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Kentucky Loses at Ole Miss

Devontae Shuler scored 17 points, KJ Buffen had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Mississippi beat Kentucky 70-62 on Tuesday night.

Running out of games and running out of time, John Calipari is running out of answers to fix Kentucky’s season.
 
As the Wildcats plugged one hole Tuesday (fewer turnovers and more assists), another started leaking.
 
Ole Miss (14-10, 9-8 Southeastern Conference) outrebounded UK by 14 on Tuesday night to defeat the Wildcats (8-15, 7-9 SEC) 70-62 at the Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi.
 
“How about we have 16 assists and seven turnovers? What’s that usually mean for us?” Calipari said. “Yeah, (a win). Not when you get outrebounded.

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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.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On April 1, 1996, behind an NCAA title game record-tying seven three-pointers from Tony Delk, UK won its sixth national title. After two John Wallace free throws cut the UK lead to two, 64-62, the Wildcats responded with a Walter McCarty tip-in and a Derek Anderson three-pointer and Syracuse never threatened again.  Kentucky wins, 76-67.

 

On April 1, 2009, John Calipari was named Kentucky’s new head basketball coach.  His deal worth $31.65 million made him the highest-paid coach in college basketball.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

April 1, 1941

33 Pat Doyle

April 1, 1958

15 Chris Gettelfinger

April 1, 1982

14 Erik Daniels

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