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Kentucky Men’s Basketball Game vs. Ohio State Canceled

Kentucky’s scheduled game on Saturday vs. Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic has been canceled.

The men’s basketball team’s previously scheduled game on Saturday vs. in the CBS Sports Classic has been canceled due to positive COVID-19 results within the OSU program.

The CBS Sports Classic is currently working with Athletics to find a possible replacement game to fill Saturday’s void.

At the timing of this release, UK was still scheduled to make the trip to Las Vegas in hopes of finding a game.

UK Athletics will have additional updates at a later time.

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 21, 1930, a Freeport, Ill., high school coach named Adolph Rupp is named head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

 

On March 21, 1958, in the Wildcats’ first game in Freedom Hall and in front of 18,586 spectators, Vernon Hatton’s layup with 17 seconds left pushed the Wildcats past Temple, 61-60, and into the NCAA Championship game.

 

On March 21, 1976, UK wins its second NIT Championship by defeating North Carolina-Charlotte, 71-67 in New York.

 

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