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1981-1982 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Seated (l to r): Equipment Manager Bill Keightley, Coach , Dirk Minniefield, Mike Ballenger, Derrick Hord, Jim Master, Bo Lanter, , Associate Coach , Student Manager Roger Thomas Standing: Graduate Assistant , Assistant Coach , Troy McKinley, , , , Melvin Turpin, Bret Bearup, , Assistant Coach Joe Dean, Trainer

#PlayerPositionHometown (Last School)HtWt
5Mike BallengerGuardJasper, IN (High)6'3"185
10Dirk MinniefieldGuardLexington, KY (Lafayette)6'3"180
11Dicky BealGuardCovington, KY (Holmes)5'9"170
12Bo LanterGuardVersailles, KY (Woodford County)6'1"175
20Jim MasterGuardFort Wayne, IN (Paul Harding)6'5"170
24Bret BearupCenter-ForwardGreenlawn, NY (Harborfields)6'9"230
31Sam BowieCenter-ForwardLebanon, PA (High)7'1"230
32Derrick HordGuard-ForwardBristol, TN (Tennessee)6'6"215
33Tom HeitzForwardHamilton, IN (High)6'9"215
34Chuck VerderberForwardLincoln, IL (High)6'6"220
40Troy McKinleyForward-GuardIndependence, KY (Simon Kenton)6'6"195
44Charles HurtForwardShelbyville, KY (Shelby County)6'6"215
54Melvin TurpinCenterLexington, KY (Bryan Station)6'11"240

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On June 25, 2015, continuing a record-setting recent run of draft picks, six more Wildcats are selected in the 2015 NBA Draft, tying UK’s own 2012 record mark.  Karl-Anthony Towns becomes the third UK player in program history to go No. 1, and an NBA-record-tying four Wildcats are taken in the lottery.

 

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