* overtime games
1903 – Won 1, Lost 2
Coach: UnnamedStarters: (J. White Guyn & R.H. Arnett, G; Joe Coons, C; H.J. Wurtele & Lee Andrews, F)Feb. 6 Georgetown H 6 15Feb. 18 Lex. YMCA H 11 10Feb. 20 Kentucky U. H 2 42 19 67
1904 – Won 1, Lost 4
Coach: Leander E. Andrus, Mgr.Captain: St. John (Guyn, Arnett, St. John, Wurtele, Coons)Feb. 4 Georgetown A 11 26Feb. 11 Kentucky U. A 5 12Feb. 13 Georgetown H 10 22Feb. 26 Kentucky U. A 12 14Mar. 4 Cincinnati H 25 21 63 95*Kentucky University (Transylvania and Georgetown game atUK was called off because of failure to agree on a referee.State College (University of Kentucky) team was present andagreed to play. The offer was accepted and KU won 12-5.
1905 – Won 1, Lost 4
Coach:Captain: J.M.CoonsJan. 13 Georgetown H 9 14Jan. 21 Cincinnati YMCA H 22 43Jan. 27 Kentucky U. H 30 29Feb. 4 Kentucky U. H 1 22Feb. 22 Kentucky U. H 23 33 85 141
1906 – Won 5, Lost 9
Coach: W.B. Wendt (Mgr.)Captain: D.P. Branson (Baer, Donan, Barbee, Wilson, Herman)Jan. 11 Lexington YMCA* HJan. 12 Miami (Ohio) H 10 15Jan. 19 Central U. H 15 14Jan. 20 Georgetown A 9 34Jan. 26 Central U. A 17 15Jan. 27 Cincinnati H 16 29Feb. 3 Christ Church, Cin. H 24 38Feb. 9 Georgetown H 22 28Feb. 12 New Albany YMCA A 12 29Feb. 13 Vernon College A 34 14Feb. 14 Moores Hill A 32 11Feb. 15 Christ Church, Cin. A 17 54Feb. 16 Cincinnati YMCA A 9 38Feb. 17 Miami (Ohio) A 19 29 236 348*W.B. Wendt on Jan. 9, 1969 verified that State Collegeopened the 1906 season against Kentucky U. in the YMCA.Athletic committees of the two schools had cancelled allgames after a fight at a football game in November 1905.Wendt and the Kentucky U. manager agreed to play at theYMCA and list the State College foe as YMCA instead ofKentucky U. State College won but Mr. Wendt didn'tremember the score, which he hadn't listed.
1907 – Won 3, Lost 6
Coach: A.M. Kirby (Mgr.)Captain: J.M. Wilson (Shanklin, Baer, Bryant, Barbee)Jan. 16 Lexington YMCA H 17 25Jan. 19 Georgetown H 16 15Jan. 25 Central U. H 22 9Feb. 12 Central U. A 23 *25Feb. 15 Kentucky U. H 16 14Feb. 21 Georgetown A 8 19Mar. 1 Lexington YMCA A 22 41Mar. 7 Kentucky U. A 5 19Mar. 9 Central U. H 13 15 142 182
1907-08 – Won 5, Lost 6
Coach: J.S. Chambers (Mgr.)Captain: Richard BarbeeJan. 10 Lexington YMCA A 19 29Jan. 21 Kentucky U. H 20 15Jan. 25 Central U. A 21 32Feb. 4 Kentucky U. A 20 15Feb. 8 Louisville Coliseum H 29 28Feb. 10 Georgetown A 22 30Feb. 13 Central U. H 31 20Feb. 15 Lexington YMCA H 19 23Feb. 22 Louisville Coliseum A 18 30Mar. 3 Georgetown H 18 13Mar. 7 Central U. A 10 29 227 264
1908-09 – Won 5, Lost 4
Mgr: J.S. ChambersCaptain: W.C. FoxJan. 9 Lexington High H 28 9Jan. 18 Advent Mem. Club A 27 41Jan. 19 Cincinnati A 25 41Jan. 27 Central U. H 24 23Feb. 6 Central U. A 20 35Feb. 8 Georgetown H 43 32Feb. 15 Georgetown A 48 19Feb. 18 Cincinnati H 28 23Feb. 26 Central U. H 20 26 263 249
1909-10 – Won 4, Lost 8
Coach: R.E. Spahr and E.R. SweetlandCaptain: Bill RodesJan. 8 Ky. Wesleyan A 14 *12Jan. 22 Georgetown H 31 11Jan. 24 DePauw H 11 24Jan. 28 Central A 17 87Feb. 4 Georgetown A 16 34Feb. 7 Cincinnati A 17 47Feb. 9 DePauw A 16 28Feb. 10 Rose Poly Technic A 11 52Feb. 16 Tennessee H 26 5Mar. 5 Central U. H 13 31Mar. 8 Georgetown H 24 23Mar. 11 Central A 9 51 205 405
1910-11 – Won 5, Lost 6
Coach: H.J. IddingsCaptain: J.H. GaiserJan. 13 Lexington High H 29 36Jan. 20 Transylvania H 18 23Jan. 27 Ky. Wesleyan A 19 25Feb. 4 Bethany H 24 11Feb. 9 Ohio Wesleyan A 19 37Feb. 10 Otterbein A 27 41Feb. 11 Christ Church, Cin. A 21 32Feb. 17 Georgetown A 47 22Feb. 23 Butler H 21 16Feb. 27 Transylvania A 22 19Mar. 3 Transylvania H 30 24 277 286
1911-12 – Won 9, Lost 0
Southern ChampionsCoach: E.R. SweetlandCaptain: W.C. HarrisonJan. 5 Georgetown H 38 9Jan. 12 Central U. A 32 13Jan. 19 Miami (Ohio) H 31 14Jan. 27 Lexington YMCA H 32 20Feb. 1 Central U. H 52 10Feb. 7 Tennessee H 27 15Feb. 22 Vanderbilt H 28 17Feb. 23 Vanderbilt H 22 18Mar. 1 Georgetown A 19 18 281 134Leading ScorersBinkley Barnett (Jr. F)7.1D.W. Hart (Jr. F)5.4W.C. Harrison (Sr. C)4.0Jake Gaiser (Sr. G)3.9R.C. Preston (So. G)2.7H.L. Farmer (Jr. F)2.2
1912-13 – Won 5, Lost 3
Coach: J.J. TigertCaptain: B. BarnettJan. 24 Lexington YMCA H 25 27Feb. 8 Cincinnati H 20 18Feb. 13 Marietta H 42 16Feb. 15 Louisville H 34 10Feb. 19 Vanderbilt H 17 24Feb. 20 Vanderbilt H 42 29Feb. 27 Miami (Ohio) H 24 16Mar. 1 Christ Church, Cin. H 19 30 223 170Leading ScorersR.C. Preston (Jr. C)9.1Binkley Barnett (Sr. F)8.4Ralph Morgan (So. F)4.0H.L. Farmer (Sr. F)3.9William Tuttle (So. F)1.0
1913-14 – Won 12, Lost 2
Coach: Alpha BrumageCaptain: William TuttleJan. 10 Ashland YMCA H 28 15Jan. 17 Louisville YMCA H 30 21Jan. 20 Ashland YMCA A 30 19Jan. 21 Marshall A 46 6Jan. 22 Virginia U. A 23 39Jan. 24 Va. Military Inst. A 18 32Jan. 31 Louisville YMHA H 59 12Feb. 7 Louisville H 22 17Feb. 11 Tennessee H 21 14Feb. 12 Tennessee H 20 18Feb. 21 Cincinnati H 20 18Feb. 23 Chattanooga H 40 7Feb. 28 Marietta H 19 17Mar. 3 Louisville A 26 13 402 248Leading ScorersR.C. Preston (Sr. F)6.1*Tom Zerfoss (Sr. F)6.0Karl Zerfoss (So. G)4.7William Tuttle (Jr. F)3.9Herschel Scott (Jr. G)3.2* Only played in first six games.
1914-15 – Won 7, Lost 5
Coach: Alpha BrumageCaptain: Ralph MorganJan. 16 Maryville H 37 17Jan. 23 Louisville H 18 14Jan. 30 St. Andrews H 32 15Feb. 4 Maryville A 23 22Feb. 5 Tennessee A 21 36Feb. 6 Tennessee A 22 27Feb. 12 Vanderbilt H 34 39Feb. 13 Vanderbilt H 36 24Feb. 17 Tennessee H 22 13Feb. 18 Tennessee H 20 18Feb. 26 St. Andrews A 25 50Feb. 27 Louisville A 15 26 305 301Leading ScorersRalph Morgan (Sr. F)8.3Jim Server (Jr. C)5.3William Tuttle (Sr. F)3.8Karl Zerfoss (Jr. F)3.7Herschel Scott (Sr. G)2.9
1915-16 – Won 8, Lost 6
Coach: James ParkCaptain: K.P. ZerfossJan. 14 Cincinnati A 39 24Jan. 18 Georgetown A 29 22Jan. 31 Georgetown H 30 22Feb. 4 Vanderbilt H 25 39Feb. 5 Vanderbilt H 20 23Feb. 12 Louisville H 22 28Feb. 15 Centre A 38 5Feb. 19 Cincinnati H 34 10Feb. 22 Louisville A 32 24Feb. 23 Tennessee H 17 28Feb. 26 Maryville H 36 25Feb. 29 Centre H 38 14Mar. 3 Marietta H 22 27Mar. 4 Marietta H 23 27 405 318Leading ScorersDerrill Hart (Sr. F)13.3Jim Server (Sr. C)5.7Robert Ireland (Jr. F)5.6Karl Zerfoss (Sr. F)3.3George Gumbert (Sr. G)2.4
1916-17 – Won 4, Lost 6
Coach: W.P. TuttleCaptain: Robert Y. IrelandJan. 17 Centre H 31 21Jan. 27 Georgetown A 19 22Jan. 30 Rose Poly Technic H 33 12Feb. 9 Tennessee H 20 23Feb. 10 Tennessee H 19 22Feb. 16 Centre A 24 28Feb. 21 Georgetown H 32 18Mar. 1 Cumberland A 48 20Mar. 2 Tennessee A 26 27Mar. 3 Tennessee A 10 30 262 223Leading ScorersC.C. Shrader (Sr. F)7.1Robert Ireland (Sr. F)5.4Dutch Longworth (Sr. C-F)4.4Pat Campbell (Jr. F)4.2William Rodes (Sr. G)1.3
1917-18 – Won 9, Lost 2, Tie 1
Coach: S.A. BolesCaptain: Patrick CampbellJan. 9 Ky. Wesleyan H 23 13Jan. 17 Centre A 21 29Jan. 24 Georgetown H 22 18Feb. 7 Tennessee H 33 26Feb. 8 Tennessee H 40 12Feb. 9 Ky. Wesleyan A 21 21(This unique tie game resulted from scorer's errorwhich was not discovered until after the teams' departures.The contest was rescheduled, but never played forunknown reasons.)Feb. 14 Georgetown A 25 16Feb. 21 Centre H 22 ***20Feb. 28 Cumberland A 42 21Mar. 1 Tennessee A 29 18Mar. 2 Tennessee A 32 20Postseason Game (For State Championship)Mar. 9 Centre N-Lou. 12 24 322 238Leading ScorersH.C. Thomas (Jr. C-F)10.8Arthur Bastin (Jr. G)4.0A.P. Shanklin (Sr. F)3.5Pat Campbell (Sr. F)3.2Goerge Zerfoss (Jr. F)2.8
1918-19 – Won 6, Lost 8
Coach: Andrew GillCaptain: J.A. DishmanJan. 13 Ky. Wesleyan H 46 5Jan. 18 Georgetown H 30 32Jan. 25 Centre A 30 38Jan. 31 Cincinnati A 18 28Feb. 6 Chattanooga A 28 25Feb. 7 Tennessee A 22 40Feb. 8 Cumberland A 22 21Feb. 14 Vanderbilt H 26 36Feb. 15 Georgetown A 18 22Feb. 21 Cincinnati H 34 21Feb. 22 Ky. Wesleyan A 18 13Feb. 24 Centre H 10 21Feb. 28 Tennessee H 30 14Mar. 8 Miami (Ohio) H 14 38 346 354Leading ScorersH.C. Thomas (Sr. F)7.1J.C. Everett (Jr. F)6.6Bob Lavin (Fr. G)5.0Tony Dishman (Sr. G)3.3Ed Parker (Sr. F)3.3
1919-20 – Won 5, Lost 7
Coach: George C. BuchheitCaptain: J.C. EverettJan. 17 Cincinnati A 11 13Jan. 22 Maryville H 27 13Jan. 31 Georgetown H 25 14Feb. 5 Tennessee H 24 29Feb. 7 Tennessee H 26 27Feb. 14 Centre A 15 44Feb. 17 Georgetown A 28 16Feb. 21 Ky. Wesleyan H 43 13Feb. 26 Cumberland A 21 30Feb. 27 Tennessee A 25 28Feb. 28 Tennessee A 34 26Mar. 6 Centre A 18 *20 297 273Leading ScorersBasil Hayden (So. F)10.8William Blakely (Sr. G)7.0J.C. Everett (Sr. C)5.5Bob Lavin (So. F)4.1Jim Wilhelm (Jr. F)3.6
1920-21 – Won 13, Lost 1
Southern Intercollegiate ChampionsCoach: George C. BuchheitCaptain: Basil HaydenJan. 12 Ky. Wesleyan H 38 13Jan. 15 Cumberland H 37 21Jan. 18 Georgetown H 38 23Jan. 21 Chattanooga H 42 10Jan. 26 Cincinnati A 26 19Jan. 29 Auburn H 40 25Feb. 8 Centre A 27 29Feb. 15 Georgetown A 56 11Feb. 18 Centre H 20 13Feb. 22 Vanderbilt H 37 18SIAA Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 25 Tulane 50 28Feb. 26 Mercer 49 25Feb. 28 Mississippi A & M 28 13Mar. 1 Georgia (finals) 20 19 508 267Leading ScorersWilliam King (Fr. F)11.4Basil Hayden (Jr. F)9.6Paul Adkins (Jr. C)6.5Bob Lavin (Jr. G)2.5Fred Fest (So. C)1.3
1921-22 – Won 10, Lost 6
Coach: George C. BuchheitCaptain: R.E. LavinJan. 14 Georgetown H 17 26Jan. 17 Louisville A 38 14Jan. 18 Vanderbilt A 12 22Jan. 21 Louisville H 29 22Jan. 26 Mississippi A & M H 28 21Jan. 27 Marshall H 34 12Feb. 4 Centre A 28 21Feb. 6 Georgetown A 26 17Feb. 8 Washington & Lee A 21 20Feb. 9 Va. Military Inst. A 32 37Feb. 11 Georgetown U. A 23 28Feb. 13 Virginia A 30 *32Feb. 16 Clemson H 38 14Feb. 20 Centre H 40 23SIAA Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 24 Georgetown 41 21Feb. 25 Mercer 22 35 459 365Leading ScorersPaul Adkins (Sr. C)8.8William King (So. F)8.3Bob Lavin (Sr. F)5.2Basil Hayden (Sr. F)5.0William Poynz (Jr. F)2.9
1922-23 – Won 3, Lost 10
Coach: George C. BuchheitCaptain: Fred FestJan. 13 Georgetown A 24 13Jan. 20 Tennessee A 26 30Jan. 22 Chattanooga H 25 18Jan. 25 Alabama H 35 45Jan. 27 Centre H 14 21Feb. 3 Georgia H 19 23Feb. 5 Cincinnati A 24 33Feb. 7 Centenary H 21 29Feb. 10 Tennessee H 23 28Feb. 14 Centre A 10 17Feb. 15 Clemson H 13 30Feb. 19 Georgetown H 21 48Feb. 23 Sewanee H 30 14 285 349Leading ScorersCarl Riefkin (Jr. F)10.2Fred Fest (Sr. C)7.2William Poynz (Sr. G)3.3Gilbert Smith (Sr. G)1.5W.G. Wilkinson (Sr. F)1.2
1923-24 – Won 13, Lost 3
Coach: G.C. BuchheitCaptain: A.T. RiceJan. 1 Vanderbilt H 33 13Jan. 8 Mexico YMCA H 25 14Jan. 12 Georgetown A 32 24Jan. 14 Mississippi A & M H 16 17Jan. 15 Sewanee H 50 15Jan. 18 Tennessee A 13 20Jan. 19 Chattanooga A 24 23Feb. 4 West Virginia H 24 21Feb. 9 Centre A 27 18Feb. 11 Georgetown H 39 35Feb. 13 Clemson H 38 13Feb. 14 Virginia H 29 16Feb. 19 Virginia Tech H 36 14Feb. 21 Centre H 38 24Feb. 23 Georgia Tech H 33 27SIAA Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 29 North Carolina 20 41 477 335Leading ScorersJim McFarland (So. F)9.9Will Milward (Jr. C)5.3Lowell Underwood (So. C)4.9Carl Riefkin (Sr. F)4.3Bill King (Sr. F)2.9
Alumni Gym Era (1924-50)
1924-25 – Won 13, Lost 8
Coach: C.O. ApplegranCaptain: James McFarlandDec. 13 Cincinnati H 28 23Dec. 18 Indiana H 18 20Dec. 20 Michigan H 11 21Jan. 3 Cincinnati A 20 24Jan. 5 Illinois A 26 36Jan. 6 Wabash A 10 57Jan. 9 Mississippi H 26 23Jan. 10 Georgetown H 25 17Jan. 17 Centre A 33 26Jan. 30 Washington & Lee H 28 22Feb. 2 West Virginia H 29 19Feb. 5 Alabama A 15 24Feb. 6 Georgia Tech A 18 16Feb. 7 Georgia A 24 28Feb. 9 Tennessee A 35 22Feb. 12 Tulane H 29 22Feb. 14 Georgetown A 36 21Feb. 18 Tennessee H 26 21Feb. 21 Centre H 39 10Southern Conference Tournament(Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 27 Mississippi A & M 31 26Feb. 28 Georgia 31 32 538 510Leading ScorersJim McFarland (Jr. F)7.1Lowell Underwood (Jr. F)6.3Will Milward (Sr. C)6.2Foster Helm (So. F)3.7Charles Alberts (Jr. G)2.5
