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Orlando Antigua accepts offer to coach South Florida Bulls

Kentucky assistant coach Orlando Antigua has accepted an offer to become the head coach at South Florida, the school said Monday.
Orlando Antigua - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

Orlando Antigua – photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

Kentucky assistant coach Orlando Antigua has accepted an offer to become the head coach at South Florida, the school said Monday.

USF gave new coach Orlando Antigua a five-year deal, sources said.

The contract is for five years, sources said Monday.

Antigua has been at Kentucky since 2009 and also was an assistant under Wildcats coach John Calipari at Memphis in 2008. He previously spent five seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, Pittsburgh.

After his collegiate career at Pitt, Antigua played seven seasons with the Harlem Globetrotters.

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On December 7, 1957, what was then referred to as “the longest game in UK history” proves fruitful for the Wildcats as they defeat Temple 85-83 in three overtimes. Vernon Hatton scores UK’s final six points to edge the Owls.  Hatton hit a shot from 47 feet against Temple that tied the score at the end of the first overtime.  This remains one of the games that looms largest in the lore of Kentucky basketball.

 

On December 7, 1988, LeRon Ellis scored 37 points against Northwestern State.

 

On December 7, 1996, No. 6 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Indiana, 99-65.  Before 20,074 fans in Freedom Hall, UK’s Derek Anderson (30 points) and Ron Mercer (26) led a Kentucky full-court blitz that annihilated Bobby Knight’s Hoosiers.

 

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