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1956-1957 Kentucky Basketball Roster

Seated (l to r): Coach Adolph Rupp, Ray Mills, Lincoln Collinsworth, Adrian Smith, Gerry Calvert, Bill Cassady, Harold Ross, John Crigler, Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster Standing: Jay Bayless, John Brewer, Johnny Cox, Bill Smith, Dick Howe, Ed Beck, Vernon Hatton, Earl Adkins, John Hardwick, Manager Ken Lehkamp

#PlayerPositionHometown (Last School)HtWt
10Lincoln CollinsworthGuardSalyersville, KY6'3"185
10Gerry CalvertGuardMaysville, KY (High)5'11"160
12Billy Ray CassadyForward-GuardInez, KY6'2"191
14Phil JohnsonForward-CenterLexington, KY (University High)6'5"190
20Dick HoweCenter-ForwardCarbondale, IL (Carbondale Community)6'5"210
24Johnny CoxForwardHazard, KY (High)6'4"185
32John CriglerForwardHebron, KY (High)6'3"180
33Harold RossGuard-ForwardHickman, KY6'3"175
34Ed BeckCenterFort Valley, GA6'7"188
40Earl AdkinsGuardAshland, KY (High)6'4"180
50Adrian SmithAdrian SmithGuardFarmington, KY6'0"178
50Jay BaylessForwardKnoxville, TN (Fulton)6'4"205
52Vernon HattonGuardLexington, KY (Lafayette)6'3"195
55Ray MillsForwardManchester, KY (Clay County)6'4"200
66John HardwickGuardLexington, KY (University High)6'3"185
70John BrewerGuardLouisville, KY (Eastern)6'3"180
88Bill SmithForwardWalton, KY6'5"200

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 December 7, 1957, what was then referred to as “the longest game in UK history” proves fruitful for the Wildcats as they defeat Temple 85-83 in three overtimes. Vernon Hatton scores UK’s final six points to edge the Owls.  Hatton hit a shot from 47 feet against Temple that tied the score at the end of the first overtime.  This remains one of the games that looms largest in the lore of Kentucky basketball.

 

On December 7, 1988, LeRon Ellis scored 37 points against Northwestern State.

 

On December 7, 1996, No. 6 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Indiana, 99-65.  Before 20,074 fans in Freedom Hall, UK’s Derek Anderson (30 points) and Ron Mercer (26) led a Kentucky full-court blitz that annihilated Bobby Knight’s Hoosiers.

 

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