1925-26 – Won 15, Lost 3
Coach: Ray EklundCaptain: Burgess CareyDec. 19 DePauw H 29 38Jan. 5 Indiana A 23 34Jan. 9 Berea H 37 23Jan. 12 Georgetown A 36 21Jan. 16 Georgia Tech H 25 24Jan. 21 Centre H 45 25Jan. 30 Georgetown H 25 20Feb. 1 Alabama H 27 16Feb. 4 Centre A 46 19Feb. 5 Washington & Lee H 44 34Feb. 8 Auburn H 35 26Feb. 12 Tennessee A 51 17Feb. 15 Georgia A 22 18Feb. 18 Tennessee H 27 21Feb. 20 Vanderbilt H 30 20Southern Conference Tournament(Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 26 Va. Military Inst. 32 25Feb. 27 Georgia 39 34Mar. 1 Mississippi A & M 26 31 599 446Leading ScorersGayle Mohney (Jr. G)11.1Paul Jenkins (So. F)7.3Jim McFarland (Sr. F)5.6Lowell Underwood (Sr. C)3.7Henry Besuden (Sr. C)2.1
1926-27 – Won 3, Lost 13
Coach: Basil HaydenCaptain: Paul JenkinsDec. 18 Cincinnati H 10 48Dec. 21 Indiana H 19 38Dec. 27 Cincinnati A 22 51Dec. 31 Princeton H 26 30Jan. 3 Florida H 44 36Jan. 10 Ky. Wesleyan A 24 31Jan. 15 Vanderbilt H 32 48Jan. 21 Tennessee A 14 19Jan. 22 Georgia Tech A 16 48Jan. 29 Centre H 27 25Feb. 1 Georgetown A 19 26Feb. 4 Washington & Lee H 34 36Feb. 7 West Virginia H 26 44Feb. 11 Mississippi H 17 37Feb. 12 Centre A 22 16Feb. 19 Tennessee H 21 30 373 563Leading ScorersPaul Jenkins (Jr. F)6.1Edwin Knadler (Sr. F)4.4Van Buren Ropke (Sr. F-C)4.2Frank Phipps (Jr. F)3.4Foster Helm (Sr. C)2.5
1927-28 – Won 12, Lost 6
Coach: John MauerCaptain: Paul JenkinsDec. 16 Clemson H 33 17Dec. 20 Miami (Ohio) H 31 36Jan. 4 Berea H 37 16Jan. 9 Centre A 36 23Jan. 14 Vanderbilt H 43 23Jan. 16 Virginia A 31 28Jan. 18 Naval Academy A 26 32Jan. 19 Maryland A 7 37Jan. 28 Tennessee H 48 18Feb. 3 Washington & Lee H 34 28Feb. 4 Indiana A 29 48Feb. 8 Vanderbilt A 54 29Feb. 9 Tennessee A 43 16Feb. 11 Georgia Tech H 31 35Feb. 18 Centre H 30 20Southern Conference Tournament(Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 24 South Carolina 56 40Feb. 25 Georgia 33 16Feb. 27 Mississippi 28 41 630 503Leading ScorersIrvine Jeffries (Sr. G)11.5Cecil Combs (So. F)10.3Paul McBrayer (So. G-C)5.5Hays Owens (So. F)3.8Paul Jenkins (Sr. F)3.3
1928-29 – Won 12, Lost 5
Coach: John MauerCaptain: Lawrence McGinnisDec. 15 Eastern Normal H 35 10Dec. 21 Miami (Ohio) H 43 ***42Jan. 4 North Carolina H 15 25Jan. 12 Notre Dame A 19 16Jan. 16 Georgia Tech A 19 33Jan. 17 Tennessee A 35 29Jan. 19 Tennessee H 27 22Jan. 26 Alabama H 26 27Feb. 1 Mississippi A & M A 25 *23Feb. 2 Mississippi A & M A 32 14Feb. 3 Tulane A 22 34Feb. 8 Washington & Lee H 31 30Feb. 13 Centre H 47 11Feb. 22 Mississippi H 35 30Feb. 23 Mississippi H 32 24Southern Conference Tournament(Atlanta, Ga.)Mar. 1 Tulane 29 15Mar. 2 Georgia 24 26 496 411Leading ScorersStan Milward (So. C)6.8Louis McGinnis (So. F)5.8Cecil Combs (Jr. G)5.8Carey Spicer (So. F)5.7Paul McBrayer (Jr. G)2.9
1929-30 – Won 16, Lost 3
Coach: John MauerCaptain: Paul McBrayerDec. 14 Georgetown H 46 9Dec. 20 Miami (Ohio) H 35 20Dec. 31 Berea H 29 26Jan. 3 Clemson H 31 15Jan. 10 Creighton H 27 28Jan. 11 Creighton H 25 21Jan. 18 Tennessee H 23 20Jan. 24 Mississippi A & M H 38 17Jan. 25 Mississippi A & M H 20 14Jan. 31 Tennessee A 24 *29Feb. 1 Georgia A 22 *21Feb. 3 Clemson A 34 20Feb. 8 Georgia Tech H 39 19Feb. 14 Georgia H 36 23Feb. 18 Ky. Wesleyan H 32 20Feb. 22 Washington & Lee H 28 *26Southern Conference Tournament(Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 28 Maryland 26 21Mar. 1 Sewanee 44 22Mar. 3 Duke 32 37 591 408Leading ScorersCecil Combs (Sr. F)6.6Carey Spicer (Jr. F)6.5Stan Milward (Sr. C)5.9Louis McGinnis (So. F)5.4Paul McBrayer (Sr. G)4.8
Adolph Rupp Era
1930-31 – Won 15, Lost 3
Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Carey SpicerDec. 18 Georgetown H 67 19Dec. 27 Marshall H 42 26Dec. 31 Berea H 41 25Jan. 3 Clemson H 33 21Jan. 10 Tennessee H 31 23Jan. 16 Chattanooga H 55 18Jan. 21 Vanderbilt A 42 37Jan. 31 Tennessee A 36 *32Feb. 6 Washington & Lee H 23 18Feb. 9 Georgia Tech H 38 34Feb. 13 Georgia A 16 25Feb. 14 Clemson A 26 29Feb. 16 Georgia Tech A 35 16Feb. 20 Vanderbilt H 43 23Southern Conference Tournament(Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 27 North Carolina State 33 28Feb. 28 Duke 35 30Mar. 2 Florida 56 36Mar. 3 Maryland (finals) 27 29 679 469Leading ScorersCarey Spicer (Sr. F)10.6Louis McGinnis(Sr. F)9.6George Yates (Jr. C)7.0Aggie Sale (So. C-F)5.6Jake Bronston (Jr. G)3.9
1931-32 – Won 15, Lost 2
Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Ellis JohnsonDec. 15 Georgetown H 66 24Dec. 18 Carnegie Tech H 36 34Dec. 23 Berea H 52 27Dec. 30 Marshall H 46 16Jan. 2 Clemson H 43 24Jan. 14 Clemson A 30 17Jan. 15 Sewanee A 30 20Jan. 16 Tennessee A 29 28Jan. 21 Chattanooga H 51 17Jan. 30 Washington & Lee H 48 28Feb. 3 Vanderbilt A 61 37Feb. 6 Duke H 37 30Feb. 8 Alabama H 50 22Feb. 13 Tennessee H 41 27Feb. 20 Vanderbilt H 31 32Southern Conference Tournament(Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 26 Tulane 50 30Feb. 27 North Carolina 42 43 743 456Leading ScorersAggie Sale (Jr. F)13.6John "Frenchy" DeMoisey (So. C-F)10.0Darrell Darby (Jr. F)8.4Howard Kreuter (Jr. F)3.9Ellis Johnson (Jr. G)3.6
1932-33 – Won 21, Lost 3
SEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Forest SaleDec. 9 Alumni H 52 17Dec. 12 Georgetown H 62 21Dec. 17 Marshall N1 57 23Dec. 20 Tulane H 53 17Dec. 21 Tulane H 42 11Dec. 30 Chicago A 58 26Jan. 2 Ohio State H 30 46Jan. 6 Creighton A 32 26Jan. 7 Creighton A 22 34Jan. 10 South Carolina H 44 36Jan. 14 Tennessee A 42 21Jan. 16 Clemson H 67 18Jan. 28 Tennessee H 44 23Jan. 31 Vanderbilt A 40 29Feb. 1 Clemson A 42 32Feb. 2 South Carolina A 38 44Feb. 6 Mexico U. H 81 22Feb. 11 Georgia Tech H 45 22Feb. 13 Alabama N2 35 31Feb. 18 Vanderbilt H 45 28SEC Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 24 Mississippi 49 31Feb. 25 Florida 48 24Feb. 27 LSU 51 38Feb. 28 Mississippi State (finals) 46 27 1125 647(N1) Ashland(N2) Birmingham, Ala.Leading ScorersAggie Sale (Sr. C-F)13.8John "Frenchy" DeMoisey (Jr. C-F)12.0Bill Davis (Jr. G)7.0Darrell Darby (Sr. F)4.0Ellis Johnson (Sr. G)3.8
1933-34 – Won 16, Lost 1
Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: John DeMoiseyDec. 5 Alumni H 53 20Dec. 9 Georgetown H 41 12Dec. 14 Marshall H 48 26Dec. 16 Cincinnati H 31 25Dec. 21 Tulane A 32 22Dec. 22 Tulane A 42 29Jan. 12 Sewanee A 55 16Jan. 13 Tennessee A 44 23Jan. 20 Chattanooga H 47 20Jan. 27 Tennessee H 53 26Feb. 1 Alabama N1 33 28Feb. 3 Vanderbilt A 48 26Feb. 8 Alabama H 26 21Feb. 10 Georgia Tech H 49 25Feb. 15 Sewanee H 60 15Feb. 17 Vanderbilt H 47 27SEC Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 24 Florida 32 38 741 399(N1) Birmingham, Ala.Leading ScorersJohn "Frenchy" DeMoisey (Sr. C)12.5Bill Davis (Sr. G)8.3Dave Lawrence (Jr. F)7.9Garland Lewis (So. C)4.9Jack Tucker (Jr. F)3.0
1934-35 – Won 19, Lost 2
SEC Co-ChampionsCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Dave Lawrence and Jack TuckerDec. 10 Alumni H 55 8Dec. 13 Oglethorpe H 81 12Dec. 21 Tulane A 38 9Dec. 22 Tulane A 52 12Jan. 2 Chicago H 42 16Jan. 5 New York U. A 22 23Jan. 14 Chattanooga H 66 19Jan. 18 Tulane H 63 22Jan. 19 Tulane H 55 12Jan. 26 Tennessee H 48 21Feb. 1 Alabama N1 33 26Feb. 2 Vanderbilt A 58 22Feb. 5 Xavier A 40 27Feb. 9 Georgia Tech H 57 30Feb. 11 Alabama H 25 16Feb. 13 Michigan State A 26 32Feb. 16 Tennessee A 38 36Feb. 22 Creighton H 63 42Feb. 23 Creighton H 24 13Mar. 2 Vanderbilt H 53 19Mar. 7 Xavier H 46 29 985 446(N1) Birmingham, Ala.Leading ScorersLeroy Edwards (So. C)16.3Dave Lawrence (Jr. F)9.1Garland Lewis (Jr. C-F)5.8Jack Tucker (Sr. F)3.7Warfield Donohue (So. G)3.5
1935-36 – Won 15, Lost 6
Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Milerd AndersonDec. 6 Georgetown H 42 17Dec. 17 Berea H 58 30Dec. 23 Pittsburgh H 35 17Jan. 8 New York U. A 28 41Jan. 14 Xavier A 36 32Jan. 17 Tulane H 49 24Jan. 18 Tulane H 39 21Jan. 21 Michigan State H 27 19Jan. 25 Tennessee H 40 31Feb. 1 Vanderbilt A 24 33Feb. 3 Alabama A 32 30Feb. 7 Alabama H 40 34Feb. 10 Notre Dame A 20 41Feb. 11 Butler A 39 28Feb. 15 Tennessee A 28 39Feb. 18 Xavier H 49 40Feb. 21 Creighton H 68 38Feb. 22 Creighton H 29 31Feb. 24 Vanderbilt H 61 41SEC Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.)Feb. 28 Mississippi State 41 39Feb. 29 Tennessee 28 39 813 587Leading ScorersRalph Carlisle (So. F)11.5Joe Hagan (So. F)8.0Garland Lewis (Sr. C)7.5Warfield Donohue (Jr. G)3.0J. Rice Walker (So. C-F)2.4
1936-37 – Won 17, Lost 5
SEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Warfield DonohueDec. 9 Georgetown H 46 21Dec. 12 Berea H 70 26Dec. 15 Xavier A 34 *28Dec. 21 Centenary H 37 19Jan. 2 Michigan State H 28 21Jan. 5 Notre Dame N1 28 41Jan. 8 Creighton H 59 36Jan. 14 Michigan State A 23 24Jan. 16 Akron U. N2 32 22Jan. 23 Tennessee H 43 26Jan. 30 Vanderbilt A 41 26Feb. 1 Alabama N3 38 27Feb. 3 Tulane A 28 35Feb. 4 Tulane A 28 25Feb. 8 Mexico U. H 58 30Feb. 10 Alabama H 31 34Feb. 13 Tennessee A 24 26Feb. 20 Vanderbilt H 51 19Feb. 22 Xavier H 23 15SEC Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.)Feb. 26 Louisiana State 57 37Feb. 27 Georgia Tech 40 30Mar. 1 Tennessee (finals) 39 25 858 593(N1) Louisville (N2) Cincinnati (N3) Birmingham, Ala.
Leading ScorersRalph Carlisle (Jr. F)9.9Joe Hagan (Jr. F)7.3Homer Thompson (So. C)4.9Walter Hodge (Sr. G)3.7Bernie Opper (So. G)3.5
1937-38 – Won 13, Lost 5
Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: J. Rice WalkerDec. 15 Berea H 69 35Dec. 18 Cincinnati H 38 21Dec. 22 Centenary H 35 25Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.)Dec. 29 Pittsburgh (finals) 40 29Jan. 8 Michigan State A 38 43Jan. 10 Detroit A 26 34Jan. 15 Notre Dame A 37 47Jan. 22 Tennessee H 52 27Jan. 29 Vanderbilt A 42 19Jan. 31 Alabama N1 57 31Feb. 5 Xavier A 32 39Feb. 7 Michigan State H 44 27Feb. 12 Alabama H 28 21Feb. 14 Marquette H 35 33Feb. 17 Xavier H 45 29Feb. 21 Vanderbilt H 48 24Feb. 26 Tennessee A 29 26SEC Tournament (Baton Rouge, La.)Mar. 3 Tulane 36 38 731 512(N1) Birmingham, Ala.
Leading ScorersJoe Hagan (Sr. F)10.1Fred Curtis (Jr. F)6.3Bernie Opper (Jr. G)5.6Homer Thompson (Jr. C)4.9Mickey Rouse (So. G)4.4
1938-39 – Won 16, Lost 4
SEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Bernard OpperDec. 2 Georgetown H 39 19Dec. 10 Ky. Wesleyan H 57 18Dec. 17 Cincinnati H 44 27Dec. 21 Washington & Lee H 67 47Jan. 4 Long Island A 34 52Jan. 6 St. Joseph's A 41 30Jan. 14 Notre Dame N1 37 42Jan. 21 Tennessee H 29 30Jan. 28 Alabama N2 38 41Jan. 30 Vanderbilt A 51 37Feb. 4 Marquette H 37 31Feb. 8 Xavier A 41 31Feb. 11 Alabama H 45 27Feb. 13 Mississippi State H 39 28Feb. 18 Tennessee A 36 **34Feb. 21 Xavier H 43 23Feb. 25 Vanderbilt H 52 27SEC Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.)Mar. 2 Mississippi 49 30Mar. 3 Louisiana State 53 34Mar. 4 Tennessee (finals) 46 38 878 646(N1) Louisville (N2) Birmingham, Ala.
Leading ScorersFred Curtis (Sr. F)9.2Homer Thompson (Sr. C)6.7Keith Farnsley (So. F)6.4Mickey Rouse (Jr. G)5.4Marion Cluggish (Jr. C)5.3
1939-40 – Won 15, Lost 6
SEC Champions (Tournament)Sugar Bowl ChampionsCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Layton RouseDec. 9 Berea H 74 24Dec. 16 Cincinnati H 30 39Dec. 21 Clemson A 55 31Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.)Dec. 27 Ohio State (finals) 36 30Jan. 1 Kansas State H 53 26Jan. 6 Xavier A 42 41Jan. 8 West Virginia H 47 38Jan. 13 Notre Dame A 47 52Jan. 20 Tennessee H 35 26Jan. 27 Alabama N1 32 36Jan. 29 Vanderbilt A 32 40Feb. 3 Marquette A 51 45Feb. 10 Alabama H 46 18Feb. 12 Xavier H 37 29Feb. 13 Mississippi State H 45 37Feb. 17 Tennessee A 23 27Feb. 19 Georgia Tech A 39 44Feb. 24 Vanderbilt H 43 38SEC Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.)Feb. 29 Vanderbilt 44 31Mar. 1 Tennessee 30 *29Mar. 2 Georgia (finals) 51 43 892 724(N1) Birmingham, Ala.
