Detailed history of SEC men's basketball titles

The 2016-17 season is the 85th in SEC basketball history.  But while there have been 85 regular season titles (some shared), there have only been 58 conference tournaments - it wasn't held in 1935, nor from 1953 through 1978).

The Southeastern Conference originated during the 1932-33 season, and consisted of the following schools:

Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Sewanee
Tennessee
Tulane
Vanderbilt

All thirteen of these teams had just made an exodus from the Southern Conference, which was a 23-team behemoth in 1931-1932.  Most of the other "SoCon" members at that time would go on to form the core of the ACC in 1953-54 (UNC, Duke, Maryland, Clemson,  Virginia etc.).

Schools leave the SEC...and others join...

1940: Sewanee leaves, reducing membership to 12.  It stayed that way for 24 seasons.

1964: Georgia Tech leaves, reducing memberships to 11.

...followed by Tulane in 1966, leaving 10 schools.

This was the list for 25 years:

Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

(these same 10 schools are original and current members)

The next change came in 1991-92, when Arkansas and South Carolina joined, bringing the SEC back to a total of 12.

And finally (for now), Missouri and Texas A&M in 2012, for the current 14-team configuration.

Scheduling inconsistency in the early days

The early days of the league were a bit strange, as far as regular season championships go.  The scheduling and methodology was uneven, to put it mildly.  Want examples?

1936: Kentucky won the league with 6 wins and 2 losses...a better percentage than Vandy (8-4) and Tennessee (9-4).

1938: Kentucky won at 6-0, a better percentage than Ole Miss (11-2). 

Or what about 1943?  Kentucky won at 8-1....Mississippi State played more than twice as many league games and finished 13-7...Florida was 0-6.  Things were all over the place.

1944 was clearly affected by the second World War, as a total of six league games were played and it seems silly to even crown a champion.

A dose of uniformity...but many changes to come

Things became much more sane during the 1950-51 season, with a 14-game league schedule for all teams.  

In 1952-53, it was a 13-game schedule, as Kentucky did not participate that season.

In 1953-54, it was back to 14 games for all schools...although it still wasn't necessary for teams to play ALL others in the league - as evidenced by both UK and LSU finishing 14-0.  

It seems that in the following year (1954-55), it became standard practice to face all 11 of the other league members.  From then through the departure of Georgia Tech in 1964, there were three teams that Kentucky faced twice in each league season: Tech, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.  A fairly difficult slate, really.

In 1964-65 (after Georgia Tech left), there were 11 teams, playing a 16-game schedule.  That year and the next, UK faced Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Vandy twice.  LSU, MSU, Ole Miss and Tulane once each.

In 1966-67 (after Tulane departed), there were 10 teams, playing an 18-game, "round robin" schedule.  Thus began the longest period of scheduling stability - all teams played every other team twice a year until 1991-92.  This was arguably the period during which the "truest" regular season champions were crowned.

When Arkansas and South Carolina joined in 1991-92 (the former from the now-defunct Southwest Conference, the latter from the Metro and previously the ACC and SoCon), things changed again.  The SEC split into two divisions:

East: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

West: Auburn, Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi, MSU

Each team played its division-mates twice and the others once, for a total of 16 games.  This format remained until 2011-2012, when divisions ceased to exist in SEC basketball.

In 2012-2013, the schedule switched back to 18 games when Missouri and Texas A&M arrived.  As there are 13 opponents and 18 games, some are obviously faced only once each year.  This even includes traditional opponents - there have been years when UK played Tennessee or Vanderbilt only once.  Florida has been the only twice-annual opponent for Kentucky since the new arrangement began.

Regular season championships:

1) Kentucky - 48 (won 50 but vacated in 1988, on probation in 1991)

Outright: 36
Shared: 12
Also won tournament: 17 (plus one vacated)
Outright and won tournament: 13 (plus one vacated)

