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Alex Poythress stars on Sports Illustrated college basketball preview issue

Alex Poythress, dribbling between his legs with a backdrop of graffiti and a decked out UK logo, dons the SI college basketball preview issue that will hit newsstands this week in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Junior forward Alex Poythress, dribbling between his legs with a backdrop of graffiti and a decked out UK logo, dons the SI college basketball preview issue that will hit newsstands this week in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Alex Poythress Sports Illustrated

Alex Poythress Sports Illustrated

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 25, 1978, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 5 Arkansas, 64-59, in the 1978 NCAA Final Four.  Lexington products Jack Givens (23 points) and James Lee (13) led UK past Arkansas’ famous “Triplets” — Ron Brewer (16 points), Marvin Delph (15) and Sidney Moncrief (13) — before 18,271 fans in the Checkerdome in St. Louis.

 

On March 25, 2011, freshman Brandon Knight missed seven of his first nine shots. Still, he knocked down his second game-winner of the postseason, a 15-footer with 5 seconds left to lift the Wildcats to a 62-60 victory over No. 1 seed Ohio State in the East regional semifinals.  Josh Harrellson held his own against Ohio State super freshman Jared Sullinger, scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 25, 1883

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