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Kentucky Assists Records

CAREER LEADERS

Totals

  Player Seasons  G Avg Asst
1 1980-83 123 5.3 646
2 1994-97 141 3.9 544
3 Roger Harden 1983-86 122 4.1 498
4 1996-99 151 3.3 494
5 1990-92 91 5.3 482
6 1978-80 98 4.8 470
7 Cliff Hawkins 2001-04 126 3.7 468
8 1985-88 129 3.4 436
9 Travis Ford 1992-94 100 4.3 428
10 Tyler Ulis 2015-16 72 5.3 381
11 1998-01 143 2.5 363
12 Ashton Hagans 2019-20 67 5.2 351
13 John Pelphrey 1989-92 114 2.9 327
14 Sahvir Wheeler 2021-23 51 6.4 324
15 Larry Johnson 1974-77 112 2.8 319

 

Per Game (min. 60 games)

  Player Seasons G Asst Avg
1 Sean Woods 1990-92 91 482 5.3
2 Tyler Ulis 2015-16 72 381 5.29
3 Dirk Minniefield 1980-83 123 646 5.25
4 Ashton Hagans 2019-20 67 351 5.24
5 Kyle Macy 1978-80 98 470 4.8
6 Travis Ford 1992-94 100 428 4.28
7 2005-06 68 285 4.19
8 Roger Harden 1983-86 122 498 4.08
9 Anthony Epps 1994-97 141 544 3.86
10 Andrew Harrison 2013-15 79 298 3.77

SINGLE-SEASON LEADERS

Totals

  Player Season  G Avg Asst
1 Tyler Ulis 2015-16 35 7.0 246
2 2009-10 37 6.5 241
3 Roger Harden 1985-86 36 6.4 232
4 Sahvir Wheeler 2021-22 30 6.9 207
5 Anthony Epps 1996-97 40 4.8 193
  Travis Ford 1993-94 33 5.9 193
7 Ashton Hagans 2019-20 30 6.4 191
  Marquis Teague 2011-12 40 4.8 191
9 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2017-18 37 5.1 189
10 Dirk Minniefield 1981-82 30 6.3 188
11 Dirk Minniefield 1982-83 31 5.8 181
12 Kyle Macy 1977-78 32 5.6 178
13 Anthony Epps 1995-96 36 4.9 175
14 Wayne Turner 1997-98 39 4.4 173
15 Rajon Rondo 2005-06 34 4.9 167
  Sean Woods 1991-92 36 4.6 167
17 Cliff Hawkins 2003-04 32 5.2 166
  Travis Ford 1992-93 34 4.9 166
19 De'Aaron Fox 2016-17 36 4.6 165
20 Sean Woods 1989-90 28 5.9 164

 

Per Game

  Player Seasons  G Asst Avg
1 Tyler Ulis 2015-16 35 246 7.03
2 Sahvir Wheeler 2021-22 30 207 6.90
3 John Wall 2009-10 37 241 6.5
4 Roger Harden 1985-86 36 232 6.44
5 Ashton Hagans 2019-20 30 191 6.37
6 Dirk Minniefield 1981-82 30 188 6.27
7 Sean Woods 1989-90 28 164 5.86
8 Travis Ford 1993-94 33 193 5.85
9 Dirk Minniefield 1982-83 31 181 5.84
10 Sean Woods 1990-91 27 151 5.59

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS

  Player Opp (Date) Asst
1 TyTy Washington Georgia (1-8-22) 17
2 John Wall Hartford (12-29-09) 16
3 Travis Ford Eastern Kentucky (12-8-93) 15
4 Sahvir Wheeler North Florida (11/26/2021) 14
  Tyler Ulis LSU (3/5/2016) 14
  John Wall UNC Asheville (11-30-09) 14
  Dickey Beal BYU (3-17-84) 14
  Dirk Minniefield Villanova (12-4-82) 14
9 Anthony Epps LSU (3-4-95) 13
  Morehead State (12-19-92) 13
  Dirk Minniefield Auburn (2-3-82) 13
  Dirk Minniefield Mississippi State (1-23-80) 13

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 27, 1951, UK wins its third NCAA title, defeating Kansas State, 68-58, in the finals in Minneapolis.

 

On March 27, 1978, Jack “Goose” Givens scores 41 points as UK wins its fifth NCAA Championship, 94-88, over Duke in St. Louis.  Givens scored the last 16 points of the first half for Kentucky, bringing his first-half total up to 23 points. Givens poured in another 18 points in the second half.  Givens' helped lead the Wildcats to their first title in over 20 years.  More than 10,000 fans greet the team at Blue Grass Airport and 15,000 more celebrate at Memorial Coliseum

 

On March 27, 1993, Kentucky beat Florida State to advance to the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans. The victory completed a string of four games in which the Wildcats blitzed their Southeast Region opponents by an average of 31.0 points - the largest margin of victory by a team through four games en route to the Final Four.

 

On March 27, 2009, Billy Gillispie is fired as the Kentucky head basketball coach.

 

On March 27, 2011, freshman Brandon Knight scored 22 points and fourth-seeded Kentucky advanced to the Final Four for the first time since the 1998 title with a 76-69 win over second-seeded North Carolina in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.  The last minute of the game became the DeAndre Liggins show, as he blocked a shot on defense, hit a game-winning three-pointer on offense, then blocked another shot on defense to seal the victory. He finished with 12 points..