1933: 8-0 (also won tournament)
1935: 11-0 (shared with LSU)
1936: 6-2
1938: 6-0
1941: 8-1
1943: 8-1
1945: 4-1 (shared with Tennessee, also won tournament)
1946: 6-0 (shared with LSU, also won tournament)
1947: 11-0 (also won tournament)
1948: 9-0 (also won tournament)
1949: 13-0 (also won tournament)
1950: 11-2 (also won tournament)
1951: 14-0 
1952: 14-0 (also won tournament)
1954: 14-0 (shared with LSU)
1955: 12-2
1957: 12-2
1958: 12-2
1962: 13-1 (shared with MSU)
1964: 11-3
1966: 15-1
1968: 15-3
1969: 16-2
1970: 17-1
1971: 16-2
1972: 14-4 (shared with Tennessee)
1973: 14-4
1975: 15-3 (shared with Alabama)
1977: 16-2 (shared with Tennessee)
1978: 16-2
1980: 15-3
1982: 13-5 (shared with Tennessee)
1983: 13-5
1984: 14-4 (also won tournament)
1986: 17-1 (also won tournament)
1988: 13-5 (also won tournament)*** both vacated
1995: 14-2 (also won tournament)
1996: 16-0
1998: 14-2 (also won tournament)
2000: 12-4 (shared with Florida, LSU, Tennessee)
2001: 12-4 (shared with Florida, also won tournament)
2003: 16-0 (also won tournament)
2005: 14-2
2010: 14-2 (also won tournament)
2012: 16-0
2015: 18-0 (also won tournament)
2016: 13-5 (shared with Texas A&M, also won tournament)
2017: 16-2 (also won tournament)

2) LSU - 11 

Outright: 6
Shared: 5
Also won tournament: 0

1935: 12-0 (shared with Kentucky)
1946: 8-0 (shared with Kentucky)
1953: 13-0
1954: 14-0 (shared with Kentucky)
1979: 14-4
1981: 17-1
1985: 13-5
1991: 13-5 (shared with Mississippi State)
2000: 12-4 (shared with Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee)
2006: 14-2
2009: 13-3

3) Alabama - 8

Outright: 6
Shared: 2
Also won tournament: 1
Outright and won tournament: 1

1939: 13-4
1940: 14-4
1956: 14-0
1974: 15-3 (shared with Vanderbilt)
1975: 15-3 (shared with Kentucky)
1976: 15-3
1987: 16-2 (also won tournament)
2002: 12-4

3) Tennessee - 8

Outright: 3
Shared: 5
Also won tournament: 0

1942: 7-1
1945: 8-2 (shared with Kentucky)
1967: 15-3
1972: 14-4 (shared with Kentucky)
1977: 16-2 (shared with Kentucky)
1982: 13-5 (shared with Kentucky)
2000: 12-4 (shared with Florida, Kentucky, LSU)
2008: 14-2


5) Florida - 7

Outright: 5
Shared: 2
Also won tournament: 2
Outright, and won tournament: 2

1989: 13-5
2000: 12-4 (shared with Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee)
2001: 12-4 (shared with Kentucky)
2007: 13-3 (also won tournament)
2011: 13-3
2013: 14-4
2014: 18-0 (also won tournament)

6) Mississippi State - 6

Outright: 5
Shared: 1
Also won tournament: 0

1959: 13-1
1961: 11-3
1962: 13-1 (shared with Kentucky)
1963: 12-2
1991: 13-5
2004: 14-2

7) Vanderbilt - 3

Outright: 2
Shared: 1
Also won tournament: 0

1965: 15-1
1974: 15-3 (shared with Alabama)
1993: 14-2

8) Georgia Tech - 2

Outright: 1
Shared: 1
Also won tournament: 0

1937: 10-0
1944: 2-0 (shared with Tulane)

8) Auburn - 2

Outright: 2
Shared: 0
Also won tournament: 0

1960: 12-2
1999: 14-2

10) Arkansas - 2

Outright: 2
Shared: 0
Also won tournament: 0

1992: 13-3
1994: 14-2

11) Tulane - 1

Outright: 0
Shared: 1
Also won tournament: 0

1944: 4-0 (shared with Georgia Tech)

11) Georgia - 1

Outright: 1
Shared: 0
Also won tournament: 0

1990: 13-5

11) South Carolina - 1

Outright: 1
Shared: 0
Also won tournament: 0

1997: 15-1

11) Texas A&M - 1

Outright: 0
Shared: 1
Also won tournament: 0

2016: 13-5 (shared with Kentucky)

Teams with no regular season titles: Ole Miss (since 1932), Sewanee (1932-1940), Missouri (2013-present)

Tournament championships:

