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1962-1963 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Front Row (l to r): Coach Adolph Rupp, John Adams, Ron Kennett, Randy Embry, Scotty Baesler, Cotton Nash, Tommy Harper, Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster Standing: Student Manager Kirk Byars, Terry Mobley, Sam Harper, Dennis Radabaugh, Charles Ishmael, Don Rolfes, Roy Roberts, Ted Deeken, George Critz, Pat Doyle, Trainer Joe Brown

#PlayerPositionHometown (Last School)HtWt
11Randy EmbryGuardOwensboro, KY (High)5'11"170
12Ted DeekenForwardLouisville, KY (Flaget)6'3"185
14Scotty BaeslerGuardLexington, KY (Bryan Station)6'0"170
20Ray FreudenbergerForwardLong Island, NY6'3"-
22Charles “Chili” IshmaelGuardMount Sterling, KY6'5"205
23Roy RobertsForwardAtlanta, GA (Northside)6'4"190
25Terry MobleyGuardHarrodsburg, KY (High)6'2"188
31Tom HarperGuardWinchester, KY (Clark County)6'2"180
32Sam HarperGuardClinton, KY (Hickman County)6'3"175
32George AtkinsCenter-ForwardHopkinsville, KY (High)6'6"190
33Pat DoyleForward-GuardCalvert City, KY (North Marshall)6'2"175
34George CritzForwardBellbrook, OH (Sugar Creek)6'3"194
40Don RolfesCenterHarrison, OH (High)6'7"220
44Cotton NashCenter-ForwardLake Charles, LA (High)6'5"220
45John AdamsCenter-ForwardRising Sun, IN6'7"215
50Ron KennettGuardLawrenceburg, IN (High)6'0"170
52Denny RadabaughForwardSavanna, IL6'4"190

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On February 15, 1954, Linville Puckett, against Mississippi State, connected on a 53′ 6″ shot.

 

On February 15, 1990, in what was described by many as one of the most exciting games ever played at Rupp Arena, Rick Pitino’s rag-tag first team with eight scholarship players and no one taller than 6-foot-7 — the same team that lost by 55 earlier in the season at Kansas — beat an LSU team with Shaquille O’Neal, fellow 7-footer Stanley Roberts and the sweet-shooting guard known then as Chris Jackson.

 

On February 15, 1994, trailing by 31 points with 15:34 remaining in the game at LSU, the Wildcats pull off a Mardi Gras miracle. Connecting on 11 three-pointers and outscoring the Bayou Bengals 62-27 during the final 15:34, UK storms back to a 99-95 victory – the greatest comeback in UK history.  Walter McCarty led UK with 23 points and it was his three-pointer from the deep left corner with 19 seconds left that put the Cats ahead to stay.

 

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