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Former Cat Tayshaun Prince, youngster on Detroit 2004 championship team, now veteran leader

Tayshaun Prince - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

– photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

It has been eight years since the Pistons won an title, and the lone player left from that team is Tayshaun Prince.  Ben Wallace is gone. So are Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Corliss Williamson, Mike James, Lindsey Hunter and coach Larry Brown, among others.  Prince could have left but signed a contract last season.  Now the elder statesman, Prince, 32, is surrounded by good, young talent.  “I use this time to get in shape, mostly,” Prince said of the time just before the regular season starts. “I think most guys use July, August and September to get in some kind of basketball shape, but once training camp comes, it's a whole different mind-set as far as being in shape. You just make sure you are at that 75-to-80% level for training camp, and then you start playing two-on-two and three-on-three — a lot of contact stuff — that helps get you in even better shape.

 

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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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