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Kentucky Opens It’s Season Tonight Against Howard – All You Need to Know

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Monday, Nov. 7 – 6:30 p.m. ET
Rupp Arena
Lexington,
Coverage
TV: SEC Network Plus
Radio: Sports Network

Fourth-ranked  will begin the 2022-23 regular season on Monday night, hosting Howard at Rupp Arena (6:30 p.m. ET,  Network). However, the Cats will not be anywhere near full strength in the season opener.

 figures to be without as many as three starters in Monday's game. Defending National Player of the Year  continues to recover from a procedure in October and is not expected to play in this game. Starting point guard, and preseason first-team All- selection Sahvir Wheeler is also dealing with an injury and is a game time decision.

Forward Daimion Collins will not play on Monday. Collins' father Ben passed away last week.

This may seem like a lot to deal with, and it is, but UK associate head coach Orlando Antigua also thinks that it creates opportunities for other players to contribute.

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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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