From The Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar: “No way was bitter rival Kentucky going to notch the school’s 1,000th victory on Tennesee’s home floor. But #5 Kentucky was too much for the unranked Vols, getting 21 points from Dan Issel, 18 from Larry Steele and 17 from Mike Pratt to hang on 69-66. The victory…
On this day in 1969, Kentucky basketball beat Tennessee to claim it’s 1000th win
One Year Anniversary: Jodie Meeks scores 54 against Tennessee
It was a national coming out party for Kentucky’s Jodie Meeks after a 54-point effort helped the Wildcats embarass Tennessee, 90-72. Meeks broke a record held for 39 years by Dan Issel, who had 53 points in a game against Ole Miss. UT tried five different defenders on Meeks to no avail. He made 10…
Reflecting on greatness: 1969-70 Kentucky Wildcats
From BleacherReport.com, “They were one of the greatest college basketball teams that didn’t reach the Final Four. Need proof? At the end of the 1969-70 season, while UCLA walked away with their sixth NCAA Tournament title, Kentucky walked away with the no.1 ranking in both the AP and UPI polls (remember, this was before ESPN…
Reliving 2,000 wins through the legends
From Eric Lindsey of the UK Athletics office, “Two-thousand wins. An achievement no other school – not Kansas, not North Carolina, not UCLA – has ever achieved. For the first time in college basketball, a school has reached the 2,000 mark. Kentucky, as the rightful owner of the winningest record in college basketball, is the…
Patterson Will Be Kentucky’s Leader (VaughtsViews.com)
There’s nothing wrong with speculating how good Kentucky’s incoming freshman class will be during the 2009-2010 basketball season. Read article.