University of Kentucky hired John Calipari away from Memphis University.
Gillispie coaches – and wins – his first game at Kentucky, beating Central Arkansas 67-40 at Rupp Arena. Star guard Joe Crawford scores 20 points to lead UK, despite not entering the game until lat...
Billy Clyde Gillispie is introduced as the 21st head coach in UK men’s basketball history. After an introductory pep rally with 4,500 fans chanting his name, the former Texas A&M coach fields quest...
Looking to rebuild the Boston Celtics, Rick Pitino announces he is leaving for the NBA.
UK lost the National Championship game against Arizona, 84-79. It was Pitino's last game as coach.
Hired from the New York Knicks to coach a depleted, probation-saddled University of Kentucky.
Eddie Sutton resigns as coach in the wake of a NCAA investigation.
Eddie Sutton won coached his first game. The team beat Northwestern (Louisiana) State, 77-58.
UK won their fifth national championship, defeating Duke 94-88.
During "Adolph Rupp Night" in the Allen Field House on Naismith Drive in Lawrence, Kansas, Rupp died. Thousands joined the funeral procession in Lexington.
UK played Wisconsin in the new Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. The arena cost $53 million - over 10 times what it cost to build Memorial Coliseum ($3.9 million).
The team known as the "Fiddlin' Five" defeated Seattle, 84-72. Vernon Hatton led the scoring with 30 points.
The legendary Cawood Ledford became the voice of the Wildcats.
UK beat Kansas State, 68-58, to earn the team's third NCAA National Championship.
UK earned another NCAA championship banner when they defeated Oklahooma A&M, 46,36.
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