1) Kentucky - 30 (won 31 but vacated in 1988)

1933 - also won regular season title
1937
1939
1940
1942
1944
1945 - also shared regular season title
1946 - also shared regular season title
1947 - also won regular season title
1948 - also won regular season title
1949 - also won regular season title
1950 - also won regular season title
1952 - also won regular season title
1984 - also won regular season title
1986 - also won regular season title
1988 - also won regular season title*** both vacated
1992
1993
1994
1995 - also won regular season title
1997
1998 - also won regular season title
1999
2001
2003 - also won regular season title
2004
2010 - also won regular season title
2011
2015 - also won regular season title
2016 - also shared regular season title
2017 - also won regular season title

2) Alabama - 6

1934
1982
1987 - also won regular season title
1989
1990
1991

3) Tennessee - 4

1936
1941
1943
1979

3) Florida - 4

2005
2006
2007 - also won regular season title
2014 - also won regular season title

5) Mississippi State - 3

1996
2002
2009

6) Ole Miss - 2

1981 - only finished 8-10 in the league
2013

7) Georgia - 2

1983 - only finished 9-9 in the league, but also made the Final Four
2008 - only finished 4-12 in the league

7) Vanderbilt - 2
1951
2012

9) Georgia Tech - 1

1938

9) LSU - 1

1980

9) Auburn - 1

1985 - only finished 8-10 in the league

9) Arkansas - 1

2000 - only finished 7-9 in the league


Teams with no tournament titles: Sewanee (1932-1940), Tulane (1932-1966), South Carolina (1992-present), Missouri (2013-present), Texas A&M (2013-present)

Total championships

1) Kentucky - 78

2) Alabama - 14

3) Tennessee and LSU - 12

5) Florida - 11

6) MSU - 9

7) Vanderbilt - 5

8) Auburn, Arkansas, Georgia, Georgia Tech - 3

12) Ole Miss - 2

13) South Carolina, Texas A&M, Tulane - 1

16) Missouri, Sewanee - 0

Total "dual" titles (regular and tournament)

1) Kentucky - 18 (plus one vacated)

2) Florida - 2

3) Alabama - 1

Kentucky basketball vs. Tennessee all-time (15 different arenas)

(updated through regular season matchups in 2017)

Big Orange has been Kentucky's biggest problem in the SEC.  Sure, Florida has been a pain during the last two decades.  But no league opponent has a winning percentage over 30 against the Cats, other than the Vols.  They've been especially dangerous in Knoxville, of course, where UK has barely managed a winning record (see below).

UK's overall record is currently 153-69 against UT (68.9%).  69 wins is the most any team has against UK (followed by 47 for Vandy, 38 for Florida and 37 for Alabama).  The 222 meetings are easily the most in any series UK has played (followed by 189 meetings with Vandy and 149 with Georgia). 

Let's check out the breakdown.

Home games: 90-16 (84.9%)

Rupp Arena: 36-4 (90%) - only losses were in 1977, 1979, 1999 and 2006

Memorial Coliseum: 22-4 (84.6%) - losses were in 1960, 1963, 1967 and 1976

Alumni Gym: 23-2 (92%) - losses were in 1927 and 1939

Buell Armory Gym: 5-5 (50%) - losses were in 1917 (twice), 1920 (twice) and 1923

Woodland Auditorium: 4-1 (80%) - loss was in 1916

Road games: 52-49 (51.5%)

Thompson-Boling Arena: 16-13 (55.2%) - Games since 1988

Stokely Center: 5-16 (23.8%) - This was the ultimate house of horrors for UK basketball.  From 1967 through 1987 (late Rupp years, Hall and then Sutton), the Cats just couldn't do anything in Knoxville.  There were even two separate five-game road losing streaks in the series (1973-77 and 1979-83).

