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Kentucky Cheerleaders win national championship for 19th time

Kentucky Wildcats - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.comThe UK Cheerleading team has won the UCA National Championship for the 19th time. Last year, the team came in second to Alabama.  A video of the team’s 2012 semi-finals routine can be seen at.  Head coach Jomo Thompson announced the news on Twitter at 8:44 p.m. “Kentucky has climbed the mountain once again and we stand alone. Championship #19 is coming home! #WeareUK #allCATSeverything #proudcoach,” Thompson tweeted.

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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 26, 1949, Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky to its second straight NCAA title before 12,500 in the Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle.  Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky.  Of Kentucky’s eight NCAA title game victories, this is the only one that came in a matchup of teams ranked No. 1 vs. No. 2. It was also an NCAA championship game meeting of coaching giants Adolph Rupp and Henry Iba.

 

On March 26, 1983, in the first meeting between the schools in 24 years, Louisville defeats UK 80-68 in overtime to earn a trip to the Final Four.

 

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