UK v Tenn 1993 SEC tourney
An epic whipping by the Cats.
Favorite non-Title Win
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UK v Tenn 1993 SEC tourney
An epic whipping by the Cats.
There's no question about this: gotta be the 1998 comeback to beat Duke. Led to the Final Four and National Title, super dramatic, and righted the wrong of '92.
93 was also favorite non title team.
No question beating DUKE. Comeback Cats with the great run. Best part at a bar in Louisville watching game. Lots of **** talking going on at that bar. Good memories.
2cd was probably the epic beatdown of Florida on our home court where they came in with that fresh number one ranking(I believe for the first time in school history?). Up by 32 ish in first half, 28 at halftime...my memory is hazy but I think that’s at least close.
2cd was probably the epic beatdown of Florida on our home court where they came in with that fresh number one ranking(I believe for the first time in school history?). Up by 32 ish in first half, 28 at halftime...my memory is hazy but I think that’s at least close.
Eric Daniels put back against Mississippi state comes to mind as does cousins put back to send it to overtime. I forgot who they were play but when Mohammad made that little layup at the buzzer to win. Someone refresh my memory please.
Take your pick of any Aaron Harrison wins in 2014
Take your pick of any Aaron Harrison wins in 2014
-The UNC and OSU game when Knight, Lamb and Liggins.
-UK’s first game in the Yum house with Harrellson taking assists from T Jones.
-Duke in 98
-UK’s first game in the Yum house with Harrellson taking assists from T Jones.
-Duke in 98
Yep, the 18 point comeback against Duke in the tourney gets my vote. But, the Mardi Gras Miracle was just so weird and impressive that it needs to be mentioned here.
Wins that led to a title (dook '98) are obviously the answer but I really liked the John Wall game vs UNCheat at Rupp. Emphatically announced to the world we were back.
I'll throw in one of my personal favorites on the list: 2004-05 season, 60-58 win over Louisville. I was in one of the very last rows of Freedom Hall. The CATS were down 32-16 at half. Still down 10 points with less than four minutes to play. Team comes storming back down the stretch. Down one with the ball in the waning seconds, and Patrick Sparks is fouled shooting a three. Goes 3/3 from the line, and they walk out of there with the win. Many sad faces wearing red as we were walking out. My buddy and me in the bluest of blue, of course. A great memory for sure.
That was the 1st thing that came to mind when I saw this post!
Win against Indiana and Bobby Knights undefeated team in 70’s
Just watching this, one thing I do wish Cal would do more of is pick up full court and run and jump from time to time. With the athletes we bring in and the back line shot blocking ability of EJ and Nick, and the depth we have this year, seems like a great chance to run teams in to the ground. I get I am nitpicking because we do usually have top 10 ranked defenses when it comes to the stats/metrics etc., but I would like spurts of 40 minutes of hell.
Just an opinion of an armchair coach.
Also, I didn't answer the OP's question at all. Sorry
You youngsters. The best non-title win for UK ever remains the 1975 upset over unbeaten IU in the Regional Final
Maybe the best team the Cats ever played; exacerbated Bobby Knight’s mental illness
Maybe the best team the Cats ever played; exacerbated Bobby Knight’s mental illness
Speaking on the Mardi Gras Miracle... I know people often ask this, but who was the poster that used to put all the games on DVD for sale? Anybody have his contact info. This thread is right up his alley.
Louisville in the 2014 Sweet 16. After the hellish regular season we endured, them being the defending champs, season on the line...it was a dream lol
This game was my first ever UK Basketball memory. I was nine years old at the time and my family was visiting my Aunt in a nursing home in Sellersburg, IN. (Just north of the KY-IN border)
My dad and I kept going back and forth from her room to his truck to listen to Leach on the radio. For whatever reason we couldn't get it on TV.
I've been following UK basketball passionately ever since.
Beating North Carolina in 2011 to break the final four drought.
Outside of tournament games, that UCLA beatdown from 15 will always stick out. 41-7 at halftime, still crazy to think about.
That was just nuts. But didn't we get the same treatment next year against Kansas?
