Friday, February 3, 2012

The Kentucky-South Carolina series

Updated March 15th, 2013

Overall series: UK 47-10
In Lexington: 25-2 (only lost in '97 and '09)
In Columbia: 18-6
In Carolina's current home (Colonial Life Arena): 7-3
In the postseason: 4-2 (3-2 SEC, 1-0 Southern)

Other specific game sites
Rupp: 22-2
Memorial: 1-0
Alumni: 2-0

Frank McGuire Arena: 11-2
Carolina Fieldhouse: 0-1

Georgia Dome (Atlanta): 2-1
Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville): 1-1
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium: 1-0

Highs and Lows
Regular season home high: beating Carolina by 45 in Rupp in 1979.  Macy, Bowie, Anderson and Hord all scored at least 18 points as UK racked up 126.

Regular season road high: winning by 38 in Columbia in 2007.  Joe Crawford led the way.

Regular season low: losing at home on Senior Day 1997, thanks to BJ McKie's 13 free throws.  UK was whistled for 29 fouls at Rupp.

Postseason high: UK winning 86-56 in the 1998 SEC Tournament Championship game, without Jeff Sheppard.

Postseason low: UK losing in the quarterfinals (their first game) of the 2002 SEC Tournament.  UK was ranked 12th in the country, and Carolina was the lowly E6 seed.

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