This post is meant simply to list the most important accomplishments of this incredibly special team. I'll be adding to it.
TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (our 8th title, won by five different coaches)
FINISHED #1 IN BOTH MAJOR POLLS (stayed #1 the final 8 weeks of the season)
PERFECT 16-0 IN SEC (only third time in history - all by UK)
CONTINUED NATION'S LONGEST HOME WINNING STREAK (currently 52 games)
WON 24 CONSECUTIVE GAMES
NCAA RECORD FOR TEAM BLOCKED SHOTS (335 in a single season)
INDIVIDUAL HONORS
ANTHONY DAVIS - NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR (our first ever AP, Naismith or Wooden winner)
ANTHONY DAVIS - FINAL FOUR MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER
MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST - NCAA TOURNAMENT SOUTH REGION MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER
ANTHONY DAVIS - SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
ANTHONY DAVIS, MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST - ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
ANTHONY DAVIS - NCAA FRESHMAN RECORD FOR BLOCKED SHOTS (186 - also our new single-season school record)
ANTHONY DAVIS - UK FRESHMAN RECORD FOR REBOUNDS (415)
DARIUS MILLER, TERRENCE JONES, DORON LAMB - ALL JOINED 1000-POINT CLUB
DARIUS MILLER - MOST GAMES PLAYED IN UK HISTORY (152 in his career)
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
Bombs Away on Senior Day
1) UK hit 15 of 27 three-point field goal attempts last night in their 79-49 destruction of hapless Georgia.
In that sense, it was almost a throwback game to the Pitino era, because:
- only once has a Cal team hit 15+ threes (15/33 against ETSU in the 2010 NCAA First Round)
- neither of Gillispie's squads hit 15+
- only once did a Tubby team ever hit 15+ (16/32 against Tulane in Freedom Hall, 2002)
...but Pitino's teams, due to a combination of strategy and (at times in the earlier years) desperation, were flinging up massive numbers from behind the arc.
The overall team record: 21 made threes (out of 48) in a 1989 loss to North Carolina
The most recent date with more than 15: January 2nd, 2002 against Tulane (16 of 32)
The Senior Day record: 20 made threes (out of 35) in the 1995 obliteration (127-80) of LSU
2) Darius Miller hit 5 of 9 three-point attempts in his final game in Rupp Arena.
This was 1 away from his career high of 6 made threes against South Carolina in 2011.
The overall record for any UK player: 10 made threes (out of 15) by Jodie Meeks at UT in 2009
The most recent date with more than 6: December 22nd, 2010 against Winthrop (Lamb hit 7 of 8)
The Senior Day record: 6 made threes (out of 8) by Tony Delk in the same LSU beatdown from 1995
3) Six different Wildcats hit threes - even Anthony Davis!
Miller had 5, Lamb and Wiltjer 3 each, Teague 2, Davis and MKG one each.
Our Cats have actually topped this a fair number of times in history.
The overall record for any UK team: 9 players made a total of 16 threes against Tulane 1/2/02 (Prince, Hawkins, Fitch, Bogans, Carruth, Carrier, Hayes, Estill, Heissenbuttel)
The most recent date with more than 6: the same 2002 Tulane game
The Senior Day record: 7 different players, twice (3/4/95 vs LSU, 3/2/91 vs Auburn)
Among other websites consulted, one of my main sources for this and many other posts is the peerless UK resource (and probably the best site of its kind for any sports team) known as "The Kentucky Basketball Statistics Project" operated by Jon Scott. Available at http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/statistics.html
In that sense, it was almost a throwback game to the Pitino era, because:
- only once has a Cal team hit 15+ threes (15/33 against ETSU in the 2010 NCAA First Round)
- neither of Gillispie's squads hit 15+
- only once did a Tubby team ever hit 15+ (16/32 against Tulane in Freedom Hall, 2002)
...but Pitino's teams, due to a combination of strategy and (at times in the earlier years) desperation, were flinging up massive numbers from behind the arc.
The overall team record: 21 made threes (out of 48) in a 1989 loss to North Carolina
The most recent date with more than 15: January 2nd, 2002 against Tulane (16 of 32)
The Senior Day record: 20 made threes (out of 35) in the 1995 obliteration (127-80) of LSU
2) Darius Miller hit 5 of 9 three-point attempts in his final game in Rupp Arena.
This was 1 away from his career high of 6 made threes against South Carolina in 2011.
The overall record for any UK player: 10 made threes (out of 15) by Jodie Meeks at UT in 2009
The most recent date with more than 6: December 22nd, 2010 against Winthrop (Lamb hit 7 of 8)
The Senior Day record: 6 made threes (out of 8) by Tony Delk in the same LSU beatdown from 1995
3) Six different Wildcats hit threes - even Anthony Davis!
Miller had 5, Lamb and Wiltjer 3 each, Teague 2, Davis and MKG one each.
Our Cats have actually topped this a fair number of times in history.
The overall record for any UK team: 9 players made a total of 16 threes against Tulane 1/2/02 (Prince, Hawkins, Fitch, Bogans, Carruth, Carrier, Hayes, Estill, Heissenbuttel)
The most recent date with more than 6: the same 2002 Tulane game
The Senior Day record: 7 different players, twice (3/4/95 vs LSU, 3/2/91 vs Auburn)
Among other websites consulted, one of my main sources for this and many other posts is the peerless UK resource (and probably the best site of its kind for any sports team) known as "The Kentucky Basketball Statistics Project" operated by Jon Scott. Available at http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/statistics.html
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