Leading ScorersMickey Rouse (Sr. G)8.3Keith Farnsley (Jr. F)7.2Marion Cluggish (Sr. C)7.2Lee Huber (Jr. G)5.4Jim King (So. C)3.9Carl Combs (Jr. G)3.9
1940-41 – Won 17, Lost 8
Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Lee HuberDec. 7 Alumni H 62 25Dec. 12 West Virginia H 46 34Dec. 13 Maryville H 53 14Dec. 18 Nebraska A 39 40Dec. 19 Creighton A 45 54Dec. 20 Kansas State A 28 25Dec. 27 Centenary H 70 18Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.)Dec. 30 Indiana 45 48Jan. 4 Notre Dame N1 47 48Jan. 9 Xavier A 48 43Jan. 11 West Virginia A 43 56Jan. 18 Tennessee A 22 32Jan. 20 Georgia Tech A 47 37Jan. 25 Xavier H 44 49Feb. 1 Vanderbilt A 51 50Feb. 3 Alabama A 38 36Feb. 8 Alabama H 46 38Feb. 10 Mississippi H 60 41Feb. 15 Tennessee H 37 28Feb. 17 Georgia Tech H 60 41Feb. 24 Vanderbilt H 58 31SEC Tournament (Louisville, Ky.)Feb. 27 Mississippi 62 52Feb. 28 Tulane 59 30Mar. 1 Alabama 39 37Mar. 1 Tennessee 33 36 1182 943(N1) Louisville
Leading ScorersJim King (Jr. C)6.0Lee Huber (Sr. G)5.9Keith Farnsley (Sr. F)5.8Mel Brewer (So. C)5.1Milt Ticco (So. C-F)4.8
1941-42 – Won 19, Lost 6
SEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Carl StakerDec. 6 Miami (Ohio) H 35 21Dec. 13 Ohio State A 41 43Dec. 16 Nebraska H 42 27Dec. 22 South Carolina H 64 25Dec. 30 Texas A & M H 49 29Jan. 2 Washington & Lee H 62 32Jan. 10 Xavier A 40 39Jan. 17 Tennessee A 40 46Jan. 19 Georgia A 51 26Jan. 20 Georgia Tech A 63 53Jan. 24 Mexico H 56 26Jan. 31 Georgia H 55 38Feb. 2 Alabama A 35 41Feb. 7 Notre Dame A 43 46Feb. 9 Alabama H 50 34Feb. 14 Tennessee A 36 33Feb. 16 Georgia Tech H 57 51Feb. 21 Xavier H 44 36SEC Tournament (Louisville)Feb. 26 Florida 42 36Feb. 27 Mississippi 59 32Feb. 28 Auburn 40 31Feb. 28 Alabama (finals) 36 34Postseason Game (Louisville)Mar. 14 Great Lakes Navy 47 58NCAA Tournament (New Orleans, La.)Mar. 20 Illinois 46 44Mar. 21 Dartmouth 28 47 1161 928Leading ScorersMarvin Akers (Jr. G)7.6Mel Brewer (Jr. C)7.0Milt Ticco (Jr, F)5.8Ermal Allen (Sr. F)4.9Ken England (Jr. G)4.9
1942-43 – Won 17, Lost 6
Coach: Adolph RuppCo-Captains: Marvin Akers and Melvin BrewerDec. 12 Cincinnati H 61 39Dec. 19 Washington H 45 38Dec. 23 Indiana N1 52 58Jan. 2 Ohio State H 40 45Jan. 4 Ft. Knox H 64 30Jan. 9 Xavier A 43 38Jan. 16 Tennessee A 30 28Jan. 18 Georgia A 60 28Jan. 19 Georgia Tech A 38 36Jan. 23 Notre Dame N1 60 55Jan. 26 Vanderbilt H 39 38Jan. 30 Alabama A 32 41Feb. 1 Vanderbilt A 54 43Feb. 6 Alabama H 67 41Feb. 8 Xavier H 48 36Feb. 13 Tennessee H 53 29Feb. 15 Georgia Tech H 58 31Feb. 20 DePaul A 44 53SEC Tournament (Louisville)Feb. 25 Tulane 48 31Feb. 26 Georgia 59 30Feb. 27 Mississippi State 52 43Feb. 27 Tennessee 30 33Postseason Game (Louisville)Mar. 6 Great Lakes Navy 39 53 1116 897(N1) LouisvilleLeading ScorersMilt Ticco (Sr. F)10.1Mel Brewer (Sr. C)8.3Marvin Akers (Sr. G)7.1Mulford Davis (So. F)7.1Kenny Rollins (So. G)5.3
1943-44 – Won 19, Lost 2
SEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain:Dec. 1 Ft. Knox H 51 18Dec. 4 Berea (Naval V-12) H 54 40Dec. 11 Indiana N1 66 41Dec. 13 Ohio State A 40 28Dec. 18 Cincinnati H 58 30Dec. 20 Illinois A 41 43Dec. 28 Carnegie Tech N2 61 14Dec. 30 St. John's A 44 38Jan. 8 Notre Dame N1 55 54Jan. 15 Wright Field H 61 28Jan. 31 Ft. Knox A.R.C. H 76 48Feb. 4 DePauw H 38 35Feb. 7 Illinois H 51 40Feb. 12 Cincinnati A 38 34Feb. 26 Ohio U. H 51 35SEC Tournament (Louisville)Mar. 2 Georgia 57 29Mar. 3 Louisiana State 55 28Mar. 4 Tulane (finals) 62 46National Invitation Tournament (New York)Mar. 20 Utah 46 38Mar. 22 St. John's 45 48Mar. 24 Oklahoma A & M (cons.) 45 29 1095 724(N1) Louisville (N2) New YorkLeading ScorersBob Brannum (Fr. C)12.1Jack Tingle (Fr. F)8.4Jack Parkinson (Fr. G)7.0Wilbur Schu (So. G)6.2Tom Moseley (So. G)4.2
1944-45 – Won 22, Lost 4
SEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain:Dec. 2 Ft. Knox H 56 23Dec. 4 Berea H 56 32Dec. 9 Cincinnati H 66 24Dec. 16 Indiana N1 61 43Dec. 23 Ohio State H 53 *48Dec. 26 Wyoming N2 50 46Dec. 30 Temple A 45 44Jan. 1 Long Island A 62 *52Jan. 6 Ohio U. H 59 46Jan. 8 Arkansas State H 75 6Jan. 13 Michigan State H 66 35Jan. 20 Tennessee A 34 35Jan. 22 Georgia Tech A 64 58Jan. 27 Notre Dame N1 58 *59Jan. 29 Georgia H 73 37Feb. 3 Georgia Tech H 51 32Feb. 5 Michigan State A 50 66Feb. 17 Tennessee H 40 34Feb. 19 Ohio U. A 61 38Feb. 24 Cincinnati A 65 35SEC Tournament (Louisville)Mar. 1 Florida 57 35Mar. 2 Louisiana State 68 37Mar. 3 Alabama 52 41Mar. 3 Tennessee (finals) 39 35NCAA Tournament (New York)Mar. 22 Ohio State 37 45Mar. 24 Tufts (Consolation) 66 56 1464 1042(N1) Louisville (N2) Buffalo, N.Y.Leading ScorersAlex Groza (Fr. C)16.5Jack Tingle (So. F)11.5Jack Parkinson (So. G)10.4Wilbur Schue (Jr. F)8.0Kenton Campbell (Fr. C)6.3
1945-46 – Won 28, Lost 2
NIT ChampionsSEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Jack ParkinsonDec. 1 Ft. Knox H 59 34Dec. 7 Western Ontario H 51 42Dec. 8 Western Ontario H 71 28Dec. 15 Cincinnati H 67 31Dec. 18 Arkansas H 67 42Dec. 21 Oklahoma H 43 33Dec. 29 St. John's A 73 59Jan. 1 Temple A 45 53Jan. 5 Ohio U. H 57 48Jan. 7 Ft. Benning H 81 25Jan. 12 Michigan State A 55 44Jan. 14 Xavier A 62 36Jan. 19 Tennessee A 50 32Jan. 21 Georgia Tech A 68 43Jan. 26 Notre Dame N1 47 56Jan. 28 Georgia Tech H 54 26Feb. 5 Michigan State H 59 51Feb. 4 Vanderbilt A 59 37Feb. 9 Vanderbilt N2 64 31Feb. 16 Tennessee H 54 34Feb. 19 Ohio University A 60 52Feb. 23 Xavier H 83 40SEC Tournament (Louisville)Feb. 28 Auburn 69 24Mar. 1 Florida 69 32Mar. 2 Alabama 59 30Mar. 2 Louis. State (finals) 59 36Postseason Game (Louisville)Mar. 9 Temple 54 43National Invitation Tournament(New York)Mar. 16 Arizona 77 53Mar. 18 West Virginia 59 51Mar. 20 Rhode Island (finals) 46 45 1821 1194(N1) Louisville (N2) Paducah, Ky.NIT ChampionsLeading ScorersJack Parkinson (6-0 Jr. G)11.3Wallace Jones (6-4 Fr. F)9.7Ralph Beard (5-10 Fr. G)9.3Jack Tingle (6-3 Jr. F)9.2Wilbur Schue (6-4 Sr. F)7.7
1946-47 – Won 34, Lost 3
SEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Ken RollinsNov. 28 Indiana Central H 78 36Nov. 30 Tulane H 64 35Dec. 2 Ft. Knox H 68 31Dec. 7 Cincinnati A 80 49Dec. 9 Idaho H 65 35Dec. 12 DePaul N1 65 45Dec. 14 Texas A & M H 83 18Dec. 16 Miami (Ohio) U. H 62 49Dec. 21 St. John's N2 70 50Dec. 23 Baylor H 75 34Dec. 28 Wabash H 96 24Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)Dec. 30 Oklahoma A & M 31 37Jan. 4 Ohio U. H 46 36Jan. 11 Dayton U. H 70 29Jan. 13 Vanderbilt A 82 30Jan. 18 Tennessee A 54 39Jan. 20 Georgia Tech A 70 47Jan. 21 Georgia A 84 45Jan. 25 Xavier H 71 34Jan. 27 Michigan State H 86 36Feb. 1 Notre Dame N1 60 30Feb. 3 Alabama A 48 37Feb. 8 DePaul A 47 53Feb. 10 Georgia H 81 40Feb. 15 Tennessee H 61 46Feb. 17 Alabama H 63 33Feb. 19 Xavier A 58 31Feb. 21 Vanderbilt H 84 41Feb. 22 Georgia Tech H 83 46SEC Tournament (Louisville)Feb. 27 Vanderbilt 98 29Feb. 28 Auburn 84 18Mar. 1 Georgia Tech 75 53Mar. 1 Tulane (finals) 55 38Postseason Game (Louisville)Mar. 8 Temple 68 29National Invitation Tournament(New York)Mar. 17 Long Island 66 62Mar. 19 North Carolina State 60 42Mar. 24 Utah# 45 49 2536 1416(N1) Louisville (N2) New York#Madison Square Garden Record Crowd. 18,493Leading ScorersRalph Beard (5-10 So. G)10.9Alex Groza (6-7 So. C-F)10.6Kenneth Rollins (6-0 Jr. G)8.4Joe Holland (6-4 Sr. F)6.2Wallace Jones (6-4 So. C)5.9
1947-48 – Won 36, Lost 3
World Champions (Olympic Games)National Champions (NCAA Tournament)SEC Champions (Tournament)Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Kenneth RollinsNov. 29 Indiana Central H 80 41Dec. 1 Ft. Knox H 80 41Dec. 5 Tulsa U. H 72 18Dec. 6 Tulsa U. H 71 22Dec. 10 DePaul N1 74 50Dec. 13 Cincinnati A 67 31Dec. 17 Xavier H 79 37Dec. 20 Temple A 59 60Dec. 23 St. John's A 52 40Jan. 2 Creighton A 65 23Jan. 3 Western Ontario H 98 41Jan. 5 Miami (Ohio) A 67 53Jan. 10 Michigan State A 47 45Jan. 12 Ohio U. A 79 57Jan. 17 Tennessee A 65 54Jan. 19 Georgia Tech A 71 56Jan. 20 Georgia A 88 51Jan. 24 Cincinnati H 70 43Jan. 31 DePaul A 68 51Feb. 2 Notre Dame A 55 64Feb. 5 Alabama A 41 31Feb. 7 Washington U. N2 69 39Feb. 9 Vanderbilt A 82 51Feb. 14 Tennessee H 69 42Feb. 16 Alabama H 63 33Feb. 20 Vanderbilt H 79 43Feb. 21 Georgia Tech H 78 54Feb. 24 Temple N1 58 38Feb. 28 Xavier A 59 37SEC Tournament (Louisville)Mar. 4 Florida 87 31Mar. 5 Louisiana State 63 47Mar. 6 Tennessee 70 47Mar. 6 Georgia Tech (finals) 54 43NCAA Tournament (New York)Mar. 18 Columbia 76 53Mar. 20 Holy Cross 60 52Mar. 23 Baylor (finals) 58 42NCAA Champions for First TimeOlympic Trials (New York)Mar. 27 Louisville 91 57Mar. 29 Baylor 77 59(Championship Collegiate Bracket)Mar. 31 Phillips Oilers (AAU Champs) 49 53 2690 1730(N1) Louisville (N2) Memphis, Tenn.Olympic Team Exhibition GamesKentucky vs. Phillips OilersJune 30 Tulsa, OK 52 60July 2 Kansas City, MO 70 **69July 7 Lexington, KY 50 56@ Olympic Games (London, England)July 30 Switzerland 86 21Aug. 2 Czechoslovokia 53 28Aug. 3 Argentina 59 57Aug. 4 Egypt 66 28Aug. 6 Peru 61 33Aug. 9 Uruguay 63 28Aug. 11 Mexico 71 40Aug. 13 France (finals) 65 21World ChampionsLeading ScorersAlex Groza (6-7 Jr. C)12.5 (488 TP in 39 games)Ralph Beard (5-10 Jr. G)12.5Wallace Jones (6-4 Jr. C-F)9.3James Line (6-2 So. F)6.9Kenneth Rollins (6-0 Sr. G)6.6
1948-49 – Won 32, Lost 2
National Champions (NCAA Tournament)SEC Champions (Tournament)Ranked First APRunner-Up Sugar BowlLoser NIT in attempted "Grand Slam"Coach: Adolph RuppCaptain:Nov. 29 Indiana Central H 74 38Dec. 8 DePaul N1 67 36Dec. 10 Tulsa U. H 81 27Dec. 13 Arkansas H 76 39Dec. 16 Holy Cross A 51 48Dec. 18 St. John's A 57 30Dec. 22 Tulane N1 51 47Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)Dec. 29 Tulane 78 47Dec. 30 St. Louis 40 42Jan. 11 Bowling Green State N2 63 61Jan. 15 Tennessee A 66 51Jan. 17 Georgia Tech A 56 45Jan. 22 DePaul A 56 45Jan. 29 Notre Dame N1 62 38Jan. 31 Vanderbilt A 72 50Feb. 2 Alabama A 56 40Feb. 3 Mississippi N3 75 45Feb. 5 Bradley N4 62 52Feb. 8 Tennessee H 71 56Feb. 12 Xavier H 96 50Feb. 14 Alabama H 74 32Feb. 16 Mississippi H 85 31Feb. 19 Georgia Tech H 78 32Feb. 21 Georgia H 95 40Feb. 24 Xavier A 51 40Feb. 26 Vanderbilt H 70 37SEC Tournament (Louisville)Mar. 3 Florida 73 36Mar. 4 Auburn 70 39Mar. 5 Tennessee 83 44Mar. 5 Tulane (finals) 68 52National Invitation Tournament (New York)Mar. 14 Loyola of Chicago 56 67NCAA Tournament (Eastern Regional) (New York)Mar. 21 Villanova 85 72Mar. 22 Illinois 76 47NCAA Finals (Seattle, Wash.)Mar. 26 Oklahoma A & M 46 36 2320 1492NCAA Champions for second Time(N1) Louisville (N2) Cleveland, Ohio(N3) Memphis, Tenn. (N4) Owensboro, Ky.Leading ScorersAlex Groza (6-7 Sr. C)20.5Ralph Beard (5-10 Sr. G)10.8Wallace Jones (6-4 Sr. F-C)8.6Cliff Barker (6-2 Sr. G-F)7.3Dale Barnstable (6-3 Jr. F-G)6.1
1949-50 – Won 25, Lost 5
SEC Champions (Tournament)Sugar Bowl ChampionsRanked 3rd APCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Dale BarnstableDec. 3 Indiana Central H 84 61Dec. 10 Western Ontario H 90 18Dec. 15 St. John's A 58 69Dec. 21 DePaul N1 49 47Dec. 23 Purdue A 60 54Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)Dec. 29 Villanova 57 *56Dec. 30 Bradley (finals) 71 66Jan. 2 Arkansas N2 57 53Jan. 4 Mississippi State N3 87 55Jan. 9 N. Carolina U. H 83 44Jan. 14 Tennessee A 53 66Jan. 16 Georgia Tech A 61 47Jan. 17 Georgia A 60 71Jan. 21 DePaul A 86 53Jan. 23 Notre Dame A 51 64Jan. 26 Xavier A 58 47Jan. 28 Georgia H 88 56Jan. 30 Vanderbilt A 58 54Feb. 2 Alabama A 66 64Feb. 4 Mississippi N4 61 55Feb. 11 Tennessee H 79 52Feb. 13 Alabama H 77 57Feb. 15 Mississippi H 90 50Feb. 18 Georgia Tech H 97 62Feb. 23 Xavier H 58 53Feb. 25 Vanderbilt H 70 66SEC Tournament (Louisville)Mar. 3 Mississippi State 56 46Mar. 4 Georgia 79 63Mar. 4 Tennessee (finals) 95 58National Invitation Tournament (New York)Mar. 14 City Col. of New York 50 89 2089 1696(N1) Louisville (N2) Little Rock, Ark.(N3) Owensboro, Ky. (N4) Memphis, Tenn.Leading ScorersBill Spivey (7-0 So. C)19.3Jim Line (6-2 Sr. F)13.1Walt Hirsch (6-4 Jr. F)9.9Bobby Watson (5-10 So. G)7.5Dale Barnstable (6-3 Sr. G)5.9
Memorial Coliseum Era
1950-51 – Won 32, Lost 2
National Champions (NCAA Tournament)SEC Champions (14-0)Ranked 1st AP-UPICoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Walt Hirsch(Including exhibition games, Kentucky won 39 games and lost 2)Dec. 1 W. Texas State H 73 43Dec. 9 Purdue H 70 52Dec. 12 Xavier A 67 56Dec. 14 Florida H 85 37Dec. 16 Kansas H 68 39Dec. 23 St. John's A 43 37Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)Dec. 29 St. Louis 42 *43Dec. 30 Syracuse (consolation) 69 59Jan. 5 Auburn H 79 35Jan. 8 DePaul H 63 55Jan. 13 Alabama H 65 48Jan. 15 Notre Dame H 69 44Jan. 20 Tennessee A 70 45Jan. 22 Georgia Tech A 82 61Jan. 27 Vanderbilt A 74 49Jan. 29 Tulane A 104 68Jan. 31 Louisiana State A 81 59Feb. 2 Mississippi State A 80 60Feb. 3 Mississippi N1 86 39Feb. 9 Georgia Tech H 75 42Feb. 13 Xavier H 78 51Feb. 17 Tennessee H 86 61Feb. 19 DePaul A 60 57Feb. 23 Georgia H 88 41Feb. 24 Vanderbilt H 89 57SEC Tournament (Louisville)Mar. 1 Mississippi State 92 70Mar. 2 Auburn 84 54Mar. 3 Georgia Tech 82 56Mar. 3 Vanderbilt 57 61Postseason GameMar. 13 Loyola of Chicago H 97 61NCAA Tournament(First Round) (Raleigh, N.C.)Mar. 20 Louisville 79 68(Eastern Regional) (New York)Mar. 22 St. John's 59 43Mar. 24 Illinois 76 74(National Finals) (Minneapolis, Minn.)Mar. 27 Kansas State (finals) 68 58 2540 1783NCAA Champions for Third Time
Exhibition GameApr. 27 KY All-Stars H 92 49Puerto Rico Exhibition TourAug. 25 San German Ath. 86 38Aug. 26 Ponce Lions 83 43Aug. 27 San Turce 93 40Aug. 29 Univ. of Puerto Rico 91 44Sept. 2 U.S. Navy 52 23(Called at half on account of rain)Sep. 3 Puerto Rico 75 46
(N1) Owensboro, Ky.Leading ScorersBill Spivey (7-0 Jr. C)19.2Shelby Linville (6-5 Jr. F)10.4Bobby Watson (5-10 Jr. G)10.4Frank Ramsey (6-3 So. G)10.1Walt Hirsch (6-3 Sr. F)9.1
1951-52 – Won 29, Lost 3
Ranked 1st AP, UPISEC Champions (14-0)Runner-Up Sugar BowlCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Robert WatsonDec. 8 Washington & Lee H 96 46Dec. 10 Xavier A 97 72Dec. 13 Minnesota A 57 61Dec. 17 St. John's H 81 40Dec. 20 DePaul H 98 60Dec. 26 UCLA H 84 53Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)Dec. 28 Brigham Young 84 64Dec. 29 St. Louis 60 61Jan. 2 Mississippi N1 116 58Jan. 5 Louisiana State H 57 47Jan. 7 Xavier H 83 50Jan. 12 Florida A 99 52Jan. 14 Georgia N2 95 55Jan. 19 Tennessee A 65 56Jan. 21 Georgia Tech A 96 51Jan. 26 Alabama A 71 67Jan. 28 Vanderbilt A 88 51Jan. 30 Auburn A 88 48Feb. 2 Notre Dame N3 71 66Feb. 4 Tulane H 103 54Feb. 6 Mississippi H 81 61Feb. 9 Georgia Tech H 93 42Feb. 11 Mississippi State H 110 66Feb. 16 Tennessee H 95 40Feb. 21 Vanderbilt H 75 45Feb. 23 DePaul A 63 61SEC Tournament (Louisville)Feb. 28 Georgia Tech 80 59Feb. 29 Tulane 85 61Mar. 1 Tennessee 81 66Mar. 1 Louis. State (finals) 44 43NCAA Tournament (Eastern Regional) (Raleigh, NC)Mar. 21 Penn. State 82 54Mar. 22 St. John's 57 64 2635 1774(N1) Owensboro, Ky. (N2) Louisville(N3) ChicagoLeading ScorersCliff Hagan (6-4 Jr. C)21.6Frank Ramsey (6-3 Jr. G)15.9Bobby Watson (5-10 Sr. G)13.1Lou Tsioropoulos (6-5 Jr. F)7.9Lucian Whitaker (6-0 Sr. F)7.8
1952-53 – No Schedule
(Under suspension by NCAA)Intra Squad Scrimmage ResultCoach: Adolph RuppCo-Captains: Cliff Hagan and Frank RamseyDec. 13 Varsity 76 Freshman 45Jan. 19 Ramsey’s 71 Hagan’s 50Feb. 4 Hagan’s 68 Ramsey’s 55Feb. 28 Blues 49 Whites 47 264 197
1953-54 – Won 25, Lost 0
Ranked 1st AP, 2nd UPIUKIT ChampionsSEC Champions (14-0)Declined NCAA BerthCoach: Adolph RuppCo-Captains: Cliff Hagan and Frank RamseyDec. 5 Temple H 86 59Dec. 12 Xavier A 81 66Dec. 14 Wake Forest H 101 69Dec. 18 St. Louis A 71 59UK Invitation TournamentDec. 21 Duke 85 69Dec. 22 LaSalle (finals) 73 60Dec. 28 Minnesota H 74 59Jan. 4 Xavier H 77 71Jan. 9 Georgia Tech H 105 53Jan. 11 DePaul H 81 63Jan. 16 Tulane H 94 43Jan. 23 Tennessee A 97 71Jan. 30 Vanderbilt A 85 63Feb. 2 Georgia Tech N1 99 48Feb. 4 Georgia H 106 55Feb. 6 Georgia N2 100 68Feb. 8 Florida A 97 55Feb. 13 Mississippi H 88 62Feb. 15 Mississippi State H 81 49Feb. 18 Tennessee H 90 63Feb. 20 DePaul A 76 61Feb. 22 Vanderbilt H 100 64Feb. 27 Auburn N3 109 79Mar. 1 Alabama A 68 43SEC Playoff (Nashville, Tenn.)(Playoff game to determine SEC Champion and representativein NCAA Tournament. Kentucky and LSU tied for league titledue to a schedule disagreement. Kentucky won but declined NCAA.)Mar. 9 Louisiana State 63 56 2187 1508(N1) Louisville (N2) Owensboro , Ky.(N3) Montgomery, Ala.Leading ScorersCliff Hagan (6-4 Sr. C)24.0Frank Ramsey (6-3 Sr. G)19.6Lou Tsioropoulos (6-5 Sr. F)14.5Billy Evans (6-1 Jr. F)8.4Gayle Rose (6-0 Jr. G)6.7
1954-55 – Won 23, Lost 3
UKIT ChampionsSEC Champions (12-2)Ranked 2nd AP, UPICoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Bill EvansDec. 4 Louisiana State H 74 58Dec. 11 Xavier A 73 69Dec. 18 Temple H 79 61UK Invitation TournamentDec. 21 Utah 70 65Dec. 22 LaSalle (finals) 63 54Dec. 30 St. Louis H 82 65Jan. 1 Temple A 101 69Jan. 8 Georgia Tech H 58 59Jan. 10 DePaul H 92 59Jan. 15 Tulane A 58 44Jan. 17 Louisiana State A 64 62Jan. 22 Tennessee A 84 66Jan. 29 Vanderbilt A 75 71Jan. 31 Georgia Tech A 59 65Feb. 3 Florida H 87 63Feb. 5 Mississippi N1 84 66Feb. 7 Mississippi State A 61 56Feb. 9 Georgia H 86 40Feb. 14 Xavier H 66 55Feb. 19 DePaul A 76 72Feb. 21 Vanderbilt H 77 59Feb. 26 Auburn H 93 59Feb. 28 Alabama H 66 52Mar. 5 Tennessee H 104 61NCAA Tournament (Eastern Regional) (Evanston, IL)Mar. 11 Marquette 71 79Mar. 12 Penn. State 84 59 1987 1588(N1) Memphis, Tenn.Leading ScorersBob Burrow (6-7 Jr. C)19.0Billy Evans (6-1 Jr. F)13.9Jerry Bird (6-6 Jr. F)10.7Phil Grawemeyer (6-7 Jr. F)*13.0Gayle Rose (6-0 Sr. G)7.4*Grawemeyer ranked 4th in total points with260 in 20 games. Broke leg against DePaul and missedlast six games.
