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1967-1968 Kentucky Basketball Statistics

Record: 22-5 (15-3, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Adolph Rupp

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (107-89) versus Marquette
Lost Mideast Regional Final (82-81) versus Ohio State


Team – Per Game

  G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 27   36.3 77.1 0.47 16.4 23.1 0.707 49.4 12.3       18.3 88.9
Opponent 27   30.7 70.5 0.436 16.4 23.3 0.703 44.9 7.4       19.2 77.9

Team – Totals

  G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 27   979 2082 0.47 442 625 0.707 1333 331       493 2400
Opponent 27   830 1903 0.436 443 630 0.703 1212 200       518 2103

Individual – Per Game

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mike Casey 27   32.8 8.6 17.6 0.487 2.9 3.6 0.823 7.7 2.3       2.8 20
2 Dan Issel 27   31 6.3 14.4 0.438 3.8 5.7 0.662 12.1 0.4       2.2 16.4
3 Mike Pratt 27   28.5 5.6 12.4 0.455 2.8 4.1 0.685 8.2 3       2.5 14.1
4 Phil Argento 15   21 4.9 10 0.487 2.6 3.2 0.813 2.5 2.7       2.4 12.3
5 Thad Jaracz 27   28.4 5 10.7 0.465 1.4 2.3 0.603 7.1 1       2.9 11.3
6 Steve Clevenger 26   19 2.4 5.2 0.47 1.2 1.5 0.75 1.4 1.3       2 6
7 Cliff Berger 24   10.6 1.9 3.8 0.505 0.4 0.7 0.588 2.4 0.3       1.3 4.3
8 Jim LeMaster 27   17.3 1.7 3.4 0.484 0.9 1.4 0.658 1.3 1.6       1.4 4.3
9 Tom Porter 17   6.4 1.5 3 0.51 0.3 0.5 0.625 0.9 0.3       0.7 3.4
10 Gary Gamble 24   9.9 0.9 2 0.468 1.4 1.7 0.825 2.8 0.5       1.4 3.2
11 Randy Pool 6   2.8 1 1.5 0.667 0 0.3 0 0.8 0       0.5 2
12 Bill Busey 12   2.8 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.833 0.6 0.3       0.2 1.8
13 Art Laib 7   2.7 0.3 0.7 0.4 0 0.3 0 1.3 0       0.6 0.6
14 Benny Spears 1   5 0 0   0 0   0 0       1 0

Individual – Totals

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mike Casey 27   885 231 474 0.487 79 96 0.823 208 62       76 541
2 Dan Issel 27   836 171 390 0.438 102 154 0.662 328 10       59 444
3 Mike Pratt 27   769 152 334 0.455 76 111 0.685 222 82       68 380
4 Thad Jaracz 27   766 134 288 0.465 38 63 0.603 193 28       79 306
5 Phil Argento 15   315 73 150 0.487 39 48 0.813 38 40       36 185
6 Steve Clevenger 26   495 63 134 0.47 30 40 0.75 37 35       52 156
7 Jim LeMaster 27   468 45 93 0.484 25 38 0.658 34 44       37 115
8 Cliff Berger 24   255 46 91 0.505 10 17 0.588 57 8       30 102
9 Gary Gamble 24   238 22 47 0.468 33 40 0.825 66 13       34 77
10 Tom Porter 17   108 26 51 0.51 5 8 0.625 16 5       12 57
11 Bill Busey 12   33 8 16 0.5 5 6 0.833 7 4       2 21
12 Randy Pool 6   17 6 9 0.667 0 2 0 5 0       3 12
13 Art Laib 7   19 2 5 0.4 0 2 0 9 0       4 4
14 Benny Spears 1   5 0 0   0 0   0 0       1 0
  School Totals 27     979 2082 0.47 442 625 0.707 1333 331       493 2400

Schedule and Results

G Date Type   Opponent Conf   Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
1 Sat, Dec 2, 1967 REG @ Michigan Big Ten W 96 79   1 0 W 1 Crisler Arena
2 Mon, Dec 4, 1967 REG   Florida SEC W 99 76   2 0 W 2 Memorial Coliseum
3 Wed, Dec 6, 1967 REG   Xavier Ind W 111 76   3 0 W 3 Memorial Coliseum
4 Sat, Dec 9, 1967 REG   Pennsylvania Ivy W 64 49   4 0 W 4 Memorial Coliseum
5 Tue, Dec 12, 1967 REG @ North Carolina (7) ACC L 77 84   4 1 L 1 Greensboro Coliseum
6 Fri, Dec 22, 1967 REG   Dayton Ind W 88 85   5 1 W 1 Memorial Coliseum
7 Sat, Dec 23, 1967 REG   South Carolina ACC W 76 66   6 1 W 2 Memorial Coliseum
8 Sat, Dec 30, 1967 REG N Notre Dame Ind W 81 73   7 1 W 3 Freedom Hall
9 Sat, Jan 6, 1968 REG @ Vanderbilt (4) SEC W 94 78   8 1 W 4 Memorial Gymnasium
10 Mon, Jan 8, 1968 REG @ Alabama SEC W 84 76   9 1 W 5 Foster Auditorium
11 Sat, Jan 13, 1968 REG @ Florida SEC L 78 96   9 2 L 1 Florida Gymnasium
12 Mon, Jan 15, 1968 REG   Georgia SEC W 104 73   10 2 W 1 Memorial Coliseum
13 Sat, Jan 20, 1968 REG @ Auburn SEC L 73 74   10 3 L 1 The Sports Arena
14 Mon, Jan 22, 1968 REG @ Tennessee (6) SEC L 59 87   10 4 L 2 Stokely Center
15 Sat, Jan 27, 1968 REG @ Louisiana State SEC W 121 95   11 4 W 1 John Parker Memorial Coliseum
16 Mon, Jan 29, 1968 REG @ Mississippi SEC W 85 76   12 4 W 2 C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
17 Sat, Feb 3, 1968 REG   Louisiana State SEC W 109 96   13 4 W 3 Memorial Coliseum
18 Mon, Feb 5, 1968 REG   Mississippi SEC W 78 62   14 4 W 4 Memorial Coliseum
19 Sat, Feb 10, 1968 REG @ Mississippi State SEC W 92 84   15 4 W 5 McCarthy Gymnasium
20 Mon, Feb 12, 1968 REG   Tennessee (7) SEC W 60 59   16 4 W 6 Memorial Coliseum
21 Sat, Feb 17, 1968 REG   Mississippi State SEC W 107 81   17 4 W 7 Memorial Coliseum
22 Mon, Feb 19, 1968 REG @ Georgia SEC W 106 87   18 4 W 8 Stegeman Coliseum
23 Sat, Feb 24, 1968 REG   Alabama SEC W 96 83   19 4 W 9 Memorial Coliseum
24 Mon, Feb 26, 1968 REG   Auburn SEC W 89 57   20 4 W 10 Memorial Coliseum
25 Sat, Mar 2, 1968 REG   Vanderbilt SEC W 85 80   21 4 W 11 Memorial Coliseum
26 Fri, Mar 15, 1968 NCAA N Marquette Ind W 107 89   22 4 W 12 Memorial Coliseum
27 Sat, Mar 16, 1968 NCAA N Ohio State Big Ten L 81 82   22 5 L 1 Memorial Coliseum

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.