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Harrow emerges, gains confidence in rout of Portland

Ryan Harrow - photo by Chet White | UKAthletics.com

Ryan Harrow – photo by Chet White | UKAthletics.com

All of John Calipari’s tactics over the last week have been geared towards making his team work harder.  Nobody was working harder Saturday than Coach Cal on the sidelines.

He screamed, he stomped, he jumped and he gyrated. He even swatted assistant coach Orlando Antigua’s hand away during a sequence on the bench.

It was that kind of game for Calipari, who turned up his own intensity in hopes that his team would respond with similar fire.

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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 February 26, 1949, Cliff Barker hit a shot against Vanderbilt from 63 feet, 7 inches to record the longest field goal ever made by a Kentucky player.  The previous record of 53 feet , 9 inches was set by Ralph Beard.

 

On February 26, 1991, Kentucky beat the Crimson Tide to win its 200th game in Rupp Arena and became one of two schools (along with North Carolina) to win 1,500 basketball games.

 

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