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23 Bruce Davis

Name
Bruce Davis
Position
Forward
Class
Senior
Hometown (Last School)
Lexington, KY
Seasons
1934-35, 1935-36
Birthday
January 8, 1914

Obituary – Businessman Bruce L. Davis Dies; Was Former UK Basketball Player, Lexington Herald (August 28, 1979)

Bruce Llandys Davis, a former University of Kentucky basketball player and businessman who once owned the Kentuckian Hotel in Lexington, died Monday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Lexington. He was 65.

Davis, who was a resident of Lexington for 51 years before moving to Elkton Farm in Scott County in 1970, played basketball at UK under the late Adolph Rupp from 1933 to 1937.

Besides operated the hotel, which closed several years ago, he also was a coal operator and lease agent.

Davis was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Georgetown and was a former deacon of the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington. He was also a member of Idle Hour Country Club.

A native of Jellico, Tenn., he was the son of the late William E. and Anna Bruce Huston Davis.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Ellen Triplett Davis; two sons, Daniel Alexander Davis of Lexington and Bruce Llandys Davis Jr. of Georgetown; and a brother Dr. Howell J. Davis of Owensboro.

The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at W.R. Milward Mortuary – Broadway Visitation is from 2 t 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary.

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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