Record: 27-2 (15-1, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Adolph Rupp
NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (86-79) versus Dayton
Won Mideast Regional Final (84-77) versus Michigan
Won National Semifinal (83-79) versus Duke
Lost National Final (72-65) versus Texas-El Paso
Team – Per Game
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
| Team | 29 | 35.1 | 71.7 | 0.489 | 16.7 | 22.3 | 0.748 | 47.2 | 10.1 | 18.6 | 86.9 | ||||
| Opponent | 29 | 26.6 | 66.1 | 0.402 | 16.8 | 23.8 | 0.707 | 41.6 | 4.1 | 17.8 | 69.9 |
Team – Totals
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
| Team | 29 | 1017 | 2079 | 0.489 | 485 | 648 | 0.748 | 1368 | 293 | 539 | 2519 | ||||
| Opponent | 29 | 770 | 1916 | 0.402 | 488 | 690 | 0.707 | 1205 | 120 | 515 | 2028 |
Individual – Per Game
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| 1 | Pat Riley | 29 | 37.2 | 9.1 | 17.7 | 0.516 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 0.699 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 22 | ||||
| 2 | Louie Dampier | 29 | 37.2 | 8.6 | 20.1 | 0.428 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 0.832 | 5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 21.1 | ||||
| 3 | Thad Jaracz | 29 | 29 | 5.7 | 11.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.598 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 13.2 | ||||
| 4 | Larry Conley | 29 | 34.2 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 0.469 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.794 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 11.5 | ||||
| 5 | Tom Kron | 29 | 34 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 0.482 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.851 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 10.2 | ||||
| 6 | Cliff Berger | 25 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.429 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.769 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.4 | ||||
| 7 | Bob Tallent | 18 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.393 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.667 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | Steve Clevenger | 11 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.667 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | ||||
| 9 | Brad Bounds | 12 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.379 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.1 | ||||
| 10 | Jim LeMaster | 19 | 5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.28 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.765 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 | ||||
| 11 | Tom Porter | 14 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.467 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | ||||
| 12 | Gene Stewart | 6 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.75 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.667 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | ||||
| 13 | Larry Lentz | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | Gary Gamble | 17 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.294 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.714 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||||
| 15 | Bob Windsor | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0 |
Individual – Totals
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| 1 | Pat Riley | 29 | 1078 | 265 | 514 | 0.516 | 107 | 153 | 0.699 | 259 | 64 | 106 | 637 | ||||
| 2 | Louie Dampier | 29 | 1079 | 249 | 582 | 0.428 | 114 | 137 | 0.832 | 144 | 37 | 69 | 612 | ||||
| 3 | Thad Jaracz | 29 | 840 | 164 | 328 | 0.5 | 55 | 92 | 0.598 | 218 | 17 | 92 | 383 | ||||
| 4 | Larry Conley | 29 | 992 | 128 | 273 | 0.469 | 77 | 97 | 0.794 | 162 | 100 | 76 | 333 | ||||
| 5 | Tom Kron | 29 | 985 | 120 | 249 | 0.482 | 57 | 67 | 0.851 | 240 | 45 | 84 | 297 | ||||
| 6 | Cliff Berger | 25 | 297 | 27 | 63 | 0.429 | 30 | 39 | 0.769 | 86 | 5 | 32 | 84 | ||||
| 7 | Bob Tallent | 18 | 136 | 22 | 56 | 0.393 | 10 | 15 | 0.667 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 54 | ||||
| 8 | Jim LeMaster | 19 | 95 | 7 | 25 | 0.28 | 13 | 17 | 0.765 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 9 | Brad Bounds | 12 | 58 | 11 | 29 | 0.379 | 3 | 5 | 0.6 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | Steve Clevenger | 11 | 45 | 8 | 16 | 0.5 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | Tom Porter | 14 | 63 | 7 | 15 | 0.467 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Gary Gamble | 17 | 67 | 5 | 17 | 0.294 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Gene Stewart | 6 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Larry Lentz | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 15 | Bob Windsor | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| School Totals | 29 | 1017 | 2079 | 0.489 | 485 | 648 | 0.748 | 1368 | 293 | 539 | 2519 |
Schedule and Results
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
| 1 | Wed, Dec 1, 1965 | REG | Hardin-Simmons | Ind | W | 83 | 55 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 2 | Sat, Dec 4, 1965 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | W | 99 | 73 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | University Hall | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 8, 1965 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 86 | 68 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | Assembly Hall | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 11, 1965 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 86 | 75 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 5 | Fri, Dec 17, 1965 | REG | Air Force | Ind | W | 78 | 58 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 18, 1965 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 91 | 56 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 22, 1965 | REG | @ | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 89 | 73 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 29, 1965 | REG | N | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 103 | 69 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | Freedom Hall | |
| 9 | Mon, Jan 3, 1966 | REG | Saint Louis | MVC | W | 80 | 70 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 8, 1966 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | W | 78 | 64 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | Florida Gymnasium | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 10, 1966 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | W | 69 | 65 | 2OT | 11 | 0 | W 11 | Stegeman Coliseum |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 15, 1966 | REG | Vanderbilt (3) | SEC | W | 96 | 83 | 12 | 0 | W 12 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 24, 1966 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 111 | 85 | 13 | 0 | W 13 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 29, 1966 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 115 | 78 | 14 | 0 | W 14 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 15 | Mon, Jan 31, 1966 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 82 | 62 | 15 | 0 | W 15 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 16 | Wed, Feb 2, 1966 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt (3) | SEC | W | 105 | 90 | 16 | 0 | W 16 | Memorial Gymnasium | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 5, 1966 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 74 | 50 | 17 | 0 | W 17 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 18 | Mon, Feb 7, 1966 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 85 | 75 | 18 | 0 | W 18 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 12, 1966 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 77 | 64 | 19 | 0 | W 19 | The Sports Arena | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 14, 1966 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 90 | 67 | 20 | 0 | W 20 | Foster Auditorium | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 19, 1966 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 73 | 69 | 21 | 0 | W 21 | McCarthy Gymnasium | |
| 22 | Mon, Feb 21, 1966 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | W | 108 | 65 | 22 | 0 | W 22 | Gymnasium | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 26, 1966 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 78 | 64 | 23 | 0 | W 23 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 24 | Sat, Mar 5, 1966 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | L | 62 | 69 | 23 | 1 | L 1 | Armory Fieldhouse | |
| 25 | Mon, Mar 7, 1966 | REG | Tulane | SEC | W | 103 | 74 | 24 | 1 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 26 | Fri, Mar 11, 1966 | NCAA | N | Dayton | Ind | W | 86 | 79 | 25 | 1 | W 2 | Iowa Field House | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 12, 1966 | NCAA | N | Michigan (9) | Big Ten | W | 84 | 77 | 26 | 1 | W 3 | Iowa Field House | |
| 28 | Fri, Mar 18, 1966 | NCAA | N | Duke (2) | ACC | W | 83 | 79 | 27 | 1 | W 4 | Cole Fieldhouse | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 19, 1966 | NCAA | N | Texas-El Paso (3) | Ind | L | 65 | 72 | 27 | 2 | L 1 | Cole Fieldhouse |