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Five keys to Kentucky’s run at an eighth NCAA championship

Kentucky Wildcats - photo by Gary Hershorn | ReutersThis year has the makings of the best season a John Calipari coached team has ever had.  Looking back at his previous teams over the last 10 years, he hasn’t had this type of caliber of players return for a second season. The mixture is incredible … we are talking about three potential starters (Doron Lamb, Terrence Jones and Darius Miller) back in the lineup bringing a combined average of 40 points per game.

 

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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 December 5, 1953, Cawood Ledford broadcasts his first game as the radio “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On December 5, 1953, Cliff Hagan scored 51 points against Temple.

 

On December 5, 2009, freshman John Wall bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points -- including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left -- seven assists, five rebounds and three steals to lift the Wildcats to a 68-66 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.  This was the first signature win of Calipari's tenure and proved his rebuilding job was well ahead of schedule.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

December 5, 1949

50 Randy Noll

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