1955-56 – Won 20, Lost 6
Ranked 9th AP2nd SEC (12-2)UKIT Runner-UpCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Phil GrawemeyerDec. 3 Louisiana State A 62 52Dec. 10 Temple H 61 73Dec. 12 DePaul H 71 69Dec. 15 Maryland A 62 61Dec. 17 Idaho H 91 49UK Invitation TournamentDec. 20 Minnesota 72 65Dec. 21 Dayton (finals) 74 89Dec. 28 St. Louis A 101 80Jan. 7 Georgia Tech H 104 51Jan. 12 Tulane H 85 63Jan. 14 Louisiana State H 107 65Jan. 21 Tennessee A 95 68Jan. 28 Vanderbilt A 73 81Jan. 30 Georgia Tech A 84 62Feb. 1 Duke H 81 76Feb. 4 Auburn N1 82 81Feb. 6 Florida A 81 70Feb. 11 Mississippi H 88 49Feb. 13 Mississippi State H 86 65Feb. 18 DePaul A 79 81Feb. 20 Vanderbilt H 76 55Feb. 25 Alabama N1 77 101Feb. 27 Georgia N2 143 66Mar. 3 Tennessee H 101 77NCAA Tournament(Kentucky represented the SEC in NCAA when championAlabama declined the bid.)(Eastern Regional) (Iowa City, Iowa)Mar. 16 Wayne U. A 84 64Mar. 17 Iowa A 77 89 2197 1802(N1) Montgomery, Ala. (N2) LouisvilleLeading ScorersBob Burrow (6-7 Sr. C)21.1Jerry Bird (6-6 Sr. F)16.2Vernon Hatton (6-3 So. G)13.3Gerry Calvert (5-11 Jr. G)11.2Phil Grawemeyer (6-7 Sr. F)8.4
1956-57 – Won 23, Lost 5
Ranked 3rd AP, UPIUKIT ChampionsSEC Champions (12-2)Sugar Bowl ChampionsCoach: Adolph RuppHonorary Co-Captains: Ed Beck and Gerry CalvertDec. 1 Washington & Lee H 94 66Dec. 3 Miami (FL) H 114 75Dec. 8 Temple A 73 58Dec. 10 St. Louis H 70 71Dec. 15 Maryland H 76 55Dec. 18 Duke A 84 85UK Invitation TournamentDec. 21 Southern Methodist 73 67Dec. 22 Illinois (finals) 91 70Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)Dec. 28 Virginia Tech 56 55Dec. 29 Houston (finals) 111 76Jan. 5 Georgia Tech H 95 72Jan. 7 Loyola (Chicago) H 81 62Jan. 12 Louisiana State A 51 46Jan. 14 Tulane A 60 68Jan. 19 Tennessee A 97 72Jan. 26 Vanderbilt A 91 83Jan. 28 Georgia Tech A 76 65Jan. 30 Georgia H 84 53Feb. 2 Florida H 88 61Feb. 8 Mississippi N1 75 69Feb. 11 Mississippi State A 81 89Feb. 15 Loyola (Chicago) A 115 65Feb. 18 Vanderbilt H 80 78Feb. 23 Alabama H 79 60Feb. 25 Auburn H 103 85Mar. 2 Tennessee H 93 75SEC ChampionsNCAA Tournament (Midwest Regional) (Lexington)Mar. 15 Pittsburgh 98 92Mar. 16 Michigan State 68 80 2357 1953(N1) Memphis, Tenn.Leading ScorersJohnny Cox (6-4 So. F)19.4Gerry Calvert (5-11 Sr. G)15.2Vernon Hatton (6-3 Jr. G)14.8John Crigler (6-3 Jr. F)10.3Ed Beck (6-7 Jr. C)9.5
1957-58 – Won 23, Lost 6
National Champions (NCAA Tournament)SEC Champions (12-2)Ranked 9th AP, 14th UPIUKIT ParticipantCoach: Adolph RuppHonorary Captain: Ed BeckDec. 2 Duke H 78 74Dec. 4 Ohio State A 61 54Dec. 7 Temple H 85 ***83Dec. 9 Maryland A 62 71Dec. 14 St. Louis A 73 60Dec. 16 Southern Methodist A 64 65UK Invitation TournamentDec. 20 West Virginia 70 77Dec. 21 Minnesota 78 58Dec. 23 Utah State H 92 64Dec. 30 Loyola (Chicago) H 75 42Jan. 4 Georgia Tech H 76 60Jan. 6 Vanderbilt A 86 81Jan. 11 Louisiana State H 97 52Jan. 13 Tulane H 86 50Jan. 18 Tennessee H 77 68Jan. 27 Georgia Tech A 52 71Jan. 29 Georgia N1 74 55Jan. 31 Florida A 78 56Feb. 8 Mississippi H 96 65Feb. 10 Mississippi State H 72 62Feb. 15 Loyola (Chicago) A 56 57Feb. 17 Vanderbilt H 65 61Feb. 22 Alabama N2 45 *43Feb. 24 Auburn N3 63 64Mar. 1 Tennessee A 77 66NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Lexington)Mar. 14 Miami (Ohio) 94 70Mar. 15 Notre Dame 89 56Finals (Louisville)Mar. 21 Temple 61 60Mar. 22 Seattle (finals) 84 72 2166 1817NCAA Champions For Record Fourth Time(N1) Atlanta(N2) Montgomery, Ala.(N3) Birmingham, Ala.Leading ScorersVernon Hatton (6-3 Sr. G)17.1Johnny Cox (6-4 Jr. F)14.9John Crigler (6-3 Sr. F)13.6Adrian Smith (6-0 Sr. G)12.4Ed Beck (6-7 Sr. C)5.6
1958-59 – Won 24, Lost 3
UKIT Champions2nd SEC (12-2)Ranked 2nd in PollsCoach: Adolph RuppHonorary Captain: Johnny CoxDec. 1 Florida State H 91 68Dec. 6 Temple A 76 71Dec. 8 Duke A 78 64Dec. 11 Southern Methodist H 72 60Dec. 13 St. Louis H 76 57Dec. 15 Maryland H 58 *56UK Invitation TournamentDec. 19 Ohio State 95 76Dec. 20 West Virginia (finals) 97 91Dec. 29 Navy H 82 69Dec. 30 Illinois N1 76 75Jan. 3 Georgia Tech H 72 62Jan. 6 Vanderbilt A 66 75Jan. 10 Louisiana State A 76 61Jan. 12 Tulane A 85 68Jan. 17 Tennessee H 79 58Jan. 26 Georgia Tech A 94 70Jan. 29 Georgia H 108 55Jan. 31 Florida H 94 51Feb. 7 Mississippi N2 97 72Feb. 9 Mississippi State A 58 66Feb. 14 Notre Dame N3 71 52Feb. 18 Vanderbilt H 83 71Feb. 21 Auburn H 75 56Feb. 23 Alabama H 39 32Feb. 28 Tennessee A 69 56NCAA Tournament(Kentucky represented the SEC in NCAA when championMississippi State declined the bid.)(Mideast Regional) (Evanston, Ill.)Mar. 13 Louisville 61 76Mar. 14 Marquette 98 69 2126 1737(N1) Louisville(N2) Jackson, Miss.(N3) ChicagoLeading ScorersJohnny Cox (6-4 Sr. F)17.9Billy Ray Lickert (6-3 So. G)13.5Bennie Coffman (6-0 Jr. G)10.7Don Mills (6-6 Jr. C)10.5Sid Cohen (6-1 Jr. G)8.1Dickie Parsons (5-10 So. G)8.0
1959-60 – Won 18, Lost 7
3rd SEC (10-4)UKIT Runner UpCoach: Adolph RuppCo-Captains: Bill Lickert and Don MillsDec. 1 Northern Colorado H 106 73Dec. 4 UCLA A 68 66Dec. 5 So. California A 73 87Dec. 12 St. Louis A 61 73Dec. 14 Kansas A 77 *72UK Invitation TournamentDec. 18 North Carolina 76 70Dec. 19 West Virginia (finals) 70 79Dec. 20 Temple N1 97 92Dec. 28 Ohio State H 96 93Jan. 2 Georgia Tech H 54 62Jan. 5 Vanderbilt A 76 59Jan. 9 Louisiana State H 77 45Jan. 11 Tulane H 68 42Jan. 16 Tennessee A 78 68Jan. 25 Georgia Tech A 44 65Jan. 27 Georgia N2 84 60Jan. 29 Florida A 75 62Feb. 6 Mississippi H 61 43Feb. 8 Mississippi State H 90 59Feb. 13 Notre Dame H 68 65Feb. 16 Vanderbilt H 68 60Feb. 20 Auburn A 60 61Feb. 22 Alabama N3 75 55Feb. 27 Tennessee H 63 65Mar. 5 Pittsburgh H 73 66 1838 1642(N1) Louisville(N2) Columbus, Ga.(N3) Montgomery, Ala.Leading ScorersBilly Ray Lickert (6-3 Jr. f-G)14.4Don Mills (6-6 Sr. C-F)12.7Sid Cohen (6-1 Sr. G)10.7Bennie Coffman (6-0 Sr. G)10.2Ned Jennings (6-9 Jr. C)8.8
1960-61 – Won 19, Lost 9
UKIT Runner-Up2nd SEC (10-4)Ranked 18th UPICoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Dick ParsonsDec. 1 Virginia Military Inst. H 72 56Dec. 3 Florida State H 58 63Dec. 7 Notre Dame N1 68 62Dec. 13 North Carolina N2 70 65Dec. 17 Temple A 58 66UK Invitation TournamentDec. 21 Illinois 83 78Dec. 22 St. Louis (finals) 72 *74Dec. 31 Missouri H 81 69Jan. 2 Miami (Ohio) H 70 58Jan. 7 Georgia Tech H 89 79Jan. 9 Vanderbilt A 62 64Jan. 13 Louisiana State A 59 73Jan. 14 Tulane A 70 72Jan. 21 Tennessee H 83 54Jan. 30 Georgia Tech A 60 62Feb. 4 Florida H 89 68Feb. 7 Georgia H 74 67Feb. 11 Mississippi N3 74 60Feb. 13 Mississippi State A 68 62Feb. 17 UCLA H 77 76Feb. 21 Vanderbilt H 60 59Feb. 25 Alabama H 80 53Feb. 27 Auburn H 77 51Mar. 4 Tennessee A 68 61SEC Playoff(Knoxville, TN)(To determine SEC representative in NCAA Tournament afterchampion Mississippi State declined bid. Second placeKentucky and Vanderbilt each had 10-4 records.)Mar. 9 Vanderbilt 88 67Mar. 11 Marquette N4 72 88NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Louisville)Mar. 17 Morehead 71 64Mar. 18 Ohio State 74 87 2027 1858(N1) Louisville(N2) Greensboro, N.C.(N3) Jackson, Miss.(N4) ChicagoLeading ScorersBilly Ray Lickert (6-3 Sr. F-G)16.0Roger Newman (6-4 Sr. F-G)14.1Larry Pursiful (6-1 Jr. G)13.4Ned Jennings (6-9 Sr. C)11.5Carroll Burchett (6-4 Jr. F-C)5.1
1961-62 – Won 23, Lost 3
UKIT ChampionsSEC Co-Champions (13-1)Ranked 3rd AP, UPICoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Larry PursifulDec. 2 Miami (Ohio) H 93 61Dec. 4 So. California H 77 79Dec. 11 St. Louis H 86 77Dec. 16 Baylor H 94 60Dec. 18 Temple H 78 55UK Invitation TournamentDec. 22 Tennessee 96 69Dec. 23 Kansas State (finals) 80 67Dec. 27 Yale H 79 58Dec. 30 Notre Dame N1 100 53Jan. 2 Virginia H 93 73Jan. 6 Georgia Tech H 89 70Jan. 8 Vanderbilt A 77 68Jan. 12 Louisiana State H 84 63Jan. 15 Tennessee A 95 82Jan. 29 Georgia Tech A 71 62Jan. 31 Georgia N2 86 59Feb. 2 Florida A 81 69Feb. 10 Mississippi H 83 60Feb. 12 Mississippi State H 44 49Feb. 19 Vanderbilt H 87 80Feb. 24 Alabama A 73 65Feb. 26 Auburn A 63 60Mar. 5 Tulane H 97 72Mar. 10 Tennessee H 90 59NCAA Tournament(Mideast Regional)(Iowa City, IA)Mar. 16 Butler 81 60Mar. 17 Ohio State 64 74 2141 1704(N1) Louisville(N2) AtlantaLeading ScorersCotton Nash (6-5 So. C-F)23.4Larry Pursiful (6-1 Sr. G)19.1Carroll Burchett (6-4 Sr. C-F)11.2Scotty Baesler (6-0 Jr. G)10.9Roy Roberts (6-4 Jr. F)7.0
1962-63 – Won 16, Lost 9
5th SEC (8-6)UKIT ChampionsCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Scotty BaeslerDec. 1 Virginia Tech H 77 80Dec. 8 Temple A 56 52Dec. 12 Florida State H 83 54Dec. 15 Northwestern H 71 60Dec. 17 North Carolina H 66 68UK Invitation TournamentDec. 21 Iowa 94 69Dec. 22 West Virginia (finals) 79 75Dec. 27 Dartmouth H 95 49Dec. 29 Notre Dame N1 78 70Dec. 31 St. Louis A 63 87Jan. 5 Georgia Tech H 85 **86Jan. 7 Vanderbilt A 106 82Jan. 11 Louisiana State A 63 56Jan. 12 Tulane A 81 72Jan. 19 Tennessee H 69 *78Jan. 26 Xavier H 90 76Jan. 28 Georgia Tech A 62 66Jan. 31 Georgia H 74 67Feb. 2 Florida H 94 71Feb. 9 Mississippi N2 75 69Feb. 11 Mississippi State A 52 56Feb. 18 Vanderbilt H 67 69Feb. 23 Auburn H 78 59Feb. 25 Alabama H 80 63Mar. 2 Tennessee A 55 63 1893 1697(N1) Louisville (N2) Jackson, Miss.Leading ScorersCotton Nash (6-5 Jr. F-C)20.6*Charles Ishmael (6-5 Jr. G)11.1Ted Deeken (6-3 Jr. F)9.8Scotty Baesler (6-0 Sr G)9.7Roy Roberts (6-4 Sr. F)9.0*Ineligible second semester
1963-64 – Won 21, Lost 6
UKIT and Sugar Bowl ChampionsSEC Champions (11-3)Ranked 3rd UPI, 4th APCoach: Adolph RuppCo-Captains: Cotton Nash and Ted DeekenNov. 30 Virginia H 75 64Dec. 2 Texas Tech H 107 91Dec. 7 Northwestern A 95 63Dec. 9 North Carolina H 100 80Dec. 14 Baylor H 101 65UK Invitation TournamentDec. 20 Wisconsin 108 85Dec. 21 Wake Forest (finals) 98 75Dec. 28 Notre Dame N1 101 81Sugar Bowl (New Orleans)Dec. 30 Loyola (La.) 86 64Dec. 31 Duke (finals) 81 79Jan. 4 Georgia Tech A 67 76Jan. 6 Vanderbilt A 83 85Jan. 10 Louisiana State H 103 84Jan. 11 Tulane H 105 63Jan. 18 Tennessee H 66 57Jan. 25 Georgia Tech H 79 62Feb. 1 Florida A 77 72Feb. 3 Georgia A 103 83Feb. 8 Mississippi H 102 59Feb. 10 Mississippi State H 65 59Feb. 17 Vanderbilt H 104 73Feb. 23 Auburn N2 99 79Feb. 24 Alabama A 59 65Feb. 29 Tennessee A 42 38Mar. 2 St. Louis H 60 67NCAA Tournament(Mideast Regional)(Minneapolis)Mar. 13 Ohio University 69 85Mar. 14 Loyola (Chicago) 91 100 2326 1954(N1) Louisville (N2) Montgomery, Ala.Leading ScorersCotton Nash (6-5 Sr. C-F)24.0Ted Deeken (6-3 Sr. F)18.5Larry Conley (6-3 So. F-C)12.2Terry Mobley (6-2 Jr. G)9.4Randy Embry (5-11 Jr. G)7.2
1964-65 – Won 15, Lost 10
5th SEC (10-6)UKIT Runner UpCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Randy EmbryDec. 4 Iowa H 85 77Dec. 7 North Carolina N1 67 82Dec. 9 Iowa State H 100 74Dec. 12 Syracuse H 110 77UK Invitation TournamentDec. 18 West Virginia 102 78Dec. 19 Illinois (finals) 86 91Dec. 22 St. Louis A 75 80Dec. 29 Notre Dame N2 97 111Jan. 2 Dartmouth H 107 67Jan. 5 Vanderbilt H 79 97Jan. 9 Louisiana State A 79 66Jan. 11 Tulane A 102 72Jan. 16 Tennessee A 58 77Jan. 18 Auburn H 73 67Jan. 23 Florida A 68 84Jan. 25 Georgia A 102 82Jan. 30 Florida H 78 61Feb. 1 Georgia H 96 64Feb. 6 Mississippi H 102 65Feb. 8 Mississippi State H 74 56Feb. 16 Vanderbilt A 90 91Feb. 20 Auburn A 69 88Feb. 22 Alabama A 71 75Feb. 27 Tennessee H 61 60Mar. 1 Alabama H 78 72 2109 1914(N1) Charlotte, N.C. (N2) LouisvilleLeading ScorersLouie Dampier (6-0 So. G)17.0Pat Riley (6-4 So. F)15.0Tommy Kron (6-5 Jr. G-F)12.3John Adams (6-7 Sr. C)11.8Larry Conley (6-3 Jr. F)11.6
1965-66 – Won 27, Lost 2
National Runner-Up in NCAASEC Champions (15-1)UKIT ChampionsRanked First in PollsCoach: Adolph RuppHonorary Captain:Dec. 1 Hardin-Simmons H 83 55Dec. 4 Virginia A 99 73Dec. 8 Illinois A 86 68Dec. 11 Northwestern H 86 75UK Invitation TournamentDec. 17 Air Force 78 58Dec. 18 Indiana (finals) 91 56Dec. 22 Texas Tech A 89 73Dec. 29 Notre Dame N1 103 69Jan. 3 St. Louis H 80 70Jan. 8 Florida A 78 64Jan. 10 Georgia A 69 **65Jan. 15 Vanderbilt H 96 83Jan. 24 Louisiana State H 111 85Jan. 29 Auburn H 115 78Jan. 31 Alabama H 82 62Feb. 2 Vanderbilt A 105 90Feb. 5 Georgia H 74 50Feb. 7 Florida H 85 75Feb. 12 Auburn A 77 64Feb. 14 Alabama A 90 67Feb. 19 Mississippi State A 73 69Feb. 21 Mississippi A 108 65Feb. 26 Tennessee H 78 64Mar. 5 Tennessee A 62 69Mar. 7 Tulane H 103 74NCAA Tournament(Mideast Regional)(Iowa City, Iowa)Mar. 11 # Dayton 86 79Mar. 12 Michigan 84 77(Finals)(College Park, Md.)Mar. 18 Duke 83 79Mar. 19 Texas Western 65 72 2519 2028(N1) LouisvilleInternational Universities Tournament(Tel Aviv, Israel)(Not counted in Won-Loss Record)Aug. 3 Warsaw University6758Aug. 4 Cambridge University10445Aug. 6 Salonika University9160Aug. 10 Istanbul University8236Aug. 11 Warsaw University8757Leading ScorersPat Riley (6-4 Jr. F)22.0Louie Dampier (6-0 Jr. G)21.1Thad Jaracz (6-5 So. C)13.2Larry Conley (6-3 Sr. F)11.5Tommy Kron (6-5 Sr. G)10.2#Adolph Rupp wins his 747th game to pass Phog Allenof Kansas.
