UK Sports Network to feature new voices: Jack “Goose” Givens joins Tom Leach on game broadcasts, Cameron Mills as analyst on the pregame show
Jack Givens, Cameron Mills Give UK Sports Network New Voices
Video: The 1978 National Champions welcomed back to Rupp Arena
The 1978 National Championship team is honored at Rupp Arena on the 35th anniversary of their championship. For more on the Wildcats, visit WildcatWorld.com and be sure to visit us regularly for all your news on Kentucky basketball, past present and future.
Former Kentucky star Rick Robey: “Physically, I Just Didn’t Have It Anymore”
Tell Me When It’s Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: former basketball player Rick Robey. Robey was a fourth-year senior when Kentucky beat Duke 94-88 on March 27, 1978, to win its first national championship in 20 years. Teammate…
Jack Givens’ soft jumpers provided a touch of class to Kentucky’s attack
The story goes that Adolph Rupp once had a 6’9″ center who assiduously avoided contact. This infuriated Rupp, who liked Kentucky pivotmen to throw more elbows than hook shots. In practice one day, Rupp caught the timid one loitering on the foul line during a fierce battle under the boards. Calling the workout to a halt, Rupp gazed up at the center and said,…
Kyle Macy had the goods in every department
Wherever it is that old basketball coaches go when they die, Adolph Rupp is there now, wearing his brown suit, sipping his smooth bourbon and cussing his cruel fate. Here he is, five seasons retired and a month removed from this earth; and there they are, the Kentucky Wildcats, a superb team but not his team at all.…
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…
Video: Highlights of 1978 NCAA National Championship game
Video: Jack Givens pours in 41 points in 1978 NCAA Championship against Duke
November 30, 1974: Kentucky’s “Super Kittens” debut with 97-70 win
From the “Kentucky Basketball: The Season Never Ends Calendar:” Kevin Grevey had 32 points and Jimmy Dan Conner 12 as the #16 Kentucky Wildcats blasted Northwestern 97-70 to open the season. The win featured the debut of “The Super Kittens”: James Lee (11 points), Jack Givens (8 points), Rick Robey (8 points) and Mike Phillips…