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Cats reach No. 1 spot for second time this season

Kentucky Wildcats - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.comKentucky is back on top, but getting there hasn’t been the Wildcats’ problem. Staying has been the tricky part.   The Wildcats (19-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) are the new No. 1 in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN coaches polls, their second stint in the top spot this season and their third in three seasons under coach John Calipari.   But Kentucky’s grip on the top spot has been tenuous. The Cats are 3-2 as the No. 1-ranked team under Calipari, who is 44-7 in his career when coaching the No. 1-ranked team.

 

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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 7, 1957, what was then referred to as “the longest game in UK history” proves fruitful for the Wildcats as they defeat Temple 85-83 in three overtimes. Vernon Hatton scores UK’s final six points to edge the Owls.  Hatton hit a shot from 47 feet against Temple that tied the score at the end of the first overtime.  This remains one of the games that looms largest in the lore of Kentucky basketball.

 

On December 7, 1988, LeRon Ellis scored 37 points against Northwestern State.

 

On December 7, 1996, No. 6 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Indiana, 99-65.  Before 20,074 fans in Freedom Hall, UK’s Derek Anderson (30 points) and Ron Mercer (26) led a Kentucky full-court blitz that annihilated Bobby Knight’s Hoosiers.

 

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