Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 1997–98 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team were coached by Tubby Smith. He was in his first season as head coach after taking over from Rick Pitino . The team finished the season with a 29–4 record and won the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship over the Utah Utes , 78–69.
The 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1997 and concluded with the 64-team 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, whose finals were held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Kentucky Wildcats earned their seventh national championship by defeating the Utah Utes 78–69 on
The following is a list of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball seasons, ... 1998–99 Tubby Smith 28–9: 11–5: 2nd (East) NCAA Division I Elite Eight: 1999–00
The former UK basketball standout wasn’t yet ready to make the $1 million commitment at that time, but he wanted to pick the AD’s brain about it as he continued to wrestle with the idea.
Here’s one take on the 10 most impactful achievements from the entirety of University of Kentucky sports lore.
Five Kentucky coaches, the most of any school, have led the team to an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship: Rupp in 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1958; Joe B. Hall in 1978, Rick Pitino in 1996, Tubby Smith in 1998, and John Calipari in 2012.
The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball program is the men's college basketball team of the University of Kentucky. It has eight NCAA championships, the best all-time winning percentage, and the most all-time victories. [2] For their success, Kentucky has claimed to be "The Greatest Tradition in the History of College Basketball."
John D. Meyers has deep, deep ties to the University of Kentucky. His grandfather, H.H. Downing, played basketball for UK starting in 1907 and chaired UK’s math department while coaching tennis ...