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1969-1970 Kentucky Basketball Statistics

Record: 26-2 (17-1, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Adolph Rupp

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (109-99) versus Notre Dame
Lost Mideast Regional Final (106-100) versus Jacksonville

Team – Per Game

  G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 28   39.3 78.8 0.498 18.3 24.5 0.745 49.6 15.4       19.6 96.8
Opponent 28   30.7 67.8 0.453 19.1 26.4 0.722 40.5 7.7       18.3 80.5

Team – Totals

  G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 28   1099 2205 0.498 511 686 0.745 1390 432       548 2709
Opponent 28   860 1898 0.453 534 740 0.722 1135 215       513 2254

Individual – Per Game

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dan Issel 28   37.3 13.2 23.8 0.553 7.5 9.8 0.764 13 1.4       2.9 33.9
2 Mike Pratt 28   35.9 7.8 16.8 0.466 3.6 5.2 0.703 9.4 3.5       2.9 19.3
3 Tom Parker 25   21.3 4.7 9.3 0.504 1 1.4 0.743 6.4 1.4       1.9 10.4
4 Larry Steele 23   28.4 3.9 8.1 0.481 2 2.1 0.918 6.3 2.1       3 9.8
5 Terry Mills 26   20.2 3.6 7.7 0.472 1.9 2.5 0.742 2.8 1.2       2.6 9.1
6 Jim Dinwiddie 28   28.4 1.9 3.6 0.525 0.7 1 0.704 3.8 2.4       2.4 4.5
7 Kent Hollenbeck 25   12.4 1.8 4.1 0.441 0.4 0.6 0.688 1.7 1.4       1.8 4
8 Stan Key 26   10 1.4 2.9 0.493 0.8 1.2 0.667 1.3 1.5       1.3 3.6
9 Mark Soderberg 14   3.7 0.6 1.9 0.308 0.4 0.5 0.857 1.7 0.1       0.4 1.6
10 Randy Noll 13   3.2 0.5 1.4 0.333 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.2       0.5 1.2
11 Art Laib 5   2.2 0.4 0.6 0.667 0 0   0.8 0       0.6 0.8
12 Clint Wheeler 5   2 0.2 0.2 1 0.4 0.4 1 0.6 0       0.2 0.8
13 Bob McCowan                                

Individual – Totals

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dan Issel 28   1044 369 667 0.553 210 275 0.764 363 39       81 948
2 Mike Pratt 28   1006 219 470 0.466 102 145 0.703 264 99       82 540
3 Tom Parker 25   533 117 232 0.504 26 35 0.743 160 34       47 260
4 Terry Mills 26   526 94 199 0.472 49 66 0.742 72 32       67 237
5 Larry Steele 23   653 90 187 0.481 45 49 0.918 146 48       69 225
6 Jim Dinwiddie 28   796 53 101 0.525 19 27 0.704 105 66       68 125
7 Kent Hollenbeck 25   311 45 102 0.441 11 16 0.688 42 35       46 101
8 Stan Key 26   260 37 75 0.493 20 30 0.667 34 39       35 94
9 Mark Soderberg 14   52 8 26 0.308 6 7 0.857 24 2       6 22
10 Randy Noll 13   41 6 18 0.333 4 8 0.5 15 2       7 16
11 Art Laib 5   11 2 3 0.667 0 0   4 0       3 4
12 Clint Wheeler 5   10 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 0       1 4
13 Bob McCowan                                
  School Totals 28     1099 2205 0.498 511 686 0.745 1390 432       548 2709

