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Anthony Davis named first team AP All-American

Anthony Davis - photo by Regina Rickert | WildcatWorld.comJoining Anthony Davis on the first team were Thomas Robinson of Kansas, Jared Sullinger of Ohio State, the first repeat All-America in three years, Draymond Green of Michigan State and Doug McDermott of Creighton.  Davis received 63 first-team votes while Green, the lone senior on the team, got 53. Sullinger had 30, one more than McDermott. Thomas Robinson was a unanimous choice receiving all 65 votes.  The voting was done before the NCAA tournament.

 

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On February 27, 1956, Kentucky scored 143 points against Georgia for the most points ever scored by a Kentucky team in a single game.

 

On February 27, 1956, Kentucky made 60 field goals against Georgia for the most field goals ever made in a single game by a Kentucky team.

 

On February 27, 2016, freshman Jamal Murray scored 33 points at Vanderbilt.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

February 27, 1927

35 Zeb Blankenship

February 27, 1954

25 David Miller

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