Kentucky
Joe Craft Center
338 Lexington Avenue
Lexington, KY 40506-0604
Rupp Arena
Capacity: 23,000
Year Opened: 1976
Southeastern (since 1933)/Eastern Division
Former Member of southern (1922-32)
(51) 1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010
103-46 record (.691)
Reached Final Four in 1942 (T3rd), 1948 (1st), 1949 (1st), 1951 (1st), 1958 (1st), 1966 (2nd), 1975 (2nd), 1978 (1st), 1984 (T3rd), 1993 (T3rd), 1996 (1st), 1997 (2nd) and 1998 (1st)
Adolph Rupp (41 years from 1931-72, 875-190 record, .822)
Dan Issel (2,138 points from 1968-70)
Dan Issel (1,078 from 1968-70)
Jodie Meeks (54 points as junior at Tennessee on 1/13/09)
(64) G Ralph Beard (1947, 1948 and 1949), G Keith Bogans (2003), C Sam Bowie (1981 and 1984), C Bob Brannum (1944), C Bob Burrow (1955 and 1956), G Rex Chapman (1988), C DeMarcus Cousins (2010), F Johnny Cox (1957 and 1959), G Louie Dampier (1966 and 1967), G Berkley Bill Davis (1934), G Tony Delk (1996), C LeRoy Cowboy Edwards (1935), F Jack Givens (1977 and 1978), F Kevin Grevey (1974 and 1975), C Alex Groza (1947, 1948 and 1949), F Cliff Hagan (1952 and 1954), G Vern Hatton (1958), C Dan Issel (1969 and 1970), C-F Thad Jaracz (1966), F-C Wallace Wah Wah Jones (1947, 1948 and 1949), F Jim Line (1950), G Kyle Macy (1978, 1979 and 1980), F Jamal Mashburn (1993), G Jodie Meeks (2009), F Ron Mercer (1997), F-C Charles Cotton Nash (1962, 1963 and 1964), G Bernie Opper (1939), G Jack Parkinson (1946), F Mike Pratt (1970), F Tayshaun Prince (2001 and 2002), F Frank Ramsey (1951, 1952 and 1954), F Pat Riley (1966), F-C Rick Robey (1977 and 1978), F-C Forest Aggie Sale (1932 and 1933), C Bill Spivey (1950 and 1951), F Jack Tingle (1947), C Melvin Turpin (1984), F Kenny Walker (1985 and 1986), G John Wall (2010)
(21) Forest Sale (1932 and 1933), LeRoy Edwards (1935), Bob Brannum (1944), Ralph Beard (1947, 1948 and 1949), Alex Groza (1947 and 1949), Bill Spivey (1951), Cliff Hagan (1952 and 1954), Johnny Cox (1959), Charles Cotton Nash (1964), Dan Issel (1970), Kyle Macy (1980), Kenny Walker (1986), Jamal Mashburn (1993), Tony Delk (1996), Ron Mercer (1997), John Wall (2010)
(20) Bernie Opper (1939), Jack Parkinson (1946), Alex Groza (1948), Wallace Jones (1949), Frank Ramsey (1954), Bob Burrow (1956), Charles Cotton Nash (1962 and 1963), Louie Dampier (1966 and 1967), Dan Issel (1969), Kevin Grevey (1975), Jack Givens (1978), Rick Robey (1978), Sam Bowie (1981), Mel Turpin (1984), Kenny Walker (1985), Tayshaun Prince (2001), Jodie Meeks (2009), DeMarcus Cousins (2010)
Additional School Information on this Page:
Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:
Jodie Meeks (54 at Tennessee)
January 13, 2009 (junior/23.7 ppg)
Name | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stevenson | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 |
Harris | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 |
Patterson | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9 |
Porter | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 |
Meeks | 15-22 | 0-0 | 14-14 | 54 |
Miller | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 |
Galloway | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
Stewart | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Totals | 30-53 | 12-19 | 18-20 | 90 |
Percentages | .566 | .632 | .900 |
Name | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Smith | 5-14 | 2-5 | 7-7 | 19 |
Chism | 7-13 | 0-3 | 4-6 | 18 |
Maze | 5-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 11 |
Prince | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4 |
Hopson | 1-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 5 |
Woolridge | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
Tatum | 2-8 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 6 |
Tabb | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Williams | 3-5 | 1-1 | 2-6 | 9 |
Totals | 25-66 | 6-23 | 16-26 | 72 |
Percentages | .379 | .261 | .615 |
Coach | Seasons | Years | Record | W-L % | Best Season(s) | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edwin R. Sweetland | 2 | 1910, 1912 | 13-8 | .619 | 1912 | 9-0 |
Hal J. Iddings | 1 | 1911 | 5-6 | .455 | 1911 | 5-6 |
J.J. Tigert | 1 | 1913 | 5-3 | .625 | 1913 | 5-3 |
Alpha Brumage | 2 | 1914-15 | 19-7 | .731 | 1914 | 12-2 |
James Park | 1 | 1916 | 8-6 | .571 | 1916 | 8-6 |
W.P. Tuttle | 1 | 1917 | 4-6 | .400 | 1917 | 4-6 |
S.A. "Daddy" Boles | 1 | 1918 | 9-2-1 | .792 | 1918 | 9-2-1 |
Andrew Gill | 1 | 1919 | 6-8 | .429 | 1919 | 6-8 |
George C. Buchheit | 5 | 1920-24 | 44-27 | .620 | 1921 | 13-1 |
Clarence O. Applegran | 1 | 1925 | 13-8 | .619 | 1925 | 13-8 |
Ray Eklund | 1 | 1926 | 15-3 | .833 | 1926 | 15-3 |
Basil Hayden | 1 | 1927 | 3-13 | .188 | 1927 | 3-13 |
John W. Mauer | 3 | 1928-30 | 40-14 | .741 | 1930 | 16-3 |
41 | 1931-72 (not 1953) | 875-190 | .822 | 25-0 | ||
13 | 1973-85 | 297-100 | .748 | 30-2 | ||
4 | 1986-89 | 90-40 | .693 | 32-4 | ||
8 | 1990-97 | 219-50 | .814 | 34-2 | ||
10 | 1998-2007 | 263-83 | .760 | 35-4 | ||
2 | 2008-09 | 40-27 | .597 | 22-14 | ||
2 | 2010, 1911 | 64-12 | .842 | 35-3 |
- All-Time W-L Record: 2,052-647 (.760) from 1903 through 2011.
- NOTES: Basketball at UK reportedly started when W.W.H. Mustaine called together some students, took up a collection totaling $3 for a ball and told them to start playing. There was no official coach the first seven seasons from 1903 through 1909 when managers guided the squad to a 21-35 record (.375)
- UK did not compete in the 1952-53 campaign as part of a penalty stemming from NCAA probation
- The Wildcats vacated three games in 1988 NCAA Tournament (2-1 record).