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Kentucky and North Carolina – Two of the Winningest Programs Battle

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Two of the winningest teams in college basketball face off Saturday when the Wildcats (2,028 wins – 1st) take on the Tar Heels (2,007 wins – 3rd) in Chapel Hill in a nationally televised contest on CBS. Kentucky enters the match-up having won five of its first six games, including a second-place finish in the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina

Go here for boxscore.  Game notes coming shortly.   Team Records and Series Notes With the win Kentucky improves to 8-0, and with the loss, North Carolina falls to 7-2. Off to an 8-0 start, UK has jumped out to the best start to a season since the 1992-93 campaign when UK opened 11-0. UK…

No. 5 Kentucky edges No. 10 North Carolina 68-66

John Wall wasn’t going to let anything stop him from playing North Carolina, not even the superstar point guard’s biggest fear: needles.  The Kentucky freshman bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points – including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left…

The two winningest teams in college basketball collide Saturday at Rupp

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JosJ2FM7Og Kentucky versus North Carolina.  The two winningest teams in college basketball face off Saturday when the Wildcats (1,995 wins) take on the Tar Heels (1,991 wins) in Rupp Arena in a nationally televised contest on CBS.  Kentucky enters the game on a seven-game winning streak to open the year, its best start since the…

The Kentucky Wildcats are chasing history

Kentucky has long trumpeted itself as the program with “the greatest tradition in college basketball.” Now the Wildcats are closing in on another piece of history: the first program with 2,000 victories.  Read article.  See my chart tracking the chase

Kentucky dominates 2nd half, pastes North Carolina 93-76… 9 years ago today

From the “Kentucky Basketball:  The Season Never Ends” Calendar:  Unranked Kentucky ended its worst start in 16 years with a surprising 93-76 victory over sixth ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill.  UK trailed 21-11 when Marquis Estill, Cliff Hawkins and Erik Daniels entered the game.  The sophomore and two freshmen combined for 11 points in…

The Race to 2000 Wins

The race to 2000 wins begins Friday for Kentucky.  It’s already begun for North Carolina.  Although meaningless in all other regards, reaching the 2000 win milestone will certainly give one school some serious bragging rights.  I’ve put together a chart to track the progress of both teams along with projections and my predictions.  You can…

UK, NC, KU – The Race to 2,000 (Upon Further Review)

This is actually a two-parter. I had both parts done and was ready to post them when Calipari decided to go to Kentucky. That changed the emphasis entirely. Originally, this was entitled “The Fall of the Kentucky Empire.” and it was partly about predicting when KU would pass UK in total victories.  Read article.