For months now, basketball fans in Kentucky have been wondering how a program with the biggest and best of everything can lose to a Middle Tennessee in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. That’s what happened, of course, to the Kentucky Wildcats—Mildcats, some called them—last March. Inevitably, a lot of fingers were pointed at…
Some called them the Kentucky Mildcats
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…
On this day in Kentucky basketball history in 1984, Kenny Walker made Charles Barkley cry
From UKWildcatsBlog.com: “The Wildcats had the ball with the game tied and 14 seconds left to play. On the inbounds play, the Wildcats got the ball into the hands of sophomore Kenny Walker. Once Walker had the ball, he bounced in a jump shot from 15 feet to give the Wildcats a 51-49 wins and…
Video: This is Kentucky Basketball featuring Kentucky greats
This is Kentucky basketball. Features some of Kentucky’s greatest players and legends: Dan Issel, Kenny “Sky” Walker, Kyle Macy, Jeff Shephard, Antoine Walker, Bill Keightley, Adrian Smith, and C.M. Newton.
March 10, 1984: Walker’s clutch shot gives Cats title
After 35 regular-season titles and 13 tournament crowns, many fans probably thought Kentucky won Southeastern Conference basketball trophies by instinct. Read article.
January 22, 1984: Bowie, Turpin, Walker team for 47 points
Rising to the occasion — a necessity in a duel of 7-footers — Kentucky overcame a bumbling start and a stumbling finish to beat Houston 74-67 yesterday at Rupp Arena. Read article.