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Kentucky will be the No. 1 team in the country when they face North Carolina

Number 1UNLV stunned No.1 North Carolina 90-80 in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational tonight.  In the polls on Monday, North Carolina will surely drop and Kentucky will likely take the top spot in the polls.  That means Kentucky will be the No. 1 team in the country when they face St. John’s on Thursday, Dec. 1 and when they face the Tarheels on Saturday, Dec. 3.   Does North Carolina’s loss tonight help or hurt the Cats?  John Clay ponders that question.

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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 March 4, 1950, Bill Spivey scored 37 points against Tennessee.

 

On March 4, 2012, Kentucky closed out the 2011-12 season with a 74-59 win at Florida capping a perfect 16-0 run through the SEC. It marked the third time a UK team went 16-0 in league play and the first time since the 2003 squad turned the trick.

 

On March 4, 2023, Kentucky stole a huge win on the road over Arkansas in Fayetteville behind a career-high 37-point explosion from sharpshooter Antonio Reeves. Reeves had a respectable 15 points in the opening 20 minutes before going nuclear with 22 in the second half, finishing the game 12-of-17 shooting and a perfect 11 of 11 from the free throw line.

 

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