UT Armory Fieldhouse: 5-3 (62.5%) - Games between 1959 and 1966

Alumni Memorial Gymnasium: 17-7 (70.8%) - Games between 1933 and 1958

Jefferson Hall: 6-4 (60%) - Games between 1923 and 1932

Knoxville Central YMCA: 3-6 (33.3%) - Games between 1915 and 1920

Neutral sites: 11-4 (73.3%)

Bridgestone Arena (Nashville): 1-0 (100%) - 2010 SEC Tournament

Georgia Dome: 1-0 (100%) - 2005 SEC Tournament

Rupp Arena: 1-0 (100%) - 1993 SEC Tournament

Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center: 0-1 (0%) - 1979 SEC Tournament Championship

Jefferson County Armory (Louisville): 5-2 (71.4%) - lost 1941 and 1943 SEC Tournament Championships...won 1945 and 1950 SEC Tournament Championships...also won SEC Tournament games in 1948, 1949 and 1952

Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (Knoxville): 3-1 (75%) - lost in 1936 SEC Tournament...won 1937 SEC Tournament Championship...won 1939 SEC Tournament Championship...won in 1940 SEC Tournament

By type of game:

Regular season SEC home games: 73-9
Regular season SEC road games: 43-39
Regular season SEC neutral games: 0-0
Regular season SEC games overall: 116-48

Regular season non-SEC home games: 1-0 (1961 UKIT)

Regular season pre-SEC home games: 16-7
Regular season pre-SEC road games: 9-10

SEC Tournament: 11-4

By coach:

John Calipari (2010-present): 11-4 (7-0 at home, 3-4 in Knoxville, 1-0 SECT)

Billy Gillispie (2008-09): 3-1 (2-0 at home, 1-1 in Knoxville)

Tubby Smith (1998-2007): 15-6 (8-2 at home, 6-4 in Knoxville, 1-0 in SECT)

Rick Pitino (1990-97): 14-3 (8-0 at home, 5-3 in Knoxville, 1-0 in SECT)

Eddie Sutton (1986-89): 6-2 (4-0 at home, 2-2 in Knoxville)

Joe B. Hall (1973-85): 11-16 (10-3 at home, 1-12 in Knoxville, 0-1 in SECT)

Adolph Rupp (1931-72): 72-20 (37-4 at home, 27-13 in Knoxville, 8-3 in SECT)

John Mauer (1928-1930): 5-1 (3-0 at home, 2-1 in Knoxville)

Basil Hayden (1927): 0-2 (0-1 at home, 0-1 in Knoxville)

Ray Eklund (1926): 2-0 (1-0 at home, 1-0 in Knoxville)

Clarence Applegran (1925): 2-0 (1-0 at home, 1-0 in Knoxville)

George Buchheit (1920-24): 1-6 (0-3 at home, 1-3 in Knoxville)

Andrew Gill (1919): 1-1 (1-0 at home, 0-1 in Knoxville)

Stanley Boles (1918): 4-0 (2-0 at home, 2-0 in Knoxville)

William Tuttle (1917): 0-4 (0-2 at home, 0-2 in Knoxville)

James Park (1916): 0-1 (at home)

Alpha Brumage (1914-15): 4-2 (4-0 at home, 0-2 in Knoxville)

Edwin Sweetland (1910-12): 2-0 (at home) 

By opposing coach:

Rick Barnes: 2-2 against UK (Calipari)

Cuonzo Martin: 1-4 against UK (Calipari)

Bruce Pearl: 4-9 against UK (2-2 vs. Tubby, 1-3 vs. Billy G, 1-4 vs. Cal)

Buzz Peterson: 1-8 against UK (Tubby)

Jerry Green: 3-5 against UK (Tubby)

Kevin O'Neill: 0-6 against UK (Pitino)

Wade Houston: 3-8 against UK (Pitino)

Don DeVoe: 11-12 against UK (2-6 vs. Sutton, 9-6 vs. Hall)

Cliff Wettig: 0-2 against UK (Hall)

Ray Mears: 15-15 against UK (7-3 vs. Hall, 8-12 vs. Rupp)

John Sines: 1-6 against UK (Rupp)

Emmett Lowery: 1-25 against UK (Rupp)

John Mauer: 7-15 against UK (Rupp)

Blair Gullion: 3-5 against UK (Rupp)

W.H. Britton: 3-15 against UK (0-10 vs. Rupp, 1-5 vs. Mauer, 2-0 vs. Hayden)

M. Beal Banks: 3-4 against UK (0-2 vs. Eklund, 0-2 vs. Applegran, 3-0 vs. Buchheit)

John Bender: 7-1 against UK (3-1 vs. Buchheit, 4-0 vs. Tuttle)

R.H. Fitzgerald: 1-5 against UK (0-4 vs. Boles, 1-1 vs. Gill)

