<![CDATA[Kentucky.com -- UK 2K]]> http://www.kentucky.com/1140/index.html Kentucky.com, Lexington, KY en-us Copyright 2012 - Kentucky.com UK 2K 60 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:02 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 dlawhead@herald-leader.com (Deedra Lawhead) <![CDATA[More than just a number]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070477/more-than-just-a-number.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070477/more-than-just-a-number.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST 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…

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]]> <![CDATA[Two more national titles, a historic hire and the dawn of the Calipari era]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070486/two-more-national-titles-a-historic.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070486/two-more-national-titles-a-historic.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST 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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]]> <![CDATA[Kentucky's first championship, first All-American and the hiring of some coach named Rupp]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070481/kentuckys-first-championship-first.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070481/kentuckys-first-championship-first.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST Feb. 6, 1903: First organized basketball game at State College (later UK), which it lost to Georgetown College 15-6.

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]]> <![CDATA[A courtside seat for UK's best and worst]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070479/a-courtside-seat-for-uks-best.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070479/a-courtside-seat-for-uks-best.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST 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.

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]]> <![CDATA[Memorable victories]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070480/memorable-victories.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070480/memorable-victories.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST KENTUCKY 20,GEORGIA 19…

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]]> <![CDATA[The other side of 2,000]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070513/the-other-side-of-2000.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070513/the-other-side-of-2000.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST The 20 schools Kentucky has beaten the most times on the way to 2,000:

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]]> <![CDATA[Biggest shots According to the UK media guide]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070522/biggest-shots-according-to-the.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070522/biggest-shots-according-to-the.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST Tony Delk…

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]]> <![CDATA[Year-by-year record]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070526/year-by-year-record.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070526/year-by-year-record.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST 1903 1-2…

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]]> <![CDATA[Champion UK coaches]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070512/champion-uk-coaches.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070512/champion-uk-coaches.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST 23 Coaches in 107 Seasons…

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]]> <![CDATA[Cinderella's slipper fits, and the 'Comeback Cats' add another title]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070509/cinderellas-slipper-fits-and-the.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070509/cinderellas-slipper-fits-and-the.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST In all of Kentucky's basketball history, the 1958 Wildcats were the only Cinderella team to claim a national championship.

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]]> <![CDATA[Cats produce a 27-game winning streak and end an 18-year drought]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070505/cats-produce-a-27-game-winning.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070505/cats-produce-a-27-game-winning.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST 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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]]> <![CDATA[Groza leads UK with 20.5 ppgas Cats repeat as NCAA champion]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070492/groza-leads-uk-with-205-ppgas.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070492/groza-leads-uk-with-205-ppgas.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST Except for the loss of Kenny Rollins, this was virtually the same team that won the title in 1948.

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]]> <![CDATA[Seniors live up to expectations, deliver long-awaited fifth title]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070501/seniors-live-up-to-expectations.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070501/seniors-live-up-to-expectations.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST "We are expected to win — but I wouldn't want to be at a school where people didn't care,'' Coach Joe B. Hall said during the 1978 season.

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]]> <![CDATA[Fabulous Five set gold standard for all future Kentucky teams]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070489/fabulous-five-set-gold-standard.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070489/fabulous-five-set-gold-standard.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST This was the year of the Fabulous Five. There was no Final Four as such, but Kentucky won the Southeastern Conference Tournament and traveled to New York for the NCAA…

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]]> <![CDATA[Third national title in four years as scandal breaks over Big Blue]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070495/third-national-title-in-four-years.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070495/third-national-title-in-four-years.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST Before scandal broke, Rupp's program was rolling at such a level that he replaced the Fabulous Five-era players with a team that was, arguably, more talented.

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]]> <![CDATA[UK's Cinderella team, Fiddlin' Five, gives Rupp his last NCAA title]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070498/uks-cinderella-team-fiddlin-five.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070498/uks-cinderella-team-fiddlin-five.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST Kentucky lost two of its final five games and appeared an unlikely contender for the national championship.

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]]> <![CDATA[A fifth national title, three new coaches and a 23,000-seat basketball palace]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070484/a-fifth-national-title-three-new.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070484/a-fifth-national-title-three-new.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST June 9, 1969: Tom Payne, a 7-foot high school All-American from Louisville, becomes the first black player to sign with UK.

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]]> <![CDATA[All-time winningest teams]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070478/all-time-winningest-teams.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070478/all-time-winningest-teams.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST Won Lost Tied…

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]]> <![CDATA[Four national titles, a new $3.9 million, 11,500-seat coliseum and the 'Voice of the Wildcats']]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070482/four-national-titles-a-new-39.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/23/1070482/four-national-titles-a-new-39.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00 EST March 23, 1948: Adolph Rupp's "Fabulous Five" wins UK's first NCAA championship, 58-42, over Baylor. The team is met in Lexington by 15,000 fans and given a parade.

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]]> <![CDATA[Cats cruise to victory No. 2,000]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/22/1068823/cats-cruise-to-victory-no-2000.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2009/12/22/1068823/cats-cruise-to-victory-no-2000.html Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00 EST Kentucky became the first basketball program to reach 2,000 victories with a bimillennium mauling Monday night.

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