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1951-1952 Kentucky Basketball Statistics

Record: 29-3 (14-0, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Adolph Rupp

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (82-54) versus Penn State
Lost East Regional Final (64-57) versus St. John’s (NY)

Team – Per Game

  G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 32   32.6 88.4 .369 17.2 27.0 .635 56.8 15.5       22.1 82.3
Opponent 32   20.6 69.3 .297 14.3 24.6 .583 36.4         22.8 55.4
 

Team – Totals

  G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 32   1043 2829 .369 549 865 .635 1817 497       707 2635
Opponent 32   658 2219 .297 458 786 .583 1164         731 1774

 

Individual – Per Game

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cliff Hagan 32     8.3 19.8 .417 5.1 7.3 .698 16.5 4.0       3.4 21.6
2 Frank Ramsey 32     5.8 14.7 .394 4.3 6.7 .650 12.0 2.6       3.5 15.9
3 Bobby Watson 32     5.8 16.2 .356 1.7 2.5 .663 2.5 1.6       1.7 13.2
4 Lou Tsioropoulos 32     3.3 10.8 .300 1.4 2.8 .517 10.3 1.6       3.1 7.9
5 Skippy Whitaker 31     3.2 9.0 .357 1.4 2.8 .488 2.9 1.4       2.9 7.8
6 Shelby Linville 29     2.2 5.8 .383 1.0 1.4 .707 4.8 1.2       2.6 5.4
7 Bill Evans 31     2.0 6.5 .313 1.2 1.6 .706 5.3 1.8       2.6 5.2
8 Gayle Rose 28     1.6 4.2 .393 0.7 1.1 .667 1.1 0.9       1.3 4.0
9 Dan Swartz 7     1.0     0.4 0.6 .750             2.7
10 Willie Rouse 20     0.5 1.3 .360 0.5 0.8 .667 1.0 0.3       0.6 1.4
11 Gene Neff 21     0.5 1.6 .324 0.1 0.4 .375 1.4 0.5       0.6 1.2
12 Ronald Clark                              

 

Individual – Totals

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Cliff Hagan 32     264 633 .417 164 235 .698 528 128       108 692
2 Frank Ramsey 32     185 470 .394 139 214 .650 383 83       111 509
3 Bobby Watson 32     184 517 .356 53 80 .663 79 50       55 421
4 Lou Tsioropoulos 32     104 347 .300 46 89 .517 329 52       100 254
5 Skippy Whitaker 31     100 280 .357 42 86 .488 89 42       89 242
6 Bill Evans 31     63 201 .313 36 51 .706 165 55       82 162
7 Shelby Linville 29     64 167 .383 29 41 .707 139 36       75 157
8 Gayle Rose 28     46 117 .393 20 30 .667 30 24       36 112
9 Willie Rouse 20     9 25 .360 10 15 .667 19 5       12 28
10 Gene Neff 21     11 34 .324 3 8 .375 29 11       12 25
11 Dan Swartz 7     7     3 4 .750             19
12 Ronald Clark                                
  School Totals 32     1043 2829 .369 549 865 .635 1817 497       707 2635

 

