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Former Cat Rick Robey to be inducted into Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame

Rick Robey

Rick Robey

The Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame will induct its 2012 class Thursday night (reception starts at 6 p.m. followed by banquet and ceremony) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly the Executive Inn West) in Louisville.  Rick Robey will be part of that class.  In his four-year basketball career (1974-78) at Kentucky, Robey scored 1,395 career points and played on two Final Four teams, including UK’s 1978 NCAA champions. Selected third overall by in the 1978 NBA Draft by Indiana, went on to play for the Pacers, Celtics and Suns.  Tickets are $75 a person or $600 for a table of eight.

 

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On November 27, 1976, with Adolph Rupp looking on from the stands, UK defeats Wisconsin, 72-64, in the new, 23,000-seat, $53 million Rupp Arena. Rick Robey scores the first goal in Rupp with 19:30 left to play in the first half.

 

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