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Julius Randle believes Kentucky would have legit shot at national title if he went there

From a diary post by Julius Randle on :  “Oh, the other thing I want to clear up is the crazy rumor about there being some sort of beef between Andrew and and me. That is the craziest thing I've ever heard, honestly. I've tried to ignore it but everyone is making it a big thing. I can tell you, 100 percent, that all three of us are cool. I've got the utmost respect for those guys and their games and we're actually cool with each other. Every time I see them, we talk and hang out so I don't know where that came from.  I love that they're at too.  Potentially playing with two great guards would make it easier for me. I think that we would have a legit shot to win a national championship in our first year because I don't see any guards in the country that would be better than them.”

 

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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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