Schedule and Results

G Date Type   Opponent Conf   Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
1 Sat, Dec 8, 1951 REG   Washington & Lee Southern W 96 46   1 0 W 1 Memorial Coliseum
2 Mon, Dec 10, 1951 REG @ Xavier Ind W 97 72   2 0 W 2 Schmidt Fieldhouse
3 Thu, Dec 13, 1951 REG @ Minnesota Big Ten L 57 61   2 1 L 1 Williams Arena
4 Mon, Dec 17, 1951 REG   St. John’s (NY) (1) Metro NY W 81 40   3 1 W 1 Memorial Coliseum
5 Thu, Dec 20, 1951 REG   DePaul Ind W 98 60   4 1 W 2 Memorial Coliseum
6 Wed, Dec 26, 1951 REG   UCLA (16) PCC W 84 53   5 1 W 3 Memorial Coliseum
7 Fri, Dec 28, 1951 REG N Brigham Young MSAC W 84 64   6 1 W 4 Municipal Auditorium
8 Sat, Dec 29, 1951 REG N Saint Louis (12) MVC L 60 61   6 2 L 1 Municipal Auditorium
9 Thu, Jan 3, 1952 REG N Mississippi SEC W 116 58   7 2 W 1 Owensboro Sportscenter
10 Sat, Jan 5, 1952 REG   Louisiana State SEC W 57 47   8 2 W 2 Memorial Coliseum
11 Mon, Jan 7, 1952 REG   Xavier Ind W 83 50   9 2 W 3 Memorial Coliseum
12 Sat, Jan 12, 1952 REG @ Florida SEC W 99 52   10 2 W 4 Florida Gymnasium
13 Mon, Jan 14, 1952 REG   Georgia SEC W 95 55   11 2 W 5 Jefferson County Armory
14 Sat, Jan 19, 1952 REG @ Tennessee SEC W 65 56   12 2 W 6 Alumni Memorial Gymnasium
15 Mon, Jan 21, 1952 REG @ Georgia Tech SEC W 96 51   13 2 W 7 Heisman Gymnasium
16 Sat, Jan 26, 1952 REG @ Alabama SEC W 71 67   14 2 W 8 Foster Auditorium
17 Mon, Jan 28, 1952 REG @ Vanderbilt SEC W 88 51   15 2 W 9 McQuiddy Gymnasium
18 Wed, Jan 30, 1952 REG @ Auburn SEC W 88 48   16 2 W 10 The Sports Arena
19 Sat, Feb 2, 1952 REG N Notre Dame Ind W 71 66   17 2 W 11 Chicago Stadium
20 Mon, Feb 4, 1952 REG   Tulane SEC W 103 54   18 2 W 12 Memorial Coliseum
21 Wed, Feb 6, 1952 REG   Mississippi SEC W 81 61   19 2 W 13 Memorial Coliseum
22 Sat, Feb 9, 1952 REG   Georgia Tech SEC W 93 42   20 2 W 14 Memorial Coliseum
23 Mon, Feb 11, 1952 REG   Mississippi State SEC W 110 66   21 2 W 15 Memorial Coliseum
24 Sat, Feb 16, 1952 REG   Tennessee SEC W 95 40   22 2 W 16 Memorial Coliseum
25 Thu, Feb 21, 1952 REG   Vanderbilt SEC W 75 45   23 2 W 17 Memorial Coliseum
26 Sat, Feb 23, 1952 REG @ DePaul Ind W 63 61   24 2 W 18 Chicago Stadium
27 Thu, Feb 28, 1952 CTOURN   Georgia Tech SEC W 80 59   25 2 W 19 Jefferson County Armory
28 Fri, Feb 29, 1952 CTOURN   Tulane SEC W 85 61   26 2 W 20 Jefferson County Armory
29 Sat, Mar 1, 1952 CTOURN   Tennessee SEC W 81 66   27 2 W 21 Jefferson County Armory
30 Sat, Mar 1, 1952 CTOURN   Louisiana State SEC W 44 43   28 2 W 22 Jefferson County Armory
31 Fri, Mar 21, 1952 NCAA N Penn State Ind W 82 54   29 2 W 23 Reynolds Coliseum
32 Sat, Mar 22, 1952 NCAA N St. John’s (NY) (10) Metro NY L 57 64   29 3 L 1 Reynolds Coliseum

Next Game

Kentucky vs Troy (On time)

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 20, 1942, after winning its sixth SEC championship, UK wins its first NCAA Tournament game, 46-44, over Illinois.

 

On March 20, 1946, Ralph Beard's free throw with 40 seconds left lifted the Wildcats to their first national title in the NIT, with a 46-45 victory over Rhode Island before 18,475 in the old Madison Square Garden in New York City.

 

On March 20, 1948, Kentucky defeated Holy Cross, 60-52, in the 1948 NCAA Final Four.  Alex Groza went for 23 points and Ralph Beard 13 while Kentucky held Holy Cross star Bob Cousy to five points before 18,472 in the old Madison Square Garden in New York City. This was a pivotal win in the drive to Kentucky’s first NCAA title.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 20, 1933

22 Ronald Clark

March 20, 1945

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42 Pat Riley

March 20, 1953

23 Jerry Hale

March 20, 1953

20 Jimmy Dan Conner