1966-67 – Won 13, Lost 13
(Worst Record under Rupp)Tied 5th SEC (8-10)UKIT ChampionsCoach: Adolph RuppHonorary Captain:Dec. 3 Virginia H 104 84Dec. 5 Illinois H 97 *98Dec. 10 Northwestern A 118 116Dec. 13 North Carolina H 55 64Dec. 17 Florida H 75 78UK Invitation TournamentDec. 22 Oregon State 96 66Dec. 23 Kansas State (finals) 83 79Dec. 28 Cornell H 77 92Dec. 31 Notre Dame N1 96 85Jan. 5 Vanderbilt H 89 *91Jan. 14 Florida A 72 89Jan. 16 Georgia A 40 49Jan. 21 Auburn H 60 58Jan. 23 Tennessee H 50 **52Jan. 28 Louisiana State H 102 72Jan. 30 Mississippi H 96 53Feb. 4 Louisiana State A 105 84Feb. 6 Mississippi A 79 70Feb. 11 Mississippi State H 72 *77Feb. 13 Tennessee A 57 76Feb. 18 #Mississippi State A 103 74Feb. 20 Georgia H 101 76Feb. 25 Alabama A 71 81Feb. 27 Auburn A 49 60Mar. 4 Vanderbilt A 94 110Mar. 6 Alabama H 110 78 2151 2012(N1) LouisvilleLeading ScorersLouie Dampier (6-0 Sr. G)20.6Pat Riley (6-4 So. F)17.4Thad Jaracz (6-5 Jr. C-F)11.3Cliff Berger (6-8 Jr. C)11.3Phil Argento (6-0 So. G)5.2#Coach Rupp passes Western Kentucky's E.A. Diddle tobecome the all-time winningest coach with 760 victories.
1967-68 – Won 22, Lost 5
SEC Champions (15-3)UKIT ChampionsRanked 4th in PollsCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Thad JaraczDec. 2 Michigan A 96 79Dec. 4 Florida H 99 76Dec. 6 Xavier H 111 76Dec. 9 Pennsylvania H 64 49Dec. 12 North Carolina N1 77 84UK Invitation TournamentDec. 22 Dayton 88 85Dec. 23 South Carolina (finals) 76 66Dec. 30 Notre Dame N2 81 73Jan. 6 Vanderbilt A 94 78Jan. 8 Alabama A 84 76Jan. 13 Florida A 78 96Jan. 15 Georgia H 104 73Jan. 20 Auburn A 73 74Jan. 22 Tennessee A 59 87Jan. 27 Louisiana State A 121 95Jan. 29 Mississippi A 85 76Feb. 3 Louisiana State H 109 96Feb. 5 Mississippi H 78 62Feb. 10 Mississippi State A 92 84Feb. 12 Tennessee H 60 59Feb. 17 Mississippi State H 107 81Feb. 19 Georgia A 106 87Feb. 24 Alabama H 96 83Feb. 26 Auburn H 89 57Mar. 2 Vanderbilt H 85 80NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Lexington)Mar. 15 Marquette 107 89Mar. 16 Ohio State 81 82 2400 2103(N1) Greensboro, N.C. (N2) LouisvilleLeading ScorersMike Casey (6-4 So. G)20.1Dan Issel (6-8 So. C)16.4Mike Pratt (6-4 So. F)14.1Phil Argento (6-2 Jr. G)12.3Thad Jaracz (6-5 Sr. F)11.3
1968-69 – Won 23, Lost 5
SEC Champions (16-2)UKIT ChampionsRanked 7th in PollsCoach: Adolph RuppCaptain: Phil ArgentoNov. 30 Xavier H 115 77Dec. 2 Miami A 86 77Dec. 7 North Carolina H 77 87Dec. 14 Pennsylvania A 102 78UK Invitation TournamentDec. 20 Michigan 112 104Dec. 21 Army (finals) 80 65Dec. 28 Notre Dame N1 110 90Dec. 31 Wisconsin N2 65 69Jan. 4 Mississippi A 69 59Jan. 6 Mississippi State A 91 72Jan. 11 Florida H 88 67Jan. 13 Georgia H 88 68Jan. 18 Tennessee A 69 66Jan. 25 Louisiana State A 108 96Jan. 27 Alabama A 83 *70Feb. 1 Vanderbilt H 103 89Feb. 3 Auburn H 105 93Feb. 8 Mississippi H 104 68Feb. 10 Mississippi State H 91 69Feb. 15 Florida A 81 82Feb. 17 Georgia A 85 77Feb. 22 Louisiana State H 103 89Feb. 26 Alabama H 108 79Mar. 1 Vanderbilt A 99 101Mar. 3 Auburn A 90 86Mar. 8 Tennessee H 84 69NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Madison, Wisc.)Mar. 13 Marquette 74 81Mar. 15 Miami 72 71 2542 2199(N1) Louisville (N2) ChicagoLeading ScorersDan Issel (6-8 Jr. C)26.6Mike Casey (6-4 Jr. G)19.1Mike Pratt (6-4 Jr. F)16.9Phil Argento (6-2 Sr. G)10.0Larry Steele (6-5 So. F)8.6
1969-70 – Won 26, Lost 2
SEC Champions (17-1)UKIT ChampionsRanked First in PollsCoach: Adolph RuppCo-Captains: Dan Issel and Mike PrattDec. 1 West Virginia H 106 87Dec. 6 Kansas H 115 85Dec. 8 North Carolina N1 94 87Dec. 13 Indiana H 109 92UK Invitation TournamentDec. 19 Navy 73 59Dec. 20 Duke (finals) 98 76Dec. 27 Notre Dame N2 102 100Dec. 29 Miami (Ohio) H 80 58Jan. 3 Mississippi H 95 73Jan. 5 Mississippi State H 111 76Jan. 10 Florida A 88 69Jan. 12 Georgia A 72 71Jan. 17 Tennessee H 68 52Jan. 24 Louisiana State H 109 96Jan. 26 Alabama H 86 71Jan. 31 Vanderbilt A 81 89Feb. 2 Auburn A 84 83Feb. 7 Mississippi A 120 85Feb. 9 Mississippi State A 86 57Feb. 14 Florida H 110 66Feb. 16 Georgia H 116 86Feb. 21 Louisiana State A 121 105Feb. 23 Alabama A 98 89Feb. 28 Vanderbilt H 90 86Mar. 2 Auburn H 102 81Mar. 7 Tennessee A 86 69NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Columbus, Ohio)Mar. 12 Notre Dame 109 99Mar. 14 Jacksonville 100 106 2709 2253(N1) Charlotte, N.C.(N2) LouisvilleLeading ScorersDan Issel (6-8 Sr. C)33.9Mike Pratt (6-4 Sr. F)19.3Tom Parker (6-6 So. F)10.4Larry Steele (6-5 Jr. F)8.8Terry Mills (6-2 Jr. G)8.1
1970-71 – Won 22, Lost 6
SEC Champions (16-2)UKIT Runner UpRanked 10th APCoach: Adolph RuppHonorary Co-Captains: Mike Casey and Larry SteeleDec. 1 Northwestern A 115 100Dec. 5 Michigan H 104 93Dec. 7 West Virginia A 106 100Dec. 12 Indiana A 95 *93UK Invitation TournamentDec. 18 DePaul 106 85Dec. 19 Purdue (finals) 83 89Dec. 22 Oregon State H 84 78Dec. 29 Notre Dame N1 92 99Jan. 2 Mississippi A 103 95Jan. 4 Mississippi State A 79 71Jan. 9 Florida H 101 75Jan. 11 Georgia H 79 66Jan. 16 Tennessee A 71 75Jan. 23 Louisiana State A 82 79Jan. 25 Alabama A 86 73Jan. 30 Vanderbilt H 102 92Feb. 1 Auburn H 114 76Feb. 6 Mississippi H 121 86Feb. 8 Mississippi State H 102 83Feb. 13 Florida A 65 74Feb. 15 Georgia A 107 95Feb. 20 Louisiana State H 110 73Feb. 22 Alabama H 101 74Feb. 27 Vanderbilt A 119 90Mar. 1 Auburn A 102 83Mar. 6 Tennessee H 84 78NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Athens, Ga.)Mar. 18 Western Kentucky 83 107Mar. 20 Marquette 74 91 2670 2373(N1) LouisvilleLeading ScorersTom Parker (6-7 Jr. F)17.6Mike Casey (6-4 Sr. G)17.0Tom Payne (7-2 So. C)16.9Kent Hollenbeck (6-4 Jr. G)14.0Larry Steele (6-5 Sr. F)13.1
1971-72 – Won 21, Lost 7
SEC Champions (14-4)UKIT ChampionsRanked 14th UPI and 18th APCoach: Adolph RuppHonorary Co-Captains: Stan Key and Tom ParkerDec. 1 Northwestern H 94 85Dec. 4 Kansas A 79 69Dec. 6 Kansas State A 71 64Dec. 11 Indiana N1 89 **90Dec. 13 Michigan State H 85 91UK Invitation TournamentDec. 17 Missouri 83 79Dec. 18 Princeton (finals) 96 82Dec. 28 Notre Dame N1 83 67Jan. 8 Mississippi H 93 82Jan. 10 Mississippi State H 104 76Jan. 15 Florida A 70 72Jan. 17 Georgia A 73 85Jan. 22 Tennessee H 72 70Jan. 24 Vanderbilt H 106 80Jan. 29 Louisiana State H 89 71Jan. 31 Alabama H 77 74Feb. 5 Vanderbilt A 85 *80Feb. 7 Auburn A 78 72Feb. 12 Mississippi A 90 82Feb. 14 Mississippi State A 63 55Feb. 19 Florida H 95 68Feb. 21 Georgia H 87 63Feb. 26 Louisiana State A 71 88Feb. 28 Alabama A 70 73Mar. 6 Auburn H 102 67Mar. 9 Tennessee A 67 66(Earned NCAA bid by beating Tennessee twice.)NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Dayton, Ohio)Mar. 16 Marquette 85 69Mar. 18 Florida State 54 73 2311 2093(N1) LouisvilleLeading ScorersJim Andrews (6-11 Jr. C)21.5Tom Parker (6-7 Sr. F)18.0Ronnie Lyons (5-10 So. G)13.2Stan Key (6-3 Sr. G)12.5Larry Stamper (6-6 Jr. F)10.3
Joe B. Hall Era
1972-73 – Won 20, Lost 8
SEC Champions (14-4)UKIT ChampionsRanked 15th UPI and 17th APCoach: Joe B. HallHonorary Captain: Jim AndrewsDec. 2 Michigan State A 75 66Dec. 4 Iowa H 66 79Dec. 9 Indiana A 58 64Dec. 11 North Carolina N1 70 78UK Invitation TournamentDec. 15 Nebraska 85 60Dec. 16 Oregon (finals) 95 68Dec. 23 Kansas H 77 71Dec. 30 Notre Dame N1 65 63Jan. 6 Mississippi A 58 61Jan. 8 Mississippi State A 90 81Jan. 13 Florida H 95 65Jan. 15 Georgia H 89 68Jan. 20 Tennessee A 64 65Jan. 22 Vanderbilt A 75 76Jan. 27 Louisiana State A 86 71Jan. 29 Alabama A 95 93Feb. 3 Vanderbilt H 76 83Feb. 5 Auburn H 88 57Feb. 10 Mississippi H 88 70Feb. 12 Mississippi State H 100 *87Feb. 17 Florida A 94 83Feb. 19 Georgia A 99 86Feb. 24 Louisiana State H 94 76Feb. 26 Alabama H 111 95Mar. 3 Auburn A 91 79Mar. 8 Tennessee H 86 81NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Nashville, Tenn.)Mar. 15 Austin Peay 106 *100Mar. 17 Indiana 65 72 2341 2098(N1) LouisvilleLeading ScorersJim Andrews (6-11 Sr. C)20.1Kevin Grevey (6-5 So. F)18.7Jimmy Dan Conner (6-4 So. G-F)11.2Ronnie Lyons (5-10 Jr. G)9.2Mike Flynn (6-3 So. G)9.1
1973-74 – Won 13, Lost 13
UKIT ChampionsWorst Under HallTied 4th SEC (9-9)Coach: Joe B. HallCaptain: Ronnie LyonsDec. 1 Miami (Ohio) H 81 68Dec. 3 Kansas A 63 71Dec. 8 Indiana N1 68 77Dec. 10 North Carolina N2 84 101Dec. 14 Iowa A 88 80UK Invitation TournamentDec. 21 Dartmouth 102 77Dec. 22 Stanford (finals) 78 77Dec. 29 Notre Dame N1 79 94Jan. 5 Louisiana State A 84 95Jan. 7 Georgia H 80 74Jan. 12 Auburn H 79 58Jan. 14 Tennessee A 54 67Jan. 19 Mississippi H 93 64Jan. 21 Alabama A 77 81Jan. 26 Florida A 91 82Jan. 28 Vanderbilt H 65 82Feb. 2 Mississippi State A 82 70Feb. 4 Louisiana State H 73 70Feb. 9 Georgia A 86 72Feb. 11 Auburn A 97 *99Feb. 16 Tennessee H 61 58Feb. 18 Mississippi A 60 61Feb. 23 Alabama H 71 94Feb. 25 Florida H 65 75Mar. 2 Vanderbilt A 69 71Mar. 4 Mississippi State H 108 69 2038 1987(N1) Louisville (N2) Greensboro, N.C.Leading ScorersKevin Grevey (6-5 Jr. F)21.9Bob Guyette (6-9 Jr. C)12.7Jimmy Dan Conner (6-4 Jr. F-G)12.0Mike Flynn (6-3 Jr. G)11.5Ronnie Lyons (5-10 Sr. G)7.81974 Australian Exhibition Tour(Not counted in Won-Lost Record)May 13 Tahitian National Team 116 62May 17 Australia 87 97May 18 Newcastle 90 78May 19 N.S.W. All Stars 123 67May 21 Illawaarra Hawks 115 57May 22 N.S.W. All Stars 106 50May 23 A.C.T. 96 69May 25 Bulleen Heidelberg 88 83May 26 St. Kilda Business House 80 67May 27 Nunawading 99 82May 28 Melbourne 79 86May 30 Gippsland All Stars 127 74May 31 Bulleen Heidelberg 72 71June 1 Laker All Stars 111 83June 3 South Australian All Stars 109 96Jane 4 South Australian All Stars 110 81June 5 South Australian All Stars 111 84June 6 Coburg 108 82June 7 St. Kilda Business House 96 85 1923 1454
1974-75 – Won 26, Lost 5
National Runner-Up (NCAA Tournament)SEC Co-Champions (15-3)UKIT ChampionsRanked 2nd AP, 4th UPICoach: Joe B. HallCaptain: Jimmy Dan ConnerNov. 30 Northwestern H 97 70Dec. 2 Miami (Ohio) A 80 73Dec. 7 Indiana A 74 98Dec. 9 North Carolina N1 90 78UK Invitation TournamentDec. 20 Washington State 97 75Dec. 21 Oklahoma State (finals) 90 65Dec. 23 Kansas N1 100 63Dec. 28 Notre Dame N1 113 96Jan. 4 Louisiana State H 115 80Jan. 6 Georgia A 96 77Jan. 11 Auburn A 85 90Jan. 13 Tennessee H 88 82Jan. 18 Mississippi A 85 82Jan. 20 Alabama H 74 69Jan. 25 Florida H 87 65Jan. 27 Vanderbilt A 91 90Feb. 1 Mississippi State H 112 79Feb. 3 Louisiana State A 77 76Feb. 8 Georgia H 75 61Feb. 10 Auburn H 119 76Feb. 15 Tennessee A 98 103Feb. 17 Mississippi H 108 89Feb. 22 Alabama A 84 79Feb. 24 Florida A 58 66Mar. 1 Vanderbilt H 109 84Mar. 8 Mississippi State A 118 80NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional)(Tuscaloosa, Ala. and Dayton, Ohio)Mar. 15 Marquette N2 76 54Mar. 20 Central Michigan N3 90 73Mar. 22 Indiana N3 92 90NCAA Final Four (San Diego, Calif.)Mar. 29 Syracuse 95 79Mar. 31 UCLA 85 92 2858 2434(N1) Louisville (N2) Tuscaloosa, Ala.(N3) Dayton, Ohio-Leading Scorers-Kevin Grevey (6-5 Sr. F)23.6Jimmy Dan Conner (6-4 Sr. G)12.4Rick Robey (6-10 Fr. C)10.4Jack Givens (6-4 Fr. F)9.4Mike Flynn (6-3 Sr. G)9.0Bob Guyette (6-9 Sr. F)8.6
1975-76 – Won 20, Lost 10
UKIT ChampionsNIT ChampionsTied 4th SEC (11-7)Coach: Joe B. HallCaptain: Jack GivensDec. 1 Northwestern A 77 89Dec. 8 North Carolina N1 77 90Dec. 10 Miami H 91 69Dec. 13 Kansas A 54 48Dec. 15 Indiana N2 68 *77UK Invitation TournamentDec. 19 Georgia Tech 66 64Dec. 20 Oregon State (finals) 82 74Dec. 30 Notre Dame N2 79 77Jan. 3 Mississippi State A 73 77Jan. 5 Alabama A 63 76Jan. 10 Tennessee H 88 *90Jan. 12 Georgia H 92 76Jan. 17 Vanderbilt H 77 76Jan. 24 Florida A 89 82Jan. 26 Auburn A 84 *91Jan. 31 Mississippi H 89 81Feb. 2 Louisiana State H 85 71Feb. 7 Tennessee A 85 92Feb. 9 Georgia A 81 86Feb. 14 Vanderbilt A 65 69Feb. 21 Florida H 96 89Feb. 23 Auburn H 93 82Feb. 28 Mississippi A 94 87Mar. 1 Louisiana State A 85 70Mar. 6 Alabama H 90 85Mar. 8 Mississippi State H 94 *93National Invitation Tournament (New York)Mar. 13 Niagara 67 61Mar. 16 Kansas State 81 78Mar. 18 Providence 79 78Mar. 21 U.N.C. Char. (finals) 71 67 2415 2345(N1) Charlotte, N.C. (N2) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Jack Givens (6-4 So. F)20.1Mike Phillips (6-10 So. C)15.6Larry Johnson (6-2 Jr. G)11.2James Lee (6-5 So. F)9.3Rick Robey (6-10 So. C-F)*15.6Reggie Warford (6-1 Sr. G)6.5*Played in 12 games.
