From the “Kentucky Basketball: The Season never Ends Calendar” – Gettysburg. D-Day. The Battle of the Bulge. Rick Pitino‘s return to Rupp Arena… as Louisville‘s head coach. The rebuilding Cards came in unranked and the crowd smelled blood. Kentucky won the closer than expected game 82-62. With dozens of homemade signs poking fun at “Traitor…
December 29, 2001: Pitino gets mixed welcome in return to Rupp
Kentucky dominates 2nd half, pastes North Carolina 93-76… 9 years ago today
From the “Kentucky Basketball: The Season Never Ends” Calendar: Unranked Kentucky ended its worst start in 16 years with a surprising 93-76 victory over sixth ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill. UK trailed 21-11 when Marquis Estill, Cliff Hawkins and Erik Daniels entered the game. The sophomore and two freshmen combined for 11 points in…
December 29, 2001: Kentucky 82, Louisville 62
For a half, Pitino’s coaching mystique hung heavy in Rupp Arena. Then UK‘s superior talent delivered a sobering slap. “They thought they were going to come in here and Rick Pitino was going to send them to the promised land,” UK point guard Cliff Hawkins said. “It don’t work like that.” Read article.