Schedule and Results

G Date Type   Opponent Conf   Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
1 Mon, Dec 1, 1969 REG   West Virginia Ind W 106 87   1 0 W 1 Memorial Coliseum
2 Sat, Dec 6, 1969 REG   Kansas Big 8 W 115 85   2 0 W 2 Memorial Coliseum
3 Mon, Dec 8, 1969 REG @ North Carolina (5) ACC W 94 87   3 0 W 3 Charlotte Coliseum (I)
4 Sat, Dec 13, 1969 REG   Indiana Big Ten W 109 92   4 0 W 4 Memorial Coliseum
5 Fri, Dec 19, 1969 REG   Navy Ind W 73 59   5 0 W 5 Memorial Coliseum
6 Sat, Dec 20, 1969 REG   Duke ACC W 98 76   6 0 W 6 Memorial Coliseum
7 Sat, Dec 27, 1969 REG N Notre Dame (11) Ind W 102 100   7 0 W 7 Freedom Hall
8 Mon, Dec 29, 1969 REG   Miami (OH) MAC W 80 58   8 0 W 8 Memorial Coliseum
9 Sat, Jan 3, 1970 REG   Mississippi SEC W 95 73   9 0 W 9 Memorial Coliseum
10 Mon, Jan 5, 1970 REG   Mississippi State SEC W 111 76   10 0 W 10 Memorial Coliseum
11 Sat, Jan 10, 1970 REG @ Florida SEC W 88 69   11 0 W 11 Florida Gymnasium
12 Mon, Jan 12, 1970 REG @ Georgia SEC W 72 71   12 0 W 12 Stegeman Coliseum
13 Sat, Jan 17, 1970 REG   Tennessee SEC W 68 52   13 0 W 13 Memorial Coliseum
14 Sat, Jan 24, 1970 REG   Louisiana State SEC W 109 96   14 0 W 14 Memorial Coliseum
15 Mon, Jan 26, 1970 REG   Alabama SEC W 86 71   15 0 W 15 Memorial Coliseum
16 Sat, Jan 31, 1970 REG @ Vanderbilt SEC L 81 89   15 1 L 1 Memorial Gymnasium
17 Mon, Feb 2, 1970 REG @ Auburn SEC W 84 83   16 1 W 1 Beard-Eaves-Memorial
18 Sat, Feb 7, 1970 REG @ Mississippi SEC W 120 85   17 1 W 2 C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
19 Mon, Feb 9, 1970 REG @ Mississippi State SEC W 86 57   18 1 W 3 McCarthy Gymnasium
20 Sat, Feb 14, 1970 REG   Florida SEC W 110 66   19 1 W 4 Memorial Coliseum
21 Mon, Feb 16, 1970 REG   Georgia SEC W 116 86   20 1 W 5 Memorial Coliseum
22 Sat, Feb 21, 1970 REG @ Louisiana State SEC W 121 105   21 1 W 6 John Parker Memorial Coliseum
23 Mon, Feb 23, 1970 REG @ Alabama SEC W 98 89   22 1 W 7 Coleman Coliseum
24 Sat, Feb 28, 1970 REG   Vanderbilt SEC W 90 86   23 1 W 8 Memorial Coliseum
25 Mon, Mar 2, 1970 REG   Auburn SEC W 102 81   24 1 W 9 Memorial Coliseum
26 Sat, Mar 7, 1970 REG @ Tennessee SEC W 86 69   25 1 W 10 Stokely Center
27 Thu, Mar 12, 1970 NCAA N Notre Dame (9) Ind W 109 99   26 1 W 11 St. John Arena
28 Sat, Mar 14, 1970 NCAA N Jacksonville (4) Ind L 100 106   26 2 L 1 St. John Arena

Next Game

Kentucky vs Troy (On time)

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 19, 1966, in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, top-ranked UK, featuring “Rupp’s Runts,” loses in the NCAA Championship game, 72-65, to Texas Western.

 

On March 19, 1966, Pat Riley joined the 1,000-point club.  He did it in 54 games.

 

On March 19, 1989, in the wake of an NCAA investigation, Eddie Sutton resigns as UK basketball coach.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 19, 1910

5 Charles Worthington

March 19, 1921

13 Louis Robertson

March 19, 1929

77 Bill Spivey

March 19, 1980

33 Cory Sears