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1969-1970 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Seated (l to r): Head Coach Adolph Rupp, Dan Issel, Tom Parker, Bob McCowan, Larry Steele, Mike Pratt, Randy Noll, Assistant Coach Joe B. Hall Standing: Assistant Coach Dick Parsons, Trainer Claude Vaughan, Kent Hollenbeck, Jim Dinwiddie, Clint Wheeler, Art Laib, Randy Pool, Mark Soderberg, Stan Key, Terry Mills, Bill Busey, Assistant Coach T.L. Plain, Manager Doug Billips

#PlayerPositionHometown (Last School)HtWt
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John CarrSomerset, KY (Somerset)5'9"-
10Jim DinwiddieGuardLeitchfield, KY6'4"175
11Bob McCowanGuardDayton, OH (Fairview)6'2"175
12Tom ParkerForwardCollinsville, IL6'6"215
14Bill BuseyGuardBagdad, KY (Shelby County)5'10"160
21Terry MillsGuardBarbourville, KY (Knox Central)6'2"188
22Mike PrattForwardDayton, OH (Meadowdale)6'4"217
25Larry SteeleForwardBainbridge, IN (High)6'5"185
30Stan KeyGuardHazel, KY (Calloway County)6'3"186
32Kent HollenbeckGuardKnoxville, TN (Bearden)6'4"190
40Clint WheelerForwardAshland, KY (Blazer)6'7"208
42Randy PoolForwardOak Ridge, TN (High)6'7"210
44Dan IsselCenterBatavia, IL (High)6'8"240
45Mark SoderbergCenterHuntington Beach, CA (Marinas)6'10"225
50Randy NollForwardVilla Hills, KY (Covington Catholic)6'7"190
54Art LaibCenterSan Francisco, CA (Hammond High (Alexandria VA))6'10"200
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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 1, 1912, Kentucky defeats Georgetown College, 19-18, to complete the season with a perfect 9-0 record and earn its first title as Southern Champions.

 

On March 1, 1921, Kentucky upsets Tulane, Mercer, Mississippi A&M and Georgia to win the first Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball championship. Bill King's free throw with no time left on the clock lifted the Wildcats to the SIAA Championship over Georgia.  Hundreds of Wildcats fans await “play-by-play” via telegraph, and greet the team’s train with a celebration and parade in downtown Lexington. It is believed to be the first college basketball tournament ever played.

 

On March 1, 1952, Cliff Hagan scored 42 points against Tennessee.

 

On March 1, 1969, Dan Issel scored 31 points at Vanderbilt.

 

On March 1, 1969, Mike Casey joined the 1,000-point club.  He did it in 51 games.

 

On March 1, 1979, the 1979 SEC Tournament quarterfinals featured Kentucky and Alabama.  In a scintillating display of fast-paced basketball, Kentucky hit 68.3 percent of its shots (43-of-63) and outlasted Coach C.M. Newton’s Crimson Tide and star Reggie King (38 points) behind stellar guard play from Truman Claytor (25 points, 11-of-14 field goals), Kyle Macy (22, 9-of-16) and Dwight Anderson (19, 7-of-11) before 16,300 in the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.

 

On March 1, 1981, on Senior Day, No. 9 Kentucky defeated No. 2 LSU 73-71.  Kentucky denied LSU’s bid for an unbeaten SEC season when Sam Bowie blocked Howard Carter’s potential game-tying jumper just ahead of the final buzzer before 24,011 in Rupp Arena.

 

On March 1, 1987, Richard Madison's basket with eight seconds left enabled the Wildcats to upset the No. 12 Sooners.

 

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