Rupp Arena Era
1976-77 – Won 26, Lost 4
SEC Co-Champions (16-2)Ranked 6th AP, 5th UPICoach: Joe B. HallCaptains: Larry Johnson and Merion HaskinsNov. 27 Wisconsin H 72 64Dec. 2 Texas Christian H 103 53Dec. 6 Indiana A 66 51Dec. 11 Kansas H 90 63Dec. 13 South Carolina A 98 67UK Invitation TournamentDec. 17 Bowling Green State 77 59Dec. 18 Utah (finals) 68 70Dec. 30 Notre Dame N1 102 78Jan. 3 Georgia H 64 *59Jan. 8 Vanderbilt A 64 62Jan. 12 Tennessee H 67 *71Jan. 15 Auburn A 75 68Jan. 17 Florida A 73 71Jan. 22 Louisiana State H 87 72Jan. 24 Mississippi H 100 73Jan. 29 Alabama A 87 85Jan. 31 Mississippi State A 92 85Feb. 5 Vanderbilt H 113 73Feb. 7 Florida State N1 97 57Feb. 12 Auburn H 89 82Feb. 14 Florida H 104 78Feb. 19 Louisiana State A 90 76Feb. 21 Mississippi A 81 69Feb. 26 Alabama H 85 70Feb. 28 Mississippi State H 77 64Mar. 5 Tennessee A 79 81Mar. 7 Georgia A 72 54NCAA Tournament (East Regional)(Philadelphia, Pa. and College Park, Md.)Mar. 12 Princeton N2 72 58Mar. 17 VMI N3 93 78Mar. 19 North Carolina N3 72 79 2509 2070(N1) Louisville(N2) Philadelphia, Pa.(N3) College Park, Md.-Leading Scorers-Jack Givens (6-4 Jr. F)18.9Rick Robey (6-10 Jr. F)14.2Mike Phillips (6-10 Jr. C)12.2Larry Johnson (6-3 Sr. G)10.7James Lee (6-5 Jr. F)9.8Jay Shidler (6-1 Fr. G)7.8Truman Claytor (6-1 So. G)6.6
1977-78 – Won 30, Lost 2
National Champions (NCAA Tournament)SEC Champions (16-2)UKIT ChampionsRanked 1st AP and UPICoach: Joe B. HallCaptains: Jack Givens and Rick RobeyNov. 26 Southern Methodist H 110 86Dec. 5 Indiana H 78 64Dec. 10 Kansas A 73 66Dec. 12 South Carolina H 84 65UK Invitation TournamentDec. 16 Portland State 114 88Dec. 17 St. John's (finals) 102 72Dec. 23 Iona H 104 65Dec. 31 Notre Dame N1 73 68Jan. 2 Vanderbilt H 72 59Jan. 7 Florida A 86 67Jan. 9 Auburn A 101 77Jan. 14 Louisiana State H 96 76Jan. 16 Mississippi H 76 56Jan. 21 Mississippi State A 75 65Jan. 23 Alabama A 62 78Jan. 30 Georgia H 90 73Feb. 4 Florida H 88 61Feb. 6 Auburn H 104 81Feb. 11 Louisiana State A 94 *95Feb. 13 Mississippi A 64 52Feb. 15 Tennessee H 90 77Feb. 18 Mississippi State H 58 56Feb. 20 Alabama H 97 84Feb. 25 Tennessee A 68 57Feb. 27 Georgia A 78 67Mar. 4 Nevada-Las Vegas H 92 70Mar. 6 Vanderbilt A 78 68NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional)(Knoxville, Tenn. and Dayton, Ohio)Mar. 11 Florida State N2 85 76Mar. 16 Miami (Ohio) N3 91 69Mar. 18 Michigan State N3 52 49Finals (St. Louis, Mo.)Mar. 25 Arkansas 64 59Mar. 27 Duke 94 88 2693 2234NCAA Champions for FIfth Time(N1) Louisville(N2) Knoxville, Tenn. (N3) Dayton, Ohio-Leading Scorers-Jack Givens (6-4 Sr. F)18.1Rick Robey (6-10 Sr. F)14.4Kyle Macy (6-3 So. G)12.5James Lee (6-5 Sr. F)11.3Mike Phillips (6-10 Sr. C)10.2Truman Claytor (6-1 Jr. G)6.91978 Japan Exhibition Tour(All games vs. Japan National Team)(Not counted in Win-Loss Record)June 13 at Tokyo 104 71June 15 at Niigata 102 89June 18 at Nagoya 97 59June 19 at Osaka 87 82June 20 at Fukuoka 88 61June 22 at Nagasaki 122 79June 24 at Tokyo 125 57 705 498
1978-79 – Won 19, Lost 12
6th in SEC (10-8)SEC Tournament Runner-UpCoach: Joe B. HallCaptains: Dwane Casey and Truman ClaytorDec. 2 LaSalle H 109 77Dec. 4 West Texas H 121 67Dec. 9 Kansas H 67 *66Dec. 16 Indiana A 67 *68UK Invitation TournamentDec. 22 Texas A & M 69 73Dec. 23 Syracuse 94 87Dec. 30 Notre Dame N1 81 76Jan. 3 Florida A 65 76Jan. 6 Louisiana State H 89 93Jan. 8 Mississippi H 90 64Jan. 13 Alabama A 52 55Jan. 15 Mississippi State A 61 63Jan. 20 Tennessee H 55 66Jan. 22 Georgia H 73 64Jan. 25 Auburn A 86 *83Jan. 27 Florida H 87 81Jan. 29 Auburn H 66 59Feb. 3 Louisiana State A 61 70Feb. 5 Mississippi A 87 82Feb. 7 Vanderbilt A 58 68Feb. 10 Alabama H 80 71Feb. 12 Mississippi State H 80 65Feb. 17 Tennessee A 84 101Feb. 19 Georgia A 90 74Feb. 23 Vanderbilt H 96 70Feb. 25 South Carolina A 79 74SEC Tournament (Birmingham, Ala)Feb. 28 Mississippi 82 77Mar. 1 Alabama 101 100Mar. 2 Louisiana State 80 67Mar. 3 Tennessee 69 *75National Invitation Tournament (Lexington)Mar. 7 Clemson 67 *68 2446 2280(N1) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Kyle Macy (6-3 Jr. G)15.2Dwight Anderson (6-3 Fr. G)13.3LaVon Williams (6-6 So. F)11.5Fred Cowan (6-8 So. C-F)9.4Truman Claytor (6-1 Sr. G)8.7
1979-80 – Won 29, Lost 6
SEC Champions (15-3)SEC Tournament Runner-Up * UKIT ChampionsGreat Alaska Shootout ChampionsRanked 4th AP, 3rd UPICoach: Joe B. HallCaptain: Kyle MacyNov. 17 Duke N1 76 *82Great Alaska ShootoutNov. 30 Bradley N2 79 58Dec. 1 Alaska N2 97 68Dec. 2 Iona N2 57 50Dec. 8 Baylor H 80 46Dec. 10 South Carolina H 126 81Dec. 12 Kansas A 57 56Dec. 15 Indiana H 69 58Dec. 17 Georgia N3 95 69UK Invitation TournamentDec. 21 California 78 52Dec. 22 Purdue (finals) 61 60Dec. 29 Notre Dame N4 86 80Jan. 2 Auburn H 67 65Jan. 5 Tennessee A 47 49Jan. 9 Mississippi A 79 73Jan. 12 Alabama H 64 78Jan. 17 Florida A 76 63Jan. 19 Vanderbilt H 106 90Jan. 23 Mississippi State A 89 67Jan. 26 Georgia H 56 49Jan. 28 Louisiana State H 60 65Jan. 30 Auburn A 64 62Feb. 2 Tennessee H 83 75Feb. 6 Mississippi H 86 72Feb. 9 Alabama A 72 63Feb. 13 Florida H 95 70Feb. 15 Vanderbilt A 91 73Feb. 17 Nevada-Las Vegas A 74 69Feb. 20 Mississippi State H 71 65Feb. 24 Louisiana State A 76 *74SEC Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)Feb. 28 Auburn 69 61Feb. 29 Mississippi 70 67Mar. 1 Louisiana State 78 80NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional)(Bowling Green and Lexington)Mar. 8 Florida State N5 97 78Mar. 13 Duke H 54 55 2685 2323(N1) Springfield, Mass. (N2) Anchorage, Alaska(N3) Atlanta, Ga. (N4) Louisville(N5) Bowling Green-Leading Scorers-Kyle Macy (6-3 Sr. G)15.4Sam Bowie (7-1 Fr. C)12.9Fred Cowan (6-8 Jr. F)12.5LaVon Williams (6-7 Sr. F)7.5Jay Shidler (6-1 Sr. G)6.2
1980-81 – Won 22, Lost 6
SEC Runner-Up (15-3)UKIT ChampionsRanked 8th AP and UPICoach: Joe B. HallCaptain: Chuck VerderberNov. 29 East Tennessee H 62 57Dec. 3 Ohio State H 70 64Dec. 6 Indiana A 68 66Dec. 13 Kansas H 87 73UK Invitation TournamentDec. 19 Alaska 91 56Dec. 20 UAB (finals) 61 53Dec. 27 Notre Dame N1 61 67Dec. 30 Maine H 100 54Jan. 3 Georgia H 76 62Jan. 7 Auburn A 79 66Jan. 10 Tennessee H 48 47Jan. 14 Mississippi H 64 55Jan. 17 Alabama A 55 59Jan. 19 Louisiana State A 67 81Jan. 21 Florida H 102 48Jan. 24 Vanderbilt A 78 64Jan. 28 Mississippi State H 71 64Jan. 31 Georgia A 71 **68Feb. 4 Auburn H 102 74Feb. 7 Tennessee A 71 87Feb. 11 Mississippi A 62 55Feb. 14 Alabama H 77 62Feb. 18 Florida A 69 56Feb. 21 Vanderbilt H 80 48Feb. 25 Mississippi State A 78 74Mar. 1 Louisiana State H 73 71SEC Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)Mar. 5 Vanderbilt 55 60NCAA Tournament (Mideast Regional) (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)Mar. 15 Alabama-Birmingham 62 69 2040 1760(N1) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Sam Bowie (7-1 So. C)17.4Dirk Minniefield (6-3 So. G)10.4Derrick Hord (6-6 So. G-F)8.9Fred Cowan (6-8 Sr. F)8.2Chuck Verderber (6-6 Jr. F)7.5
1981-82 – Won 22, Lost 8
SEC Co-Champions (13-5)UKIT ChampionsRanked 8th AP, 9th UPICoach: Joe B. HallCaptain: Chuck VerderberNov. 28 Akron H 83 64Dec. 5 Ohio State A 78 62Dec. 8 Indiana H 85 69Dec. 12 Kansas A 77 *74UK Invitation TournamentDec. 18 Jacksonville 107 91Dec. 19 Seton Hall (finals) 98 74Dec. 26 North Carolina N1 69 82Dec. 29 Notre Dame N2 34 *28Jan. 2 Georgia A 68 66Jan. 6 Auburn H 83 71Jan. 9 Tennessee A 66 70Jan. 13 Mississippi A 65 67Jan. 16 Alabama H 86 69Jan. 20 Florida A 91 76Jan. 23 Vanderbilt H 67 58Jan. 25 Louisiana State H 76 65Jan. 27 Mississippi State A 51 56Jan. 30 Georgia H 82 73Feb. 3 Auburn A 81 *83Feb. 6 Tennessee H 77 67Feb. 10 Mississippi H 56 49Feb. 13 Alabama A 72 62Feb. 17 Florida H 84 78Feb. 20 Vanderbilt A 73 69Feb. 24 Mississippi State H 71 54Feb. 27 Louisiana State A 78 94SEC Tournament (Lexington)Mar. 4 Auburn 89 66Mar. 5 Mississippi 62 58Mar. 6 Alabama 46 48NCAA Mideast Regional (Nashville, Tenn.)Mar. 4 Middle Tennessee 44 50 2199 1993(N1) East Rutherford, N.J. (N2) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Derrick Hord (6-6 Jr. F)16.3Jim Master (6-5 So. G)13.4Melvin Turpin (6-10 So. C)13.1Dirk Minniefield (6-3 Jr. G)11.3Charles Hurt (6-6 Jr. F)6.61982 Japan Exhibition Tour(not Counted in Win-Loss Record)July 1 W. Germany at Kariya 84 73July 2 France at Kyotta 77 65July 4 W. Germany at Sapporo 82 72July 7 Japan Nat. at Akita 86 66July 10 France at Moebashi 86 83July 11 Japan at Tokyo 106 71Note: the Wildcats also toured Taiwan and Hong Kongduring the 1982 trip. The following are results ofgames played there:July 12 China #2 at Taipei 86 63July 15 China #1 at Hong Kong 119 48
1982-83 – Won 23, Lost 8
SEC Champions (13-5)UKIT ChampionsRanked 12th AP and UPICoach: Joe B. HallCaptain: Charles HurtNov. 27 Butler H 90 53Dec. 1 Notre Dame A 58 45Dec. 4 Villanova H 93 79Dec. 7 Detroit H 83 46Dec. 11 Illinois H 76 57UK Invitation TournamentDec. 17 Duquesne 55 42Dec. 18 Tulane (finals) 80 61Dec. 22 Indiana A 59 62Dec. 29 Kansas N1 83 62Jan. 3 Mississippi H 72 60Jan. 5 Louisiana State H 52 50Jan. 8 Alabama A 67 74Jan. 10 Mississippi State A 59 *53Jan. 15 Auburn H 67 75Jan. 17 Florida H 70 63Jan. 22 Vanderbilt A 82 *77Jan. 29 Georgia A 63 70Jan. 31 Tennessee A 63 65Feb. 5 Alabama H 76 70Feb. 8 Mississippi State H 88 67Feb. 12 Auburn A 71 69Feb. 14 Florida A 73 61Feb. 19 Vanderbilt H 82 63Feb. 26 Georgia H 81 72Feb. 27 Tennessee H 69 61Mar. 3 Mississippi A 61 58Mar. 5 Louisiana State A 60 74SEC Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)Mar. 11 Alabama N2 64 69NCAA Mideast Regional(First Round) (Tampa, Fla.)Mar. 19 Ohio 57 40NCAA Mideast Region (Knoxville, Tenn.)Mar. 24 Indiana 64 59Mar. 26 Louisville 68 *80 2186 1937(N1) Louisville(N2) Birmingham, Ala.-Leading Scorers-Melvin Turpin (6-11 Jr. C)15.1Jim Master (6-5 Jr. G)12.5Derrick Hord (6-6 Sr. F)8.9Dirk Minniefield (6-3 Sr. G)8.6Charles Hurt (6-6 Sr. F)8.2
1983-84 – Won 29, Lost 5
NCAA Mideast Region ChampionsSEC Tournament ChampionsSEC Champions (14-4)UKIT ChampionsRanked 3rd AP and UPICoach: Joe B. HallCaptain: Dickey BealNov. 26 Louisville H 65 44Dec. 3 Indiana H 59 54Dec. 10 Kansas A 72 50UK Invitation TournamentDec. 16 Wyoming 66 40Dec. 17 Brigham Young (finals) 93 59Dec. 20 Cincinnati A 24 11Dec. 24 Illinois A 56 54Dec. 28 Purdue N1 86 67Jan. 2 Mississippi A 68 55Jan. 7 Louisiana State A 96 80Jan. 9 Alabama H 76 66Jan. 11 Mississippi State H 51 42Jan. 13 Auburn A 63 82Jan. 17 Florida A 57 69Jan. 20 Vanderbilt H 67 46Jan. 22 Houston H 74 67Jan. 28 Georgia H 64 40Jan. 30 Tennessee H 93 74Feb. 4 Alabama A 62 69Feb. 6 Mississippi State A 77 58Feb. 11 Auburn H 84 64Feb. 13 Florida H 67 65Feb. 19 Vanderbilt A 58 54Feb. 25 Georgia A 66 64Feb. 27 Tennessee A 58 63Mar. 1 Mississippi H 76 57Mar. 3 Louisiana State H 90 68SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.)Mar. 8 Georgia 92 79Mar. 9 Alabama 48 46Mar. 10 Auburn (finals) 51 49NCAA Mideast Regional (First Round) (Birmingham, Ala.)Mar. 17 Brigham Young 93 68NCAA Mideast Region (Lexington, Ky.)Mar. 22 Louisville 72 67Mar. 24 Illinois 54 51NCAA Final Four (Seattle, Wash.)Mar. 31 Georgetown 40 53 2318 1975(N1) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Melvin Turpin (6-11 Sr. C)15.2Kenny Walker (6-8 So. F)12.4Sam Bowie (7-1 Sr. F)10.5Jim Master (6-5 Sr. G)9.6Winston Bennett (6-7 Fr. F)6.5
1984-85 – Won 18, Lost 13
NCAA "Final 16"Tied for Third in SEC (11-7)UKIT ChampionsCoach: Joe B. HallCaptains: Winston Bennett and Kenny WalkerNov. 27 Toledo H 63 54Dec. 1 Purdue A 56 66Dec. 4 Southern Methodist H 54 56Dec. 8 Indiana A 68 81Dec. 15 Louisville A 64 71UK Invitation TournamentDec. 21 East Tennessee State 69 54Dec. 22 Cincinnati (finals) 66 55Dec. 31 Kansas N1 92 89Jan. 2 Auburn H 68 61Jan. 5 North Carolina State H 78 62Jan. 7 Vanderbilt H 75 58Jan. 9 Mississippi A 57 45Jan. 12 Alabama A 58 60Jan. 16 Mississippi State H 58 57Jan. 19 Florida H 55 67Jan. 23 Georgia A 73 81Jan. 27 Tennessee A 65 81Jan. 31 Louisiana State H 53 43Feb. 2 Auburn A 49 *47Feb. 7 Vanderbilt A 68 62Feb. 9 Mississippi H 67 52Feb. 13 Alabama H 51 48Feb. 16 Mississippi State A 69 82Feb. 20 Florida A 76 68Feb. 24 Georgia H 77 79Feb. 28 Tennessee H 92 67Mar. 2 Louisiana State A 61 67SEC Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)Mar. 7 Florida 55 58NCAA West Regional (First Round)(Salt Lake City, Utah)Mar. 14 Washington 66 58Mar. 16 Nevada-Las Vegas 64 61NCAA West Regional (Denver, Colo.)Mar. 22 St. John's 70 86 2037 1976(N1) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Kenny Walker (6-8 Jr. F)22.9Ed Davender (6-1 Fr. G)8.5Winston Bennett (6-7 So. F)7.2Bret Bearup (6-9 Sr. C)6.3James Blackmon (6-2 So. G)5.4Roger Harden (6-1 Jr. G)5.3
Eddie Sutton Era
1985-86 – Won 32, Lost 4