Zora Clevenger: 3-5 against UK (1-0 vs. Park, 2-4 vs. Brumage, 0-1 vs. Sweetland)

Solon Kipp: 0-1 against UK (Sweetland)

The Best (and Worst) opposing SEC coaches in UK Basketball History

As Kentucky fans know, the Southeastern Conference has never been as easy as it seems from the outside.  People may laugh at John Calipari's "everybody's Super Bowl" comments, but it's true.  Does a team like Auburn sell out games unless they're playing UK...or Alabama?  What about Georgia...it's just UK and Georgia Tech, right?  They put EVERYTHING into playing UK.  And it isn't just the fans and players.  Coaches define their legacies by their results in the Kentucky games.

Which SEC coaches have had the most (and least) success against our Cats?  Glad you asked...

MOST SUCCESSFUL:

1) RAY MEARS (TENNESSEE)

Record against UK: 15-15 (.500)

Years: 1962-1977

Faced: Adolph Rupp (8-12 vs. Rupp), Joe B. Hall (7-3 vs. Hall)

Memorable: He infuriated Rupp with everything from his hideous orange clothing to his deliberate style of play to his success, even winning four in a row against UK in the late '60s.  

2) BILLY DONOVAN (FLORIDA)

Record against UK: 17-27 (.386) at Florida, plus 0-2 at Marshall

Years: 1997-2015 at Florida

Faced: Rick Pitino (0-2 vs. Pitino), Tubby Smith (10-12 vs. Smith), Billy Gillispie (2-2 vs. Gillispie), John Calipari (5-11 vs. Calipari)

Memorable: Had a 7-game winning streak against the Wildcats from 2005 through 2008, the same timeframe during which his Gators won two national titles.  Also beat UK three times in a single season (2014), the same year Florida became the first team to go 21-0 in the SEC.  UK matched that feat in 2015.

3) DON DeVOE (TENNESSEE / FLORIDA)

Record against UK: 11-14 (.440) including 11-12 at UT, 0-2 at Florida

Years: 1979-1990

Faced: Joe B. Hall (9-6 vs. Hall), Eddie Sutton (2-6 vs. Sutton), Rick Pitino (0-2 vs. Pitino)

Memorable: Beat UK for the 1979 SEC Tournament title in Birmingham.

4) ROY SKINNER (VANDERBILT)

Record against UK: 14-18 (.438)

Years: 1959-1976

Faced: Adolph Rupp (9-15 vs. Rupp), Joe B. Hall (5-3 vs. Hall)

Memorable: One of the main reasons we now speak of "Memorial magic," as the Commodores had a "mysterious" way of pulling out victories during his era in Nashville.

5) NOLAN RICHARDSON (ARKANSAS)

Record against UK: 7-12 (.368)...but he was 6-5 during the regular season

Years: 1992-2002

Faced: Rick Pitino (4-6 vs. Pitino), Tubby Smith (3-6 vs. Smith)

Memorable: Won his first four regular season games against UK...but also lost his first six SEC tournament games against us.


HONORABLE MENTION: 
Wimp Sanderson (11-18 against UK at Alabama)
Dale Brown (18-33 against UK at LSU)
Tommy Bartlett (6-8 against UK at Florida)
Mark Gottfried (5-8 against UK at Alabama)
Kevin Stallings (12-23 against UK at Vanderbilt)
Mike Anderson (3-4 against UK at Arkansas)


And the LEAST SUCCESSFUL?

1) RED LAWSON (GEORGIA)

Record against UK: 0-15 (.000)

Years: 1952-1965

Faced: Adolph Rupp

Memorable: Six of his first seven games against UK were lost by 30+ points, including a 143-66 annihilation in 1956.

2) EMMETT LOWERY (TENNESSEE)

Record against UK: 1-25 (.038)

Years: 1948-1959

Faced: Adolph Rupp

Memorable: Lowery had the unfortunate task of facing UK during Rupp's most successful years, and was thrashed repeatedly.  His teams lost four SEC tournament games to Rupp in Louisville, with margins ranging from 15 to 39 points.

3) JAN VAN BREDA KOLFF (VANDERBILT)

Record against UK: 0-12 (.000)

Years: 1994-1999

Faced: Rick Pitino (0-8 vs. Pitino), Tubby Smith (0-4 vs. Smith)

Memorable: Gave up a combined 221 points in two blowout losses against the 1996 national champion Wildcats.

