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Melvin Turpin and Sam Bowie

Melvin Turpin and Sam Bowie

Joe B. Hall would rather reveal what his middle initial stands for than admit that he felt some satisfaction when two Cats began clawing at one another—throwing punches, no less—during a recent practice. One of the pugilists was Winston Bennett, a rock-solid 6’7″ freshman forward. The other looked like a doo-wop singer on whom someone had lost the vertical hold. Was it? Could it have been? Why, yes, it was 7’1″ Sam Bowie.

 

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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.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On February 19, 1962, Cotton Nash scored 38 points against Vanderbilt.

 

On February 19, 1973, Kevin Grevey scored 40 points at Georgia.

 

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