NCAA "Final 8"SEC Champions (17-1)SEC Tournament ChampionsRanked Third AP and UPICoach: Eddie SuttonCaptains: Kenny Walker, Roger Harden and Leroy ByrdNov. 22 Northwestern (LA) State H 77 58Nov. 26 Chaminade A 89 57Nov. 27 Hawaii A 98 65Dec. 3 Cincinnati H 84 54Dec. 7 Indiana H 63 58Dec. 14 Kansas A 66 83UK Invitation TournamentDec. 20 East Carolina 86 52Dec. 21 Pepperdine (finals) 88 56Dec. 28 Louisville H 69 64Dec. 30 Va. Military Institute N1 93 55Jan. 4 Vanderbilt A 80 71Jan. 6 Auburn A 56 60Jan. 8 Mississippi H 75 58Jan. 11 Alabama H 76 52Jan. 15 Mississippi State A 64 52Jan. 18 Florida A 72 55Jan. 23 Georgia H 74 69Jan. 25 Tennessee H 74 57Jan. 29 LSU A 54 52Jan. 31 Auburn H 81 71Feb. 2 North Carolina State A 51 54Feb. 5 Vanderbilt H 73 65Feb. 8 Mississippi A 62 58Feb. 13 Alabama A 73 71Feb. 15 Mississippi State H 88 62Feb. 19 Florida H 80 69Feb. 22 Georgia A 80 75Feb. 27 Tennessee A 62 60Mar. 1 LSU H 68 57SEC Tournament (Lexington)Mar. 6 Mississippi 95 69Mar. 7 Louisiana State 61 58Mar. 8 Alabama 83 72NCAA Southeast Regional First/Second Round(Charlotte, N.C.)Mar. 14 Davidson 75 55Mar. 16 Western Kentucky 71 64NCAA Southeast Regional (Atlanta)Mar. 20 Alabama 68 63Mar. 22 Louisiana State 57 59 2666 2210(N1) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Kenny Walker (6-8 Sr. F)20.0Winston Bennett (6-7 Jr. F)12.7Ed Davender (6-2 So. G)11.5James Blackmon (6-3 Jr. G)9.4Roger Harden (6-1 Sr. G)6.81986 Japan Tour(Not counted in Won-Loss Record)June 21* Japan at Tokyo 80 55June 22* Finland at Tokyo 87 67June 24 Finland at Sendai 82 65June 26 Japan at Niigata 79 73June 28 Finland at Ohtsu 80 56June 29 Czechoslovakia at Sapporo 74 80July 2 S. China 87 45*Kirin World Tournament Hong Kong Game
1986-87 – Won 18, Lost 11
UKIT ChampionsSEC Third Place (10-8)Coach: Eddie SuttonCaptains: James Blackmon and Paul AndrewsNov. 29 Austin Peay H 71 69Dec. 2 Texas Tech H 66 60Dec. 6 Indiana A 66 71Dec. 13 Lamar H 71 56UK Invitation TournamentDec. 19 Iona 75 59Dec. 20 Boston U. (finals) 81 69Dec. 27 Louisville A 85 51Dec. 30 Georgia N1 65 69Jan. 3 Auburn A 63 60Jan. 7 Alabama H 55 69Jan. 10 Tennessee A 68 75Jan. 12 Mississippi State A 57 49Jan. 14 Florida H 67 62Jan. 18 LSU H 41 76Jan. 21 Vanderbilt A 71 65Jan. 25 Navy H 80 69Jan. 29 Ole Miss A 65 76Jan. 31 Mississippi State H 50 36Feb. 4 Auburn H 75 71Feb. 7 Alabama A 70 69Feb. 11 Tennessee H 91 *84Feb. 14 Florida A 56 74Feb. 19 Vanderbilt H 65 54Feb. 21 LSU A 52 65Feb. 25 Georgia A 71 79Feb. 28 Ole Miss H 64 63Mar. 1 Oklahoma H 75 74SEC Tournament (Atlanta)Mar. 6 Auburn 72 79NCAA Southeast Regional First/Second Rounds(Atlanta)Mar. 13 Ohio State 77 91 1965 1944(N1) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Rex Chapman (6-4 Fr. G)16.0Ed Davender (6-3 Jr. G)15.2Richard Madison (6-7 Jr. F)9.1James Blackmon (6-3 Sr. G)8.4Robert Lock(6-11 Jr. C)7.5
1987-88 – Won 25, Lost 5*
UKIT ChampionsBest SEC Record (13-5)Ranked 6th AP and UPICoach: Eddie SuttonCaptains: Winston Bennett, Ed Davender, Cedric Jenkins, Rob Lock, Richard MadisonNov. 28 Hawaii H 86 59Dec. 1 Cincinnati H 101 77Dec. 5 Indiana N1 82 *76Dec. 12 Louisville H 76 75UK Invitation TournamentDec. 18 Miami (Ohio) 85 71Dec. 19 N.C. Charlotte (finals) 84 81Dec. 28 Alaska H 100 58Dec. 31 Vanderbilt H 81 74Jan. 2 Georgia A 84 77Jan. 6 Mississippi State H 93 52Jan. 9 Auburn H 52 53Jan. 13 Alabama A 63 55Jan. 16 Tennessee H 83 65Jan. 20 Florida H 56 58Jan. 23 LSU A 76 61Jan. 27 Vanderbilt A 66 83Jan. 31 Notre Dame N2 78 69Feb. 3 Ole Miss H 94 65Feb. 6 Mississippi State A 83 59Feb. 10 Auburn A 69 62Feb. 13 Alabama H 82 68Feb. 17 Tennessee A 70 72Feb. 20 Florida A 76 83Feb. 24 LSU H 95 69Feb. 28 Syracuse H 62 58Mar. 2 Georgia H 80 72Mar. 5 Ole Miss A 78 71SEC Tournament (Baton Rouge, La.)Mar. 11 Ole Miss 82 64Mar. 12 LSU 86 80Mar. 13 Georgia 62 57 2365 2024(N1) Indianapolis (N2) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Rex Chapman (6-4 So. G)19.0Ed Davender (6-3 Sr. G)15.7Winston Bennett (6-7 Sr. F)15.3Rob Lock (6-11 Sr. C)10.9Eric Manuel (6-6 Fr. F)7.1*As part of sanctions imposed upon the UK basketballprogram in 1989, the National Collegiate Athletic Associationordered Kentucky to erase from the record three NCAAtournament games from the 1987-88 season. Kentucky's 99-84win over Southern, a 90-81 win over Maryland and an 80-74loss to Villanova have been deleted from the records, thuschanging the 1987-88 season record from 27-6 to 25-5.#The presidents of the Southeastern Conference institutionsvoted to strip Kentucky of the 1987-88 SEC regular seasonand SEC Tournament championships. Kentucky was not forcedto forfeit any of those regular season or tournament games.
1988-89 – Won 13, Lost 19
Tied for 6th in SEC (8-10)Coach: Eddie SuttonCaptain: Mike ScottNov. 19 Duke N1 55 80Great Alaska ShootoutNov. 25 Iona N2 56 54Nov. 26 Seton Hall N2 60 63Nov. 28 California N2 89 71Dec. 3 Notre Dame N3 65 81Dec. 7 Northwestern State H 82 85Dec. 10 Western Carolina H 78 60UK Invitation TournamentDec. 16 Bowling Green State 54 56Dec. 17 Marshall 91 78Dec. 20 Indiana H 52 75Dec. 27 Austin Peay N4 85 77Dec. 31 Louisville A 75 97Jan. 4 Georgia H 76 65Jan. 7 Vanderbilt H 70 61Jan. 12 Florida A 69 56Jan. 14 LSU H 62 64Jan. 18 Alabama A 64 76Jan. 21 Tennessee A 66 65Jan. 25 Auburn H 86 76Jan. 28 Ole Miss A 65 70Feb. 1 Mississippi State H 73 61Feb. 5 Georgia A 72 84Feb. 8 Vanderbilt A 51 81Feb. 11 Florida H 53 59Feb. 15 LSU A 80 99Feb. 18 Alabama H 67 71Feb. 20 Auburn A 75 77Feb. 22 Tennessee H 76 71Feb. 26 Syracuse A 73 89Mar. 1 Ole Miss H 70 69Mar. 4 Mississippi State A 67 68SEC Tournament(Knoxville, Tenn.)Mar. 10 Vanderbilt 63 77 2220 2316(N1) Springfield, Mass. (N2) Anchorage, Alaska(N3) Indianapolis (N4) Louisville-Leading Scorers-LeRon Ellis (6-10 So. C)16.0Chris Mills (6-7 Fr. F)14.3Derrick Miller (6-5 Jr. G)13.9Reggie Hanson (6-7 So. F)9.8Sean Sutton (6-1 So. G)5.9
Rick Pitino Era
1989-90 – Won 14, Lost 14
SEC Record (10-8)Coach: Rick PitinoCaptain: Derrick MillerNov. 28 Ohio H 76 73Dec. 2 Indiana N1 69 71Dec. 4 Mississippi State H 102 97Dec. 6 Tennessee Tech H 111 75Dec. 9 Kansas A 95 150Dec. 19 Furman H 104 73UK Invitation TournamentDec. 22 Portland 88 71Dec. 23 Southwestern La. (fin.)113 *116Dec. 27 North Carolina N2 110 121Dec. 30 Louisville H 79 86Jan. 3 Georgia A 91 106Jan. 6 Vanderbilt A 85 92Jan. 10 Florida H 89 81Jan. 13 LSU A 81 94Jan. 17 Alabama H 82 65Jan. 20 Tennessee H 95 83Jan. 24 Auburn A 70 74Jan. 27 Ole Miss H 98 79Jan. 31 Mississippi State A 86 87Feb. 3 Georgia H 88 77Feb. 7 Vanderbilt H 100 73Feb. 12 Florida A 78 74Feb. 15 LSU H 100 95Feb. 17 Alabama A 58 83Feb. 21 Tennessee A 100 102Feb. 24 Auburn H 98 95Feb. 28 Ole Miss A 74 88Mar. 5 Notre Dame A 67 80 2487 2461(N1) Indianapolis (N2) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Derrick Miller (6-5 Sr. G)19.2Reggie Hanson (6-7 Jr. C)16.4Deron Feldhaus (6-7 So. F)14.4John Pelphrey (6-7 So. F)13.0Sean Woods (6-2 So. G)9.1
1990-91 – Won 22, Lost 6
Best Record in SEC (14-4)Ranked Ninth APCoach: Rick PitinoCaptains: Deron Feldhaus, Reggie Hanson,John PelphreyNov. 24 Pennsylvania H 85 62Nov. 28 Cincinnati A 75 71Dec. 1 Notre Dame N1 98 90Dec. 8 Kansas H 88 71Dec. 10 North Carolina A 81 84Dec. 15 Tennessee-Chattanooga H 86 70Dec. 18 Indiana A 84 87Dec. 21 Western Kentucky N2 84 70Dec. 27 Eastern Kentucky H 74 60Dec. 29 Louisville A 93 85Jan. 2 Georgia A 81 80Jan. 5 LSU H 93 80Jan. 9 Mississippi State H 89 70Jan. 12 Tennessee A 78 74Jan. 16 Ole Miss A 95 85Jan. 19 Vanderbilt H 58 50Jan. 23 Florida H 81 65Jan. 26 Alabama A 83 88Jan. 29 Auburn A 89 81Feb. 3 Georgia H 96 84Feb. 5 LSU A 88 107Feb. 9 Mississippi State A 82 83Feb. 13 Tennessee H 85 74Feb. 16 Ole Miss H 89 77Feb. 20 Vanderbilt A 87 98Feb. 23 Florida A 90 74Feb. 26 Alabama H 79 73Mar. 2 Auburn H 114 93 2405 2186(N1) Indianapolis (N2) Louisville-Leading Scorers-John Pelphrey (6-7 Jr. F)14.4Reggie Hanson (6-8 Sr. C)14.4Jamal Mashburn (6-9 Fr. F)12.9Deron Feldhaus (6-7 Jr. F)10.8Richie Farmer (6-0 Jr. G)10.1
1991-92 – Won 29, Lost 7
SEC East Champions (12-4)SEC Tournament ChampionsRanked 6th AP and CNN/USA TodayCoach: Rick PitinoCaptains: Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus, John Pelphrey, Sean WoodsPreseason NITNov. 20 West Virginia H 106 80Nov. 22 Pittsburgh H 67 85Dec. 4 Massachusetts H 90 69Dec. 7 Indiana N1 76 74Dec. 10 SW Texas State H 82 36Dec. 12 Morehead State N2 101 84Dec. 14 Arizona State H 94 68Dec. 21 Georgia Tech A 80 81Dec. 23 Ohio N3 73 63Dec. 28 Louisville H 103 89Jan. 2 Notre Dame H 91 70Jan. 4 South Carolina A 80 63Jan. 7 Georgia H 78 66Jan. 11 Florida H 81 60Jan. 15 Vanderbilt A 84 71Jan. 18 Eastern Kentucky H 85 55Jan. 21 Tennessee A 85 107Jan. 25 Arkansas H 88 105Jan. 29 Ole Miss H 96 78Feb. 2 LSU A 53 74Feb. 8 Auburn A 85 67Feb. 12 Alabama H 107 83Feb. 15 Western Kentucky H 93 83Feb. 19 Mississippi State A 89 84Feb. 23 Georgia A 84 73Feb. 26 South Carolina H 74 56Mar. 1 Vanderbilt H 80 56Mar. 4 Florida A 62 79Mar. 7 Tennessee H 99 88SEC Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)Mar. 13 Vanderbilt 76 57Mar. 14 LSU 80 74Mar. 15 Alabama 80 54NCAA East Regional First/Second Rounds(Worcester, Mass.)Mar. 20 Old Dominion 88 69Mar. 22 Iowa State 106 98NCAA East Regional (Philadelphia, Pa.)Mar. 26 Massachusetts 87 77Mar. 28 Duke 103 *104 3086 2680(N1) Indianapolis, Ind. (N2) Louisville(N3) Cincinnati, Ohio-Leading Scorers-Jamal Mashburn (6-8 So. F)21.3John Pelphrey (6-7 Sr. F)12.5Deron Feldhaus (6-7 Sr. F)11.4Richie Farmer (6-0 Sr. G)9.6Sean Woods (6-2 Sr. G)7.7
1992-93 – Won 30, Lost 4
NCAA "Final 4"SEC Tournament Champions2nd SEC East (13-3)ECAC Holiday Festival ChampionsRanked 6th AP/3rd CNN/USA TodayCoach: Rick PitinoCaptains: Junior Braddy, Dale BrownDec. 2 Wright State H 81 65Dec. 5 Georgia Tech H 96 87Dec. 8 Eastern Kentucky H 82 73Dec. 12 Louisville A 88 68Dec. 19 Morehead State H 108 65Dec. 22 Miami (Ohio) H 65 49ECAC Holiday FestivalDec. 28 Rutgers N1 89 67Dec. 30 St. John's (fin.) N1 86 77Jan. 3 Indiana N2 81 78Jan. 5 Georgia A 74 59Jan. 9 Tennessee H 84 70Jan. 13 Vanderbilt A 86 101Jan. 19 Alabama A 73 59Jan. 23 South Carolina A 108 82Jan. 26 LSU H 105 67Jan. 30 Florida H 71 48Feb. 3 Mississippi State H 87 63Feb. 6 Vanderbilt H 82 67Feb. 10 Arkansas A 94 101Feb. 13 Notre Dame A 81 62Feb. 17 South Carolina H 87 66Feb. 20 Georgia H 86 70Feb. 24 Tennessee A 77 78Feb. 27 Auburn H 80 78Mar. 3 Mississippi A 98 66Mar. 9 Florida A 85 77SEC Tournament (Lexington, Ky.)Mar. 12 Tennessee 101 40Mar. 13 Arkansas 92 81Mar. 14 LSU 82 65NCAA Southeast Regional First/Second Rounds(Nashville, Tenn.)Mar. 19 Rider College 96 52Mar. 21 Utah 83 62NCAA Southeast Regional (Charlotte, N.C.)Mar. 25 Wake Forest 103 69Mar. 27 Florida State 106 81NCAA Final Four (New Orleans, La.)April 3 Michigan 78 *81 2975 2374(N1) New York (N2) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Jamal Mashburn (6-8 Jr. F) 21.0Travis Ford (5-9 Jr. G) 13.6Dale Brown (6-2 Sr. G) 9.4Rodrick Rhodes (6-6 Fr. F) 9.1Rodney Dent (6-10 Jr. C) 6.4
1993-94 – Won 27, Lost 7
SEC Tournament ChampionsTied for 1st SEC East (12-4)Maui Invitational ChampionsRanked 7th AP/8th CNN/USA TodayCoach: Rick PitinoCaptains: Travis Ford, Gimel Martinez, Jeff BrassowNov. 27 Louisville H 78 70Dec. 1 Tennessee Tech H 115 77Dec. 4 Indiana N1 84 96Dec. 8 Eastern Kentucky H 107 78Dec. 17 Morehead State H 97 61Maui InvitationalDec. 21 Texas N2 86 61Dec. 22 Ohio State N2 100 88Dec. 23 Arizona (finals) N2 93 92Dec. 28 San Francisco H 110 83Dec. 30 Robert Morris H 92 67Jan. 4 Vanderbilt H 107 82Jan. 6 Notre Dame H 84 59Jan. 8 Georgia A 90 *94Jan. 12 Mississippi N3 98 64Jan. 15 Tennessee H 93 74Jan. 18 Florida A 57 59Jan. 22 Mississippi State A 86 70Jan. 26 South Carolina H 79 67Jan. 30 Auburn A 91 74Feb. 2 Alabama H 82 67Feb. 6 Massachusetts N4 67 64Feb. 9 Arkansas H 82 90Feb. 12 Syracuse A 85 93Feb. 15 LSU A 99 95Feb. 19 Vanderbilt A 77 69Feb. 23 Tennessee A 77 73Feb. 27 Georgia H 80 59Mar. 2 Florida H 80 77Mar. 5 South Carolina A 74 75SEC Tournament (Memphis, Tenn.)Mar. 11 Mississippi State 95 76Mar. 12 Arkansas 90 78Mar. 13 Florida 73 60NCAA Southeast Regional First/Second Rounds(St. Petersburg, Fla)Mar. 18 Tennessee State 83 70Mar. 20 Marquette 63 75 2954 2537(N1) Indianapolis, Ind.(N4) East Rutherford, N.J.(N2) Maui, Hi.(N3) Louisville, Ky.-Leading Scorers-Tony Delk (6-1 So. G)16.6Rodrick Rhodes (6-7 So., F)14.6Travis Ford (5-9 Sr. G)11.3Jared Prickett (6-9 So. F)8.2Andre Riddick (6-9 Jr. C)7.9
1994-95 – Won 28, Lost 5
SEC Champions (14-2)SEC East ChampionsSEC Tournament ChampionsRanked 2nd AP/5th CNN/USA TodayCoach: Rick PitinoCaptains: Tony Delk, Mark Pope, Rodrick RhodesNov. 26 Tennessee-Martin H 124 50Nov. 30 Ohio H 79 74Dec. 3 UCLA N1 81 82Dec. 7 Indiana N2 73 70Dec. 10 Boston University H 90 49Dec. 17 Texas Tech N3 83 68Dec. 27 Marshall H 116 75Jan. 1 Louisville A 86 88Jan. 4 Auburn H 98 64Jan. 7 South Carolina A 80 55Jan. 10 Florida A 83 67Jan. 14 Georgia H 83 71Jan. 18 Mississippi N4 82 65Jan. 21 Vanderbilt H 81 68Jan. 25 Tennessee H 69 50Jan. 29 Arkansas A 92 94Feb. 1 South Carolina H 90 72Feb. 5 Syracuse H 77 71Feb. 8 Tennessee A 68 48Feb. 12 Notre Dame A 97 58Feb. 14 Mississippi State H 71 76Feb. 18 Florida H 87 77Feb. 21 Alabama A 72 52Feb. 25 Vanderbilt A 71 60Mar. 1 Georgia A 97 74Mar. 4 LSU H 127 80SEC Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Mar. 10 Auburn 93 81Mar. 11 Florida 86 72Mar. 12 Arkansas (finals) 95 *93NCAA Southeast Regional First/Second Rounds(Memphis, Tenn.)Mar. 16 Mount St. Mary's 113 67Mar. 18 Tulane 82 60NCAA Southeast Regional (Birmingham, Ala.)Mar. 23 Arizona State 97 73Mar. 25 North Carolina 61 74 2884 2278(N1) Anaheim, Calif. (N3) Cincinnati(N2) Louisville(N4) Memphis, Tenn.-Leading Scorers-Tony Delk (6-1 Jr. G)16.7Rodrick Rhodes (6-7 Jr. F)12.9Walter McCarty (6-9 Jr. F)10.5Jeff Sheppard (6-4 So. G8.3Mark Pope (6-10 Jr. C)8.21995 Italy Tour(Not counted in Won-Loss Record)Aug. 14 Cagiva VareseA123114Aug. 16 Venice ReyerA11378Aug. 17 Russia DinamoN511681Aug. 18 MontecatiniA115123Aug. 21 SienaN611586(N5) Venice, Italy(N6) Scauri, Italy