4) OLE MISS COACHES...

Bonnie Graham: 0-14 from 1950-1962

Lee Hunt: 0-9 from 1983-1986

Bob Weltlich: 1-14 from 1977-1982

Rod Barnes: 1-10 from 1999-2006

Andy Kennedy: 2-12 from 2006-present

5) AUBURN COACHES...

Jeff Lebo: 0-6 from 2005-2010

Tony Barbee: 0-5 from 2011-2014

Cliff Ellis: 1-13 from 1995-2004

Joel Eaves: 2-11 from 1951-1963


DISHONORABLE MENTION:
Floyd Burdette (0-10 against UK at Alabama)
Harry Rabenhorst (0-14 against UK at LSU)
Press Maravich (1-11 against UK at LSU)
Bob Polk (3-23 against UK at Vanderbilt)
Lon Kruger (2-13 against UK at Florida)

UK's record against each school in the SEC Tournament

(updated after 2015 tournament)

Kentucky is 124-25 in the SEC tournament, and have taken home 28 titles (the rest of the league has 27 combined).

Against each school:

Mississippi: 15-0 (100%)
Georgia Tech: 5-0 (100%)
Auburn: 13-1 (92.9%)
Georgia: 9-1 (90%)
Louisiana State: 16-2 (88.9%)
Arkansas: 8-1 (88.9%)
Alabama: 13-2 (86.7%)
Tulane: 6-1 (85.7%)
Mississippi State: 8-2 (80%)
Florida: 13-4 (76.5%)
Tennessee: 11-4 (73.3%)
South Carolina: 3-2 (60%)
Vanderbilt: 4-5 (44.4%)

Some thoughts, and additional facts:

1) I hate Vanderbilt.  They're like our SEC Tournament version of UConn.  Their only two titles (1951 and 2012) were both won at our expense, and they also defeated us in 1981, 1989 and 2013.  Our victories against them were in 1940, 1947, 1992 and 2003.  Really strange that we haven't met more frequently.

2) No surprise that we dominate Ole Miss and Auburn, just as we have in the regular season.

3) It is, however, a bit surprising that UK has a combined 24-3 record against Arkansas and LSU, two teams that have been very difficult opponents in the regular season.

4) We still haven't faced Missouri or Texas A&M.

Three interesting stats from last night's Kentucky-Tennessee game

1) UK shot 54% and UT only 28%.  

The 26% difference is the largest since a 29% advantage against Marist earlier this season.

For a bigger difference in an SEC regular season game, though, you have to go back to January 16th, 2007 when UK won 87-49 at South Carolina, and shot 63% to their 27%.

2) UK won by 25 points while only hitting a single three-point field goal (out of 10 attempts).

Over the years, the Wildcats' streak of games with a made three-pointer has had a number of similarly close calls.  The most recent was the SEC Tournament quarterfinal against Alabama on March 3rd, 2010, when they hit only 1 of 13.  Darnell Dodson hit that three.

The last regular season game with only 1 made three-pointer:
11/29/08 vs WVU (made 1 of 5, won by 11, Jodie Meeks hit the lone three)

The last SEC regular season game with only  1 made three-pointer:
2/12/08 at Vanderbilt (made 1 of 10, lost by 41, Ramel Bradley hit the lone three)

The last time UK made only 1 three-pointer, and won by 25 or more:
12/20/03 vs Indiana (made 1 of 8, won by 39, Kelenna Azubuike hit the lone three)

Finally, to meet all the criteria of last night's game (SEC, regular season, one made three-pointer, won by 25+):
2/1/97 vs Georgia (made 1 of 9, won by 25, Allen Edwards hit the lone three)

3) UK made 24 of 27 free throw attempts (89%).

The last superior performance (with at least 20 attempts) was against Georgia on 2009 Senior Day.  In spite of their ridiculous accuracy at the line (26-28, 93%), UK managed to lose to an atrocious team and assure Billy G of being fired after the season.

Earlier that same season (1/13/09), UK won by 18 at Tennessee in the infamous Jodie Meeks 54 game.  UK was 18 of 20 from the line (90%), with Jodie going 14 for 14.