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Improbable run ends one win short as Kentucky Wildcats fall to UConn

Kentucky’s storybook NCAA Tournament run fell one comeback short with a 60-54 loss to Connecticut in the championship game.
James Young - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

– photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

Shabazz Napier scored 22 points and won its second title in four years, beating all those freshmen 60-54 in the championship game Monday night.

Napier is among three seniors who were part of the Huskies’ 2011 title. That trio stayed after coach Jim Calhoun’s retirement even when the Huskies were ineligible for the NCAA tournament last season.

They came back strong in coach Kevin Ollie’s second season, and the Huskies (32-8) went all the way to their fourth overall title.

Kentucky (29-11), with five freshmen starters, never led in the championship game.

The Wildcats missed 11 of 24 free throws, while the Huskies were perfect on 10 tries.  James Young led Kentucky with 20 points.

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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.

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 19, 1966, in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, top-ranked UK, featuring “Rupp’s Runts,” loses in the NCAA Championship game, 72-65, to Texas Western.

 

On March 19, 1966, Pat Riley joined the 1,000-point club.  He did it in 54 games.

 

On March 19, 1989, in the wake of an NCAA investigation, Eddie Sutton resigns as UK basketball coach.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 19, 1910

5 Charles Worthington

March 19, 1921

13 Louis Robertson

March 19, 1929

77 Bill Spivey

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33 Cory Sears

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