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Kentucky basketball moves up three spots in both polls

The Kentucky Wildcats are climbing the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. See where they landed for the week of December 12, 2022.

Don't look now, but the Wildcats are climbing the AP Poll. The latest Top 25 just dropped and Kentucky is up three spots to No. 13. UCLA, the Cats' opponent in the CBS Sports Classic, is also up three spots, to No. 16, making Saturday's game a Top 20 showdown.

Purdue is the new No. 1 team in the country after Houston's loss to Alabama. The Crimson Tide jumped four spots to No. 4 in the rankings. From the SEC, Tennessee is next at No. 6, Arkansas is No. 10, Mississippi State No. 17, and Auburn No. 19.

Check out the entire polls below.

Others receiving votes: Memphis 74, Charleston 64, Marquette 39, Iowa State 39, Arizona State 39, UNLV 27, Xavier 26, Iowa 25, West Virginia 20, Saint Mary's 15, Texas Tech 14, San Diego State 14, Utah 12, New Mexico 12, Creighton 11, Michigan State 5, Utah State 4, Kansas State 2

Dropped from rankings: Iowa State 20, Creighton 21, San Diego State 22

Others receiving votes: Iowa 46, Marquette 46, Iowa State 46, West Virginia 32, Memphis 29, Charleston 24, Creighton 20, Saint Mary's 15, Xavier 14, UNLV 13, New Mexico 9, San Diego State 8, Kansas State 6, Texas Tech 4, Utah State 4, Arizona State 3, Rutgers 2, North Carolina 1, Michigan State 1

Dropped from rankings: Iowa State 20, Creighton 21, San Diego State 22, Iowa 24

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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