Oscar Tshiebwe has had 12 straight games with double-figure rebounds and is the first Wildcat to do so since Dan Issel in the 1969-70 season
Oscar Tshiebwe shares a streak with Dan Issel plus Boxscore and Other Game Notes from Florida
Malik Monk makes history plus boxscore and other game notes
Malik Monk scored a Kentucky freshman record 47 points and tied Dan Issel for the sixth-most points ever by a Wildcat in a single game.
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs Wichita State
Julius Randle moved past DeMarcus Cousins (375) for second place in Kentucky’s single-season freshman rebounding list with 385 boards on the season.
Rebound average for Julius Randle is the best since Bob Burrow in 1956
In three games, Julius Randle is averaging 24 points and 14.3 rebounds per game.
Kentucky basketball great Dan Issel honored on 2013 commemorative Maker’s Mark bottle
Keeneland and Maker’s Mark have announced that the 17th edition of its signature charitable bottle series will honor UK basketball great Dan Issel.
Original Old School: A Man Called Horse
Some guys just have to keep proving themselves. Take Dan Issel. The University of Kentucky’s all-time leading scorer, the 6-9 Issel averaged 33.9 ppg and 13.2 rpg his senior year to lead the Wildcats to a 27-2 record and the top of the regular-season polls. Still, NBA scouts considered his future shaky, dubbing him too…
More than a century of glorious Kentucky basketball sights and sounds…
When one sport, one school, one supreme program so dominates a state, you can take its measure with sounds alone. Cock an ear to the sound track of more than a century of basketball in the Bluegrass State and you’ll hear: The buzz of the Hyatt lobby in advance of a game at Rupp…
Yahoo! includes Dan Issel in list of All-time top five post players
One of the most underrated roles in all of NCAA college basketball is the post player. Most fans consider guards to be the most talented players on the court. And seven-foot tall centers certainly draw a lot of attention. But a quality NCAA post player must possess a number of different skills. Occasionally, a post player will have to dribble and shoot a mid-range jumper.
A video tribute to the Adolph Rupp Era
This is a video tribute to Adolph Rupp Era at Kentucky featuring the coach Adolph Rupp himself and many of the great players that played under him: Dan Issel, Alex Groza, Cotton Nash, Larry Conley, Mike Pratt, Pat Riley, Vernon Hatton, John Crigler, Adrian Smith, Johnny Cox, Ed Beck, Tommy Kron, Thad Jaracz, Louie Dampier,…
In duel for the ages, Kentucky’s Dan Issel outshot Pistol Pete
As Feb. 21, 1970 dawned in Baton Rouge, La., LSU‘s Pistol Pete Maravich was 0-5 against Kentucky in his career. Now came this, the Pistol’s final chance to beat the Wildcats in the final game of his extraordinary career. Jubilant LSU fans who’d recently finished celebrating Mardi Gras began to arrive at the 9,000-seat…