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Tyler Ulis ranked among top captains of the decade

Tyler Ulis brought home the Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s premier point guard and was named a consensus First Team All-American, SEC Player of the Year, SEC Defensive Player of the Year, SEC Tournament MVP and First Team All-SEC.
Tyler Ulis - photo by Walter Cornett

– photo by Walter Cornett

After showing flashes of brilliance as a freshman on the 2014-15 team that started 38-0, it’s hard to have a better individual season than the one Tyler Ulis turned in as a sophomore.

In 2015-16, Ulis averaged 17.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals while breaking John Wall’s single-season assist record with 246 in helping lead the Wildcats to a 27-9 record, a share of the SEC regular season championship and the SEC Tournament title.

Ulis brought home the Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s premier point guard and was named a consensus First Team All-American, SEC Player of the Year, SEC Defensive Player of the Year, SEC Tournament MVP and First Team All-SEC.

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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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