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Calipari invites all NBA teams to Kentucky Combine

John Calipari

John Calipari is inviting every team to the Joe Craft Center to come and see his players work out. , , and won’t get a ton of exposure to NBA teams from now until May 8th, so Cal is trying to help them out.  This is what Calipari had to say at www.coachcal.com.  Three of our underclassmen – freshmen Terrence Jones and Brandon Knight and junior DeAndre Liggins – have declared for the draft but none have elected to have any agreements with advisors or agents.

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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 26, 1949, Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky to its second straight NCAA title before 12,500 in the Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle.  Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky.  Of Kentucky’s eight NCAA title game victories, this is the only one that came in a matchup of teams ranked No. 1 vs. No. 2. It was also an NCAA championship game meeting of coaching giants Adolph Rupp and Henry Iba.

 

On March 26, 1983, in the first meeting between the schools in 24 years, Louisville defeats UK 80-68 in overtime to earn a trip to the Final Four.

 

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