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2017-2018 Kentucky Basketball Roster

#PlayerPositionHometown (Last School)HtWt
0Quade GreenGuardPhiladelphia, PA (Neumann-Goretti)6'0"170
1Sacha Killeya-JonesForwardChapel Hill, N.C. (Virginia Episcopal)6'10"230
2Jarred VanderbiltForwardHouston, TX (Victory Prep Academy)6'9"214
3Hamidou DialloGuardQueens, NY (Putnam Science Academy)6-5198
4Nick RichardsNick RichardsForwardKingston, Jamaica (The Patrick School)6'11"247
5Kevin KnoxForwardTampa, FL (Tampa Catholic)6'9"215
10Jonny DavidGuardPittsburgh (Mt Lebanon)6'2175
12Brad CalipariBrad CalipariGuardFranklin Lakes, N.J. (MacDuffie School)6'0"178
13Jemarl BakerGuardMenifee, CA (Eleanor Roosevelt)6'4"182
14Tai WynyardForwardAuckland, NZL (Rangitoto College)6'10"254
22Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderGuardHamilton, Canada (Hamilton Heights)6'6"180
25P.J. WashingtonForwardDallas, TX (Findley Prep)6'8"228
30Dillon PulliamGuardCynthiana, KY (Transy)6'3195
32wenyen gabrielWenyen GabrielForwardManchester, N.H. (Wilbraham & Monson Academy)6'9"213

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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