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One former Cat considered one of the dirtiest players in the NBA

One former Cat considered one of the dirtiest players in the NBA

Sports Illustrated asked 146 NBA players about the dirtiest players in the league and look who came in 14th:  former Cat Jamaal Magloire.  This would not have been by guess but doesn’t surprise me.  Click image to see the entire list.

 

Jamaal Magloire, DeMarcus Cousins - Pawel Dwulit | AP Photo/The Canadian Press,

Jamaal Magloire, DeMarcus Cousins - Pawel Dwulit | AP Photo/The Canadian Press,

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 March 26, 1949, Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky to its second straight NCAA title before 12,500 in the Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle.  Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky.  Of Kentucky’s eight NCAA title game victories, this is the only one that came in a matchup of teams ranked No. 1 vs. No. 2. It was also an NCAA championship game meeting of coaching giants Adolph Rupp and Henry Iba.

 

On March 26, 1983, in the first meeting between the schools in 24 years, Louisville defeats UK 80-68 in overtime to earn a trip to the Final Four.

 

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