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Thus, Kentucky's 1952—53 season was cancelled. ^B. After defeating LSU in a one-game playoff to win the 1954 SEC championship, three Kentucky players were ruled ineligible for the postseason because they had graduated in 1953 (when UK was banned from competing). As a result, Kentucky declined an invitation to the NCAA Tournament in protest. ^C.
A "British (National) Record" was instituted by the British Amateur Athletic Board (BAAB) in 1948 for performances made in the United Kingdom, by athletes born in the British Commonwealth. This record type was discontinued in 1960 when the BAAB instituted "United Kingdom (National) Records" which defined performances made anywhere in the world ...
Official NCAA records date only to the 1937–38 season, the start of what it calls the "modern era" of basketball. That season was the first after the center jump after each made basket was abolished. Weekly recording of scoring leaders started in 1947–48. Rebounding and assists were added in the 1950–51 season.
Others got more fanfare, but that was a unique season for Kentucky basketball. Julius Randle (15.0 points) was the unquestioned star of the 2013-14 Final Four team.
The last regular season game to date between UK and Georgetown came on Dec. 2, 1938, a 39-19 victory for Adolph Rupp’s Cats over Bob Evans’ Tigers before 3,000 fans at Alumni Gym.
That puts him five steps closer to a Kentucky basketball record. Following UK’s heartbreaking, 75-74 loss to LSU , the Wildcats freshman is now up to 70 steals on the season with five more games ...
Kentucky's regular season record was 30–1, with its only loss being by one point coming from a 3-pointer buzzer-beater by the Indiana Hoosiers' Christian Watford at Assembly Hall on December 10, 2011. In the SEC Tournament, Kentucky fell to Vanderbilt in the championship game, making its overall record 32–2 going into the NCAA tournament.
The 2012 season also marked the first time that UK had ever been ranked No. 1. UK finished the season with a No. 11 ranking by Baseball America. UK also achieved a program record by winning seven of ten series in SEC play. UK also ran up a school-record 22-game winning streak, which is the second longest in SEC history.