98 beating Dook is hard to Top with how much I hate them and how they were ready to give Dook the trophy before the tourney started. I also loved getting the monkey off the back or Huggie Bear in 2014-2015 when we drilled WVU in the Tourneys SS 78-39. What an *** whipping when people were still talking about how Huggie Bear had Cal's number. Plus the LSU comeback. I was in a bar in EKU and decided to chug beers and shots whenever we scored and gained ground on them. We were hammered, I don't even remember leaving the bar that night.
Another great game, but ultimately didn't mean much especially with the roofer screw job that year but beating UNC 102-100 was one hell of a game. Monk was a madman. I keep thinking and they just keep coming. Ok, the last one off the top of my head but another one that didn't have much on the line but the beat down of KU at the Champions Classic 72-40.
Another great game, but ultimately didn't mean much especially with the roofer screw job that year but beating UNC 102-100 was one hell of a game. Monk was a madman. I keep thinking and they just keep coming. Ok, the last one off the top of my head but another one that didn't have much on the line but the beat down of KU at the Champions Classic 72-40.
It would have to be the 75 win over Indiana, the 98 win over Duke or the 2012 win over Louisville. Just so much on the line all three times.
As Kentucky pushed the lead to 60-31, Vitale said,
"It's a fast-break layup drill! It's embarrassment! It's humiliation!
'Where's the pride in these Florida Gators? Where's the pride, Billy Donovan?"
The game where Knight hit that buzzer beater vs Ohio state in the tournament is another really good one. I’ll never forget when Jorts threw that ball off Sullinger.
Some good games in here. Favorite in the tournament was Duke in 98, followed by Wisconsin in 2014. I loved that one because we got royally screwed on that BS 3-point foul call and stuck it to em anyway.
Favorite comeback was LSU. That was the dangedest thing I’ve ever seen.
Another favorite is the circus shot by Nazr to win at Vanderbilt in 98.
I friggin loved that ending. It was a relatively meaningless conference game but had they lost it might have affected their seeding and that tournament could have gone differently. So maybe it wasn’t so meaningless....
Favorite comeback was LSU. That was the dangedest thing I’ve ever seen.
Another favorite is the circus shot by Nazr to win at Vanderbilt in 98.
I friggin loved that ending. It was a relatively meaningless conference game but had they lost it might have affected their seeding and that tournament could have gone differently. So maybe it wasn’t so meaningless....
1998 Duke.
2003 Vandy game (106-44).
2004 UofL (Sparks free throws to win).
The OSU game when Jorts murdered Sullinger.
Honorable mention to UCLA 41-7 at the half game.
2003 Vandy game (106-44).
2004 UofL (Sparks free throws to win).
The OSU game when Jorts murdered Sullinger.
Honorable mention to UCLA 41-7 at the half game.
I was there. Scored a Suite ticket after the game tip offed. Got to watch the Cats in luxury that day. Definitely one of my faves.
1998 DUKE
No question about it for me. After the shot in 92', being down 17 points, and the fact that it was Puke, makes this game #1 on my list.
No question about it for me. After the shot in 92', being down 17 points, and the fact that it was Puke, makes this game #1 on my list.
This is a great thread. There are no wrong answers.
Going outside of tournament wins, the Maul at the Hall was just fantastic. Seeing Knight sitting his *** on the bench just dumbfounded on not being able to stop the onslaught was great. I think quite possibly that game could have resembled the '89 *** kicking KU handed the Cats had Pitino not called them off early in that game.
Duke in 98 is like it’s own chapter in my life. Nothing will top that for a variety of reasons.
So here are two forgotten gems:
Both games against Temple in the ‘58 season. Hatton’s half court heave with a second last put the game in OT, and Cats won in 3OT. Hatton’s shot was considered the biggest in school history, and he scored the winning bucket against Temple in the national semi-final.
So here are two forgotten gems:
Both games against Temple in the ‘58 season. Hatton’s half court heave with a second last put the game in OT, and Cats won in 3OT. Hatton’s shot was considered the biggest in school history, and he scored the winning bucket against Temple in the national semi-final.
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98 will always be my favorite of all time beating puke and wojo