would fall to Dartmouth, 47-28, in the next round.
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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