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Zeke Chapman, son of Rex Chapman, settles into role of backup point guard at Ball State

Zeke Chapman

- photo by Greg Fallon | The Star Press

point guard Randy Davis shouts out instructions in a booming voice.  The senior unquestionably commands practice Thursday afternoon at Worthen Arena as he runs set plays with Aaron Adeoye, Jesse Berry, Jarrod Jones and Pierre Sneed.  The next five take the court to run the same play and the contrast is night and day, not in choreography but in presence. Freshman guard Zeke Chapman handles the point…

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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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