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Basketball Hall of Fame

NAISMITH HALL OF FAME

Adolph Rupp – Inducted 1969
Cliff Hagan – Inducted 1978
Frank Ramsey – Inducted 1982
Dan Issel – Inducted 1993
Cawood Ledford – Inducted 1994
C.M. Newton – Inducted 2000
Pat RileyInducted 2008
Adrian Smith – Inducted 2010
Rick Pitino – Inducted 2013
John Calipari – Inducted 2015
Louie Dampier – Inducted 2015
Eddie Sutton – Inducted 2020

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

Cliff Hagan (1951-52, ’54) – 2006 
Dan Issel (1968-70) – 2006 
C.M. Newton (MBB 1949-51; AD 1989-2000) – 2006 
Frank Ramsey (1951-52, ‘54) – 2006 
Adolph Rupp (Coach 1931-72) – 2006 
Eddie Sutton (Coach 1986-89) – 2011
Joe B. Hall (Coach 1973-85) – 2012
Jim Host (Contributor 1957-59) – 2012

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On December 17, 2016, No. 6 Kentucky defeated No. 7 North Carolina, 103-100.  Kentucky freshmen Malik Monk (47 points) and De’Aaron Fox (24 points, 10 assists) lit up the Las Vegas Strip as the Wildcats won a run-and-gun affair over Roy Williams’ Tar Heels before 19,298 in T-Mobile Arena.

 

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