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Five-star point guard Hunter Sallis earns Kentucky Offer

Hunter Sallis — one of the top playmakers in high school basketball — landed a scholarship offer from Kentucky on Friday night.

— one of the top playmakers in high school basketball — landed a scholarship offer from Kentucky on Friday night.

The UK offer was no surprise. Sallis — a 6-foot-5 prospect from Nebraska — had been on the Wildcats' radar for a while, and Kentucky should vault into the top tier of his recruitment with Friday's development. Rivals.com recently pegged North Carolina and Kansas as the top two contenders for Sallis, who is ranked by that recruiting service as the No. 11 overall player in the class of 2021.

He has the potential to end the 2021 cycle as the top-ranked point guard in the country. That spot is currently occupied by former Kentucky target Kennedy Chandler, who announced his commitment to Tennessee last week.

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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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