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In the lore of UK basketball, Tre Mitchell is putting himself high on an all-time list

For all the attention on Kentucky’s ballyhooed freshmen, it is Tre Mitchell who may be UK’s indispensable player.

Here’s the thing about playing for a historically regal men’s college basketball program such as :

No matter what you do, the odds are strong that someone who has come before you has done it better.

That applies to the splendid season is giving John Calipari’s No. 8 Wildcats (13-3, 3-1 SEC) in his first season in the program as a transfer.

What we can say is that Mitchell is having one of the best such seasons ever produced by an incoming transfer into the Wildcats program.

We can also wonder where UK would be if an unexpected coaching change at West Virginia had not precipitated the circumstances that led to Mitchell essentially falling into Kentucky’s lap in the offseason.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 5, 1953, Cawood Ledford broadcasts his first game as the radio “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On December 5, 1953, Cliff Hagan scored 51 points against Temple.

 

On December 5, 2009, freshman John Wall bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points -- including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left -- seven assists, five rebounds and three steals to lift the Wildcats to a 68-66 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.  This was the first signature win of Calipari's tenure and proved his rebuilding job was well ahead of schedule.

 

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