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Kentucky adds a ninth freshman to 2013-2014 basketball roster

Kentucky head coach John Calipari has added a ninth freshman to his 2012-13 roster.

head coach has added a ninth freshman to his 2013-14 roster.  EJ Floreal will be a walk-on player for the Cats, according to Floreal's Twitter page, @BouncyE_24.  Floreal is the son of track and field head coach Edrick Floreal.

Before moving to Lexington in 2012 when his father joined UK, Floreal attended Palo Alto (Calif.) High School.

In addition to playing for the basketball team, Floreal also competed in track at Palo Alto and broke the school record for both the 100-meter (10.52 seconds) and the 2oo-meter (21.16 seconds) dash.

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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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