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This year’s Kentucky team is having a historic run

Anthony Davis - photo by Regina Rickert | WildcatWorld.comEvery once in a while there comes along a special team that changes the landscape of college basketball as we know it.  Ultimately, who cuts down the nets in April will define this season, but this year’s  team is having a historic run as the Wildcats continue their push towards March Madness and an eighth national championship. Along the way, Kentucky and its individual parts are either breaking records or on the verge of approaching them.

 

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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.

 

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