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12 Billy Ray Cassady

Name
Billy Ray Cassady
Position
Forward-Guard
Class
Senior
Hometown (Last School)
Inez, KY
Ht
6'2"
Wt
191
Seasons
1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58
Birthday
June 11, 1935

Obituary – CASSADY, Billy Ray, Paintsville Herald

Billy Ray Cassady, 62, of Inez, died Wednesday, November 26, 1997, at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He was born in Inez, the son of the late Robert and Rachel Spears Cassady, on June 11,1935. Billy Ray was a member and star player on the 1954 Inez High School Kentucky State High School championship team and later played on the University of Kentucky’s 1958 national championship, team, coached by Adolph Rupp. He was retired from the Wolf Creek Colleries Coal Co., following a kidney transplant. He was a member of the Inez Masonic Lodge, the Golden Memorial Methodist Church; and a member of the University of Kentucky Basketball Alumni. Survivors include his wife, Donna Sue Callaham Cassady; two sons, William M. Cassady and Carlos R. Cassady, both of Inez; and three grandsons. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, November 29, in Richmond-Callaham Funeral Home in Inez, with Rev. Eric Patterson officiating. Burial was in the Saltwell Cemetery in Inez.

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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