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The All-Time Final Four Cats

Jack Givens

As the Big Blue Nation prepares to descend on New Orleans for Kentucky’s 15th appearance in the Final Four, CatsPause.com is celebrating some of the great moments and players to appear in the event.  Eighteen UK players have been named to the All-Final Four Team over the years with a Wildcat claiming Most Outstanding Player honors on five occasions.  We’d like to know who you’d place on your team. Pick five starters (regardless of position) and a sixth man.

 

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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.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

December 5, 1949

50 Randy Noll

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