Kentucky's longest winning streaks

After their gutsy win in Starkville, our Cats are now 27-1, and riding the nation's longest winning streak (19 games).

That's tied for the 8th longest single-season winning streak in school history.  The 2009-2010 team also won 19 in a row (to start the season) before falling at South Carolina in late January.

UK's top single-season winning streaks:
1) 27 games (1995-96 - ended with a loss to MSU in the SEC tournament final)
2) 26 (2002-03 - lost to Marquette in NCAA Elite 8)
3) 25 (1953-54 - went undefeated that season)
4) 23 (1965-66 - lost at Tennessee in March)
4) 23 (1951-52 - lost to St. John's in NCAA regional final)
6) 21 (1950-51 - lost to Vanderbilt in SEC tournament final)
6) 21 (1948-49 - lost to Loyola Chicago in NIT, then won the NCAA tournament)
8) 19 (2009-10 - lost at South Carolina in January)
8) 19 (2011-12 - still active)

UK's top overall winning streaks:
1) 32 games (25 in 1953-54, 7 in 1954-55, lost at home to Georgia Tech to end it)
2) 27 (1995-96)
3) 26 (2002-03)
3) 26 (15 in 1945-46, 11 in 1946-47, lost to Oklahoma A&M in the Sugar Bowl)
5) 25 (2 in 1964-65, 23 in 1965-66)
6) 24 (16 in 1947-48, 8 in 1948-49, lost to St. Louis in the Sugar Bowl Championship)
6) 24 (8 in 1932-33, 16 in 1933-34, lost to Florida in the SEC tournament)
8) 23 (1951-52)
9) 21 (1950-51)
9) 21 (1948-49)
11) 19 (2009-10)
11) 19 (2011-12, still active)

UK's final winning streaks in title seasons:
1947-48 = 16 games
1948-49 = 3
1950-51 = 5
1957-58 = 5
1977-78 = 13
1995-96 = 6
1997-98 = 13