Boxscore: Cason Wallace scored 20 points, Jacob Toppin had a double-double and Kentucky never trailed in a 72-67 victory over Florida.
Cason Wallace scored 10 of Kentucky’s final 16 points against Florida plus Boxscore and Other Game Notes
Kentucky to Retire Jersey of Mike Pratt
Mike Pratt, Kentucky All-American, who served 21 seasons as an analyst on UK radio broadcasts, will have a jersey retired in his honor.
Jack Givens, Cameron Mills Give UK Sports Network New Voices
UK Sports Network to feature new voices: Jack “Goose” Givens joins Tom Leach on game broadcasts, Cameron Mills as analyst on the pregame show
Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum to Host Public Memorial for Mike Pratt
The University of Kentucky will hold a public memorial service for Mike Pratt inside of Memorial Coliseum on Aug. 5 beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
The Kain-tuck-eee Jubilee
Last Saturday night anxious fingers tuned radio dials in Gap Tooth and Wet Rye. On a lonely mountain in eastern Kentucky, two men sharing a quart of moonshine pulled a coughing car to the edge of the road and listened in. An executive, off duty from a Louisville boardroom, settled down in front of his fireplace to…
Former Cats Tayshaun Prince and Mike Casey head new class in UK Hall of Fame
The University of Kentucky announced six 2010 inductees into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame. The class includes former UK student-athletes Mike Casey (men’s basketball), Steve Flesch (men’s golf), Nancy Napolski Johnson (rifle), Billy Ray Lickert (men’s basketball), Valerie McGovern Young (cross country, track and field) and Tayshaun Prince (men’s basketball). The class will be…
Former Cat Mike Pratt values local upbringing, Kentucky ties
Mike Pratt has been involved in a variety of pursuits since his standout basketball career at the University of Kentucky. The 1966 Meadowdale High School grad played two years for the ABA Kentucky Colonels, was a head coach for four years at UNC Charlotte (career record: 55-52) and provided commentary on college basketball games for…
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,…
On this day in 1969, Kentucky basketball beat Tennessee to claim it’s 1000th win
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…
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…