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Tayshaun Prince selected for 2022 So. Calif. Basketball Hall of Fame

Tayshaun Prince has been selected for the 2022 class of the Southern California Basketball Hall of Fame (SCBBHOF)

Tayshaun Prince, who was a local high school  at Dominguez and a top college player at Kentucky, has been selected for the 2022 class of the Southern California Basketball Hall of Fame (SCBBHOF). Prince, who had a long  career, is currently the Vice-President of Basketball Affairs with the Memphis Grizzles of the NBA.

Prince, who once scored 41 points in a NCAA playoff game for the Wildcats, won the 2004 NBA title with Detroit.  The 6-9 Prince still has local ties to the Compton area where he grew up.

2022 SO. CALIF. BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Bill Armstrong                  Stacey Augmon                     Jay Bilas      

Mitchell Butler                Michael Cooper                     Keith Erickson

Nicole Erickson               David Greenwood                     Ebony Hoffman               

Andre Miller                     Eugenia Miller                     Paul Pierce

Tayshaun Prince               Lorenzo Romar                     Willie West, Jr.

Candice Wiggins               Steve Fryer (Lifetime Service)

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 27, 1951, UK wins its third NCAA title, defeating Kansas State, 68-58, in the finals in Minneapolis.

 

On March 27, 1978, Jack “Goose” Givens scores 41 points as UK wins its fifth NCAA Championship, 94-88, over Duke in St. Louis.  Givens scored the last 16 points of the first half for Kentucky, bringing his first-half total up to 23 points. Givens poured in another 18 points in the second half.  Givens' helped lead the Wildcats to their first title in over 20 years.  More than 10,000 fans greet the team at Blue Grass Airport and 15,000 more celebrate at Memorial Coliseum

 

On March 27, 1993, Kentucky beat Florida State to advance to the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans. The victory completed a string of four games in which the Wildcats blitzed their Southeast Region opponents by an average of 31.0 points - the largest margin of victory by a team through four games en route to the Final Four.

 

On March 27, 2009, Billy Gillispie is fired as the Kentucky head basketball coach.

 

On March 27, 2011, freshman Brandon Knight scored 22 points and fourth-seeded Kentucky advanced to the Final Four for the first time since the 1998 title with a 76-69 win over second-seeded North Carolina in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.  The last minute of the game became the DeAndre Liggins show, as he blocked a shot on defense, hit a game-winning three-pointer on offense, then blocked another shot on defense to seal the victory. He finished with 12 points..

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 27, 1885

Arthur Donan

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