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A barnburner in the old barn

Tom Payne, 1971

The Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. stood gray and gloomy, matching the drizzly December afternoon. Inside, where there should have been fans yelling and pompons shaking and a basketball floor gleaming, there was nothing but darkness and wet gravel. For more than three years construction men have been blasting out limestone and piecing together concrete slabs, preparing this 17,500-seat home for the University of ‘s Hurryin’ Hoosiers.

 

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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.

 

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