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More than just a number

It's just a number. Like seven NCAA Tournament titles is just a number. Like 43 SEC basketball titles is just a number. Like 13 Final Four appearances is just a number. Like Adolph Rupp's 876 victories is just a number. Yeah, it's just a number all right. In a game that is marked by numbers, from...

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Two more national titles, a historic hire and the dawn of the Calipari era

March 15, 1992: Eligible for post-season play for the first time in three years, Kentucky dominates Alabama, 80-54, to take its 16th SEC Tournament championship.

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Kentucky's first championship, first All-American and the hiring of some coach named Rupp

Feb. 6, 1903: First organized basketball game at State College (later UK), which it lost to Georgetown College 15-6.

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A courtside seat for UK's best and worst

Jerry Tipton, who was inducted into the United States Basketball Writers Association's Hall of Fame in 2005, is in his 29th year covering University of Kentucky basketball for the Herald-Leader. Here are his most memorable moments from UK's 714 wins during the time he's covered the Cats:

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Memorable victories

KENTUCKY 20,GEORGIA 19

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The other side of 2,000

The 20 schools Kentucky has beaten the most times on the way to 2,000:

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Biggest shots According to the UK media guide

Tony Delk

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Year-by-year record

1903 1-2

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Champion UK coaches

23 Coaches in 107 Seasons

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Cinderella's slipper fits, and the 'Comeback Cats' add another title

In all of Kentucky's basketball history, the 1958 Wildcats were the only Cinderella team to claim a national championship.

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Cats produce a 27-game winning streak and end an 18-year drought

If the aspirations of Kentucky fans were the total subjugation of college basketball, the 1996 Wildcats were as close as UK has come in the modern era.

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