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Fans can see national championship trophy on tour

Fans can see national championship trophy on tour

The Big Blue Nation will have another opportunity to celebrate 's 2012 National Championship on Thursday-Saturday as the men's basketball staff takes part in the UK Men's Basketball National Championship Trophy Tour presented by Verizon Wireless.  Fans will have photo opportunities with the trophy beginning on Thursday in Eastern Kentucky, where the tour will begin with three separate stops. On Friday, the tour will hit four cities in Central and Western Kentucky. At each stop, Coach will address the fans and take questions from the crowd.  The tour will conclude on Saturday at Verizon retail stores in Lexington (Hamburg) and Louisville (Old Brownsboro Crossing). These stops will be the trophy only.  The tour stops include the following cities, locations and times:

 

Thursday, April 12th

Ashland, KY: Kroger (12:00-1:00 pm ET)

711 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Ashland, KY 41101

606.325.8231

 

Thursday, April 12th
Pikeville, KY: Expo Center Main Street Plaza (2:30-3:30 pm ET)
Billy Johnson Stage

126 Main Street

Pikeville, KY 41501-1144
606.444.5500

 

Thursday, April 12th

Hazard, KY: Perry County Park (5:00-6:00 pm ET)

354 Perry Park Road
Hazard, KY 41701-9522
888.857.5263

 

On Friday, the staff will board a train in Nicholasville, Ky. that will take them through Midway, Ky. at 11:05 a.m. and arrive in Frankfort, Ky. at 11:45 a.m.

 

Friday, April 13th

Frankfort, KY: Old Capitol Annex (11:45 am-12:45 pm ET)

300 West Broadway

Frankfort, KY 40601

 
Friday, April 13th
Elizabethtown, KY: Kroger (2:30-3:30 pm ET)
111 Towne Drive
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
270.737.1710
 
Friday, April 13th
Owensboro, KY: Kroger (4:00-5:00 pm CT)
2630 Frederica Street
Owensboro, KY 42301
270.684.9411
 
Friday, April 13th
Paducah, KY: Kroger (7:30-8:30 pm CT)
3141 Park Avenue
Paducah, KY 42001
270.444.0596
 
(TROPHY ONLY)
 
Saturday, April 14th 
at Verizon Wireless
Lexington: Hamburg (10:00 am – 2:00 pm ET)
1895 Vendor Way
Lexington, KY 40509
859.264.9582
 
(TROPHY ONLY)
Saturday, April 14th 

at Verizon Wireless

Louisville: Old Brownsboro Crossing (4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET)
4830 Norton Healthcare Blvd.

Louisville, KY 40222

502.339.4949

 

ALL TIMES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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