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Elite big man Karl Towns commits to the Wildcats; will reclassify to 2014

 

John Calipari instructs the DR squad as elite 2015 recruit Karl Towns Jr. (left) looks on. Photo by Jeff Drummond | CatsPause.com

instructs the DR squad as elite 2015 recruit Jr. (left) looks on. Photo by Jeff Drummond | CatsPause.com

received some expected, but exciting news on Tuesday morning when five-star forward Karl Towns verbally committed to the Wildcats.   Kentucky fans will have to wait a while to see him in the blue and white, but not as long as originally planned. Towns said he's reclassifying to the 2014 high school class.

In a press conference at his high school at on Tuesday morning, Towns officially announced what everyone had expected – he's going to be a part of Big Blue Nation.

Towns, a 6-foot-10 combo forward from Metuchen (N.J.) St. Joseph's, officially chose Kentucky over other offers from Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Michigan, Michigan State, Seton Hall, Rutgers and Florida.

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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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