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Senior Day

Senior Day at Kentucky has become one of the most recognizable ceremonies in sport.  Honoring its senior class, the occasion is one of the most elaborate and moving programs of its kind.  The pregame ceremony begins with player introductions.  Once they have all burst through banners bearing their likeness, their families join them at center court.  Then the state song, My Old Kentucky Home, is sung as the crowd bids farewell to their seniors.  

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 25, 1978, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 5 Arkansas, 64-59, in the 1978 NCAA Final Four.  Lexington products Jack Givens (23 points) and James Lee (13) led UK past Arkansas’ famous “Triplets” — Ron Brewer (16 points), Marvin Delph (15) and Sidney Moncrief (13) — before 18,271 fans in the Checkerdome in St. Louis.

 

On March 25, 2011, freshman Brandon Knight missed seven of his first nine shots. Still, he knocked down his second game-winner of the postseason, a 15-footer with 5 seconds left to lift the Wildcats to a 62-60 victory over No. 1 seed Ohio State in the East regional semifinals.  Josh Harrellson held his own against Ohio State super freshman Jared Sullinger, scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 25, 1883

Richard Arnett

March 25, 1989

20 Kerry Benson