1995-96 – Won 34, Lost 2
National Champions (NCAA Tournament)SEC Champions (16-0)#SEC East ChampionsECAC Holiday Festival ChampionsRanked 1st CNN/USA Today, 2nd APCoach: Rick PitinoCaptains: Tony Delk, Walter McCarty, Mark PopeNov. 24 Maryland N1 96 84Nov. 28 Massachusetts N2 82 92Dec. 2 Indiana N3 89 82Dec. 6 Wisconsin-Green Bay H 74 62Dec. 9 Georgia Tech H 83 60Dec. 16 Morehead State H 96 32Dec. 19 Marshall N4 118 99Dec. 23 Louisville H 89 66ECAC Holiday FestivalDec. 27 Rider N5 90 65Dec. 29 Iona (finals) N5 106 79Jan. 3 South Carolina A 89 60Jan. 6 Ole Miss H 90 60Jan. 9 Mississippi State A 74 56Jan. 13 Tennessee H 61 44Jan. 16 LSU A 129 97Jan. 20 Texas Christian H 124 80Jan. 24 Georgia A 82 77Jan. 27 South Carolina H 89 57Feb. 3 Florida H 77 63Feb. 7 Vanderbilt A 120 81Feb. 11 Arkansas H 88 73Feb. 14 Georgia H 86 73Feb. 17 Tennessee A 90 50Feb. 20 Alabama H 84 65Feb. 24 Florida A 94 63Feb. 27 Auburn A 88 73Mar. 2 Vanderbilt H 101 63SEC Tournament (New Orleans, La.)Mar. 8 Florida 100 76Mar. 9 Arkansas 95 75Mar. 10 Miss. State (finals) 73 84NCAA Midwest Regional First/Second Rounds(Dallas, Texas)Mar. 14 San Jose State 110 72Mar. 16 Virginia Tech 84 60NCAA Midwest Regional (Minneapolis, Minn.)Mar. 21 Utah 101 70Mar. 23 Wake Forest 83 63NCAA Final Four (East Rutherford, N.J.)Mar. 30 Massachusetts 81 74Apr. 1 Syracuse (finals) 76 67 3292 2497NCAA Champions For Sixth Time(N1) Springfield, Mass.(N2) Auburn Hills, Mich.(N3) Indianapolis(N4) Louisville(N5) New York
# UK’s 16-0 regular season SEC record was the firstperfect league slate since Alabama went 14-0 in 1956.-Leading Scorers-Tony Delk (6-1 Sr. G)17.8Antoine Walker (6-8 So. F)15.2Walter McCarty (6-10 Sr. F)11.3Derek Anderson (6-4 Jr. G-F)9.4Ron Mercer (6-7 Fr. F)8.0
1996-97 – Won 35, Lost 5
NCAA Runner-up (NCAA Tournament)SEC Tournament Champions2nd SEC East (13-3)Great Alaska Shootout ChampionsRanked 2nd CNN/USA Today, 5th APCoach: Rick PitinoCaptains: Derek Anderson, Anthony Epps, Jared PrickettNov. 15 Clemson N1 71 *79Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska)Nov. 28 Syracuse 87 53Nov. 29 Alaska Anchorage 104 72Nov. 30 Coll. of Charleston (fin.) 92 65Dec. 3 Purdue N2 101 87Dec. 7 Indiana N3 99 65Dec. 9 Wright State H 90 62Dec. 14 Notre Dame H 80 56Dec. 21 Georgia Tech N4 88 59Dec. 23 UNC Asheville H 105 51Dec. 28 Ohio State N5 81 65Dec. 31 Louisville A 74 54Jan. 4 Tennessee H 74 40Jan. 7 Mississippi State H 90 61Jan. 9 Canisius H 68 45Jan. 11 Ole Miss A 69 73Jan. 14 Georgia A 86 65Jan. 18 Auburn H 77 53Jan. 22 Vanderbilt N6 58 46Jan. 26 Arkansas A 83 73Jan. 29 Florida A 92 65Feb. 1 Georgia H 82 57Feb. 4 South Carolina A 79 *84Feb. 6 Western Carolina H 82 55Feb. 9 Villanova H 93 56Feb. 12 LSU H 84 48Feb. 15 Florida H 85 56Feb. 19 Alabama A 75 61Feb. 22 Vanderbilt A 82 79Feb. 25 Tennessee A 74 64Mar. 2 South Carolina H 66 72SEC Tournament (Memphis, Tenn.)Mar. 7 Auburn 92 50Mar. 8 Ole Miss 88 70Mar. 9 Georgia (finals) 95 68NCAA West Regional First/Second Round(Salt Lake City, Utah)Mar. 13 Montana 92 54Mar. 15 Iowa 75 69NCAA West Regional (San Jose, Calif.)Mar. 20 St. Joseph's 83 68Mar. 22 Utah 72 59NCAA Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.)Mar. 29 Minnesota 78 69Mar. 31 Arizona (finals) 79 *84 3325 2512(N1) Indianapolis (N4) Atlanta, Ga.(N2) Chicago, Ill. (N5) Cleveland, Ohio(N3) Louisville (N6) Cincinnati, Ohio-Leading Scorers-Ron Mercer (6-7 So. G-F)18.1Derek Anderson (6-5 Sr. G)17.7Scott Padgett (6-9 So. F)9.6Anthony Epps (6-2 Sr. G)8.9Allen Edwards (6-5 Jr. F)8.6
Orlando “Tubby” Smith Era
1997-98 – Won 35, Lost 4
National Champions (NCAA Tournament)SEC Champions (14-2)SEC East ChampionsSEC Tournament ChampionsRanked 5th AP, 1st USA Today/ESPNCoach: Tubby SmithCaptains: Allen Edwards, Cameron Mills, Jeff SheppardNov. 20 Morehead State H 88 49Maui InvitationalNov. 24 George Washington N1 70 55Nov. 25 Arizona N1 74 89Nov. 26 Missouri (3rd Place) N1 77 55Nov. 29 Clemson N2 76 61Dec. 3 Purdue N3 89 75Dec. 6 Indiana N4 75 72Dec. 10 Canisius A 81 54Dec. 13 Georgia Tech H 85 71Dec. 20 Tulsa H 74 53Dec. 23 American H 75 52Dec. 27 Louisville H 76 79Dec. 30 Ohio A 95 58Jan. 3 Vanderbilt H 71 62Jan. 6 Georgia A 90 79Jan. 10 Mississippi State A 77 71Jan. 13 South Carolina H 91 70Jan. 17 Arkansas H 80 *77Jan. 21 Alabama N5 70 67Jan. 24 Tennessee A 85 67Jan. 27 Vanderbilt A 63 61Feb. 1 Florida H 78 86Feb. 4 LSU A 63 61Feb. 8 Villanova A 79 63Feb. 11 Tennessee H 80 74Feb. 14 Ole Miss H 64 73Feb. 18 Florida A 79 54Feb. 22 Georgia H 85 74Feb. 25 Auburn A 83 58Feb. 28 South Carolina A 69 57SEC Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Mar. 6 Alabama 82 71Mar. 7 Arkansas 99 74Mar. 8 South Carolina (finals) 86 56NCAA South Regional First/Second Rounds(Atlanta, Ga.)Mar. 13 South Carolina State 82 67Mar. 15 Saint Louis 88 61NCAA South Regional (St. Petersburg, Fla.)Mar. 20 UCLA 94 68Mar. 22 Duke 86 84NCAA Final Four (San Antonio, Texas)Mar. 28 Stanford 86 *85Mar. 30 Utah (finals) 78 69 3123 2612NCAA CHAMPIONSFOR SEVENTH TIME(N1) Maui, Hi.(N4) Indianapolis(N2) Phoenix, Ariz.(N5) Louisville(N3) Chicago, Ill.-Leading Scorers-Jeff Sheppard (6-3 Sr. G)13.7Nazr Mohammed (6-10 Jr. C)12.0Scott Padgett (6-9 Jr. F)11.5Wayne Turner (6-2 Jr. G)9.3Allen Edwards (6-5 Sr. F)9.2
1998-99 – Won 28, Lost 9
SEC Tournament Champions2nd SEC East (11-5)Ranked 8th AP, t5th USA Today/ESPNCoach: Tubby SmithCaptains: Heshimu Evans, Scott Padgett, Wayne TurnerNov. 17 Eastern Kentucky H 99 64Nov. 19 Mercer H 82 51Nov. 23 Wright State N1 97 75Puerto Rico ShootoutNov. 26 Colorado N2 64 52Nov. 27 Pittsburgh N2 56 69Nov. 28 UCLA (3rd Place) N2 66 62Dec. 1 Kansas N3 63 45Dec. 5 Miami (Fla.) H 74 65Dec. 8 Indiana N4 70 *61Dec. 12 Maryland H 103 91Dec. 19 Georgia Tech N5 80 39Dec. 22 Duke N6 60 71Dec. 26 Louisville A 74 83Dec. 29 Tennessee State H 97 47Jan. 2 Florida H 93 58Jan. 5 South Carolina A 68 61Jan. 9 Vanderbilt A 73 57Jan. 12 Tennessee H 46 47Jan. 16 Ole Miss A 63 57Jan. 20 Auburn H 72 62Jan. 23 Mississippi State H 76 49Jan. 26 Georgia A 91 *83Jan. 30 LSU H 86 62Feb. 4 Florida A 68 75Feb. 6 Alabama A 58 62Feb. 13 South Carolina H 74 40Feb. 17 Georgia H 92 71Feb. 20 Arkansas A 70 74Feb. 24 Vanderbilt H 88 63Feb. 28 Tennessee A 61 68SEC Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Mar. 5 Ole Miss 83 73Mar. 6 Auburn 69 57Mar. 7 Arkansas (finals) 76 63NCAA Midwest Regional First/Second Rounds(New Orleans, La.)Mar. 12New Mexico State 82 60Mar. 14Kansas 92 *88NCAA Midwest Regional (St. Louis, Mo.)Mar. 19Miami (Ohio) 58 43Mar. 21Michigan State 66 73 2790 2320(N1) Cincinnati, Ohio(N2) Bayamone, Puerto Rico Rico(N3) Chicago, Ill. (N4) Louisville, Ky.(N5) Atlanta, Ga. (N6) East Rutherford, N.J.-Leading Scorers-Scott Padgett (6-9 Sr. F) 12.6Heshimu Evans (6-6 Sr. F) 11.8Wayne Turner (6-2 Sr. G) 10.5Michael Bradley (6-10 So. C) 9.8Jamaal Magloire (6-10 Jr. C) 7.0
1999-2000 – Won 23, Lost 10
Co-SEC Champions (12-4)So-SEC East ChampionsPreseason NIT Runner-UpRanked 19th AP, 20th USA Today/ESPNCoach: Tubby SmithCaptains:Preseason NITNov. 17 Pennsylvania H 67 50Nov. 19 Utah H 56 48Nov. 24 Maryland N1 61 58Nov. 26 Arizona (finals) N1 51 63Nov. 29 Dayton N2 66 68Dec. 4 Indiana N3 75 83Dec. 7 UNC Asheville H 86 41Dec. 11 Maryland A 66 72Dec. 18 Louisville H 76 46Dec. 23 Michigan State H 60 58Dec. 27 Alaska-Anchorage H 62 42Dec. 30 Missouri N4 70 53Jan. 5 Georgia Tech N5 80 71Jan. 8 Vanderbilt H 72 52Jan. 11 Auburn A 63 66Jan. 15 South Carolina A 64 48Jan. 19 Ole Miss H 74 69Jan. 22 Vanderbilt A 81 *73Jan. 26 Georgia A 75 69Jan. 29 Miami (Fla.) A 60 57Feb. 1 Tennessee H 81 68Feb. 5 South Carolina H 76 63Feb. 8 Florida A 73 90Feb. 13 LSU A 57 70Feb. 16 Alabama H 66 54Feb. 19 Georgia H 70 64Feb. 23 Tennessee A 67 74Feb. 26 Arkansas H 60 55Feb. 29 Mississippi State A 73 61Mar. 4 Florida H 85 70SEC Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Mar. 10 Arkansas 72 86NCAA Midwest Regional First/Second Rounds(Cleveland, Ohio)Mar. 16 St. Bonaventure 85 **80Mar. 18 Syracuse 50 52 2280 2074(N1) New York (N2) Cincinnati(N3) Indianapolis (N4) New Orleans(N5) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Tayshaun Prince (6-9 So. F) 13.3Jamaal Magloire (6-10 Sr. C) 13.2Keith Bogans (6-5 Fr. G) 12.5Desmond Allison (6-5 So. F) 7.8Jules Camara (6-11 So. F) 7.2
2000-01 – Won 24, Lost 10
Co-SEC Champions (12-4)CO-SEC East ChampionsSEC Tournament ChampionsRanked 9th AP, 8th ESPN/USA TodayCoach: Tubby SmithCaptains:Coaches vs. Cancer ClassicNov. 9 St. John's N1 61 62Nov. 10 UCLA N1 92 *97Nov. 21 Jacksonville State N2 91 48Nov. 25 Penn State H 68 73Dec. 2 North Carolina A 93 76Dec. 5 Eastern Kentucky H 94 79Dec. 9 Georgia Tech N3 84 86Dec. 16 Michigan State A 45 46Dec. 22 Indiana N4 88 74Dec. 27 High Point H 102 49Jan. 2 Louisville A 64 62Jan. 6 Georgia H 67 63Jan. 10 South Carolina H 69 63Jan. 13 Notre Dame H 82 71Jan. 16 Tennessee H 84 74Jan. 20 Ole Miss A 55 65Jan. 23 Alabama A 60 70Jan. 27 Vanderbilt H 86 75Jan. 31 Georgia A 85 70Feb. 3 South Carolina A 94 61Feb. 6 Florida H 71 70Feb. 10 Mississippi State H 76 57Feb. 14 Tennessee A 103 95Feb. 17 Vanderbilt A 79 74Feb. 21 Louisiana State H 84 61Feb. 25 Arkansas A 78 82Feb. 28 Auburn H 90 78Mar. 4 Florida A 86 94SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.)Mar. 9 South Carolina 78 65Mar. 10 Arkansas 87 78Mar. 11 Ole Miss 77 55NCAA East Regional First/Second Rounds(Uniondale, NY)Mar. 15 Holy Cross 72 68Mar. 17 Iowa 92 77NCAA East Regional (Philadelphia, Pa.)Mar. 22 Southern California 76 80 2713 2400(N1) New York (N2) Cincinnati(N3) Atlanta (N4) Louisville-Leading Scorers-Keith Bogans (6-5 So. G) 17.0Tayshaun Prince (6-9 Jr. F) 16.9Jason Parker (6-8 Fr. C) 8.6Marquis Estill (6-9 So. F) 7.3Saul Smith (6-2 Sr. G) 6.8
2001-02 – Won 22, Lost 10
Co-SEC East Champions (10-6)Ranked 16th AP, 13th ESPN/USA TodayCoach: Tubby SmithNABC ClassicNov. 15 Western Kentucky H 52 64Nov. 16 Marshall H 90 73Nov. 24 Morehead State H 94 75Nov. 28 Kent State N1 82 68Dec. 5 VMI H 99 57Dec. 8 North Carolina H 79 59Dec. 15 Kentucky State H 118 63Dec. 18 Duke N2 92 *95Dec. 22 Indiana N3 66 52Dec. 29 Louisville H 82 62Jan. 2 Tulane N4 101 67Jan. 5 Mississippi State A 69 *74Jan. 9 Georgia H 84 88Jan. 12 South Carolina A 51 50Jan. 15 Mississippi H 87 64Jan. 19 Notre Dame A 72 65Jan. 22 Auburn A 69 62Jan. 26 Alabama H 61 64Jan. 29 Florida A 70 68Feb. 2 South Carolina H 91 74Feb. 6 Tennessee A 74 *76Feb. 9 LSU A 68 56Feb. 13 Vanderbilt H 67 59Feb. 16 Georgia A 69 78Feb. 19 Tennessee H 64 61Feb. 23 Arkansas H 71 58Feb. 27 Vanderbilt A 73 86Mar. 2 Florida H 70 67SEC Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)Mar. 8 South Carolina 57 70NCAA East Regional First/Second Rounds (St. Louis, Mo.)Mar. 14 Valparaiso 83 68Mar. 16 Tulsa 87 82NCAA East Regional (Syracuse, N.Y.)Mar. 22 Maryland 68 78
(N1) Cincinnati (N2) East Rutherford(N3) Indianapolis (N4) Louisville
-Leading Scorers-Tayshaun Prince (6-9 Sr. F) 17.5Keith Bogans (6-5 Jr. G) 13.6Marquis Estill (6-9 Jr. F) 8.9Gerald Fitch (6-3 So. G) 8.9
2002-03 – Won 32, Lost 4
SEC Eastern Division Champions (16-0)SEC ChampionsSEC Tournament ChampionsRanked 1st AP, 4th ESPN/USA TodayCoach: Tubby SmithNov. 15 Western Kentucky H 52 64DateOpponent (TV)W/LTimeMaui Invitational (Maui, Hawaii)Nov. 25 Arizona State 82 65Nov. 26 Virginia 61 75Nov. 27 Gonzaga 80 72Dec. 3 High Point H 84 64Dec. 7 North Carolina A 98 81Dec. 10 Tulane N1 76 60Dec. 14 Michigan State H 67 71Dec. 21 Indiana N2 70 64Dec. 28 Louisville A 63 81Dec. 30 Tennessee State H 115 87Jan. 2 Alcorn State H 94 63Jan. 4 Ohio N3 83 75Jan. 8 Tennessee A 74 71Jan. 11 South Carolina H 62 55Jan. 14 Vanderbilt A 74 52Jan. 18 Notre Dame H 88 73Jan. 22 Auburn H 67 51Jan. 25 Alabama A 63 46Feb. 1 South Carolina A 87 69Feb. 4 Florida H 70 55Feb. 8 Ole Miss A 80 62Feb. 11 Georgia H 87 67Feb. 15 LSU H 68 57Feb. 19 Arkansas A 66 50Feb. 23 Mississippi State H 70 62Feb. 26 Tennessee H 80 68Mar. 2 Georgia A 74 66Mar. 5 Vanderbilt H 106 44Mar. 8 Florida A 69 67SEC Tournament (New Orleans, La.)Mar. 14 Vanderbilt 81 63Mar. 15 Auburn 78 58Mar. 16 Mississippi State 64 57NCAA Tournament First & Second Rounds (Nashville, Tenn.)Mar. 21 IUPUI 95 64Mar. 23 Utah 74 54NCAA Regional (Minneapolis, Minn.)Mar. 27 Wisconsin 63 57Mar. 29 Marquette 69 83
(N1) New Orleans (N2) Louisville(N3) Cincinnati
-Leading Scorers-Keith Bogans (6-5 Sr. G) 15.7Gerald Fitch (6-3 Jr. G) 12.3Marquis Estill (6-9 Sr. F) 11.6Erik Daniels (6-8 Jr. F) 9.5
