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1966-1967 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Sitting (l to r): Head Coach Adolph Rupp, Pat Riley, Bob Tallent, Phil Argento, Louie Dampier, Jim LeMaster, Steve Clevenger, Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster Standing: Manager Bobby Barton, Tommy Porter, Gene Stewart, Thad Jaracz, Cliff Berger, Brad Bounds, Gary Gamble, Assistant Coach Joe Hall

#PlayerPositionHometown (Last School)HtWt
10Louie DampierGuardIndianapolis, IN (Southport)6'0"167
12Jim LeMasterGuardParis, KY (Bourbon County)6'2"188
13Phil ArgentoPhil ArgentoGuardCleveland, OH (West)6'2"183
22Gene StewartForwardBrookville, IN (High)6'2"187
24Bob TallentGuardLangley, KY (Maytown High)6'1"179
25Tommy PorterForwardGracey, KY (Christian County)6'3"188
32Steve ClevengerGuardAnderson, IN (High)6'0"185
42pat rileyPat RileyForwardSchenectady, NY (Linton High)6'4"205
44Brad BoundsForward-CenterBluffton, IN (High)6'5"207
45Cliff BergerCenterCentralia, IL (High)6'8"225
50Gary GambleForwardEarlington, KY (High)6'4"185
55Thad JaraczCenter-ForwardLexington, KY (Lafayette)6'5"230

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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