Kentucky

Official Name: 
University of Kentucky
Nickname: 
Wildcats
Mailing Address: 

Joe Craft Center
338 Lexington Avenue
Lexington, KY 40506-0604

Telephone: 
(859) 257-3838
Fax: 
(859) 323-4310
Enrollment: 
35,050
Arena: 

Rupp Arena
Capacity: 23,000
Year Opened: 1976

School Colors: 
Blue and White
Conference: 

Southeastern (since 1933)/Eastern Division
Former Member of southern (1922-32)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 
NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(51) 1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010
103-46 record (.691)
Reached Final Four in 1942 (T3rd), 1948 (1st), 1949 (1st), 1951 (1st), 1958 (1st), 1966 (2nd), 1975 (2nd), 1978 (1st), 1984 (T3rd), 1993 (T3rd), 1996 (1st), 1997 (2nd) and 1998 (1st)

NIT Appearances: 

(8) 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1976, 1979, and 2009
13-6 record (.684)
Finished 3rd in 1944, 1st in 1946, 2nd in 1947 and 1st in 1976

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Adolph Rupp (41 years from 1931-72, 875-190 record, .822)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Dan Issel (2,138 points from 1968-70)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Dan Issel (1,078 from 1968-70)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Jodie Meeks (54 points as junior at Tennessee on 1/13/09)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Jodie Meeks (54 at Tennessee)
January 13, 2009 (junior/23.7 ppg)

1

2

Total

Kentucky

41

49

90

Tennessee

37

35

72

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Stevenson

3-6

0-0

0-0

6

Harris

3-3

0-0

1-2

7

Patterson

3-8

0-0

3-4

9

Porter

2-4

1-2

0-0

5

Meeks

15-22

0-0

14-14

54

Miller

3-6

0-0

0-0

7

Galloway

1-3

0-0

0-0

2

Stewart

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

30-53

12-19

18-20

90

Percentages

.566

.632

.900

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Smith

5-14

2-5

7-7

19

Chism

7-13

0-3

4-6

18

Maze

5-12

1-6

0-0

11

Prince

2-5

0-0

0-1

4

Hopson

1-6

1-3

2-2

5

Woolridge

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

Tatum

2-8

1-4

1-4

6

Tabb

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Williams

3-5

1-1

2-6

9

Totals

25-66

6-23

16-26

72

Percentages

.379

.261

.615

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Edwin R. Sweetland

2

1910, 1912

13-8

.619

1912

9-0

Hal J. Iddings

1

1911

5-6

.455

1911

5-6

J.J. Tigert

1

1913

5-3

.625

1913

5-3

Alpha Brumage

2

1914-15

19-7

.731

1914

12-2

James Park

1

1916

8-6

.571

1916

8-6

W.P. Tuttle

1

1917

4-6

.400

1917

4-6

S.A. "Daddy" Boles

1

1918

9-2-1

.792

1918

9-2-1

Andrew Gill

1

1919

6-8

.429

1919

6-8

George C. Buchheit

5

1920-24

44-27

.620

1921

13-1

Clarence O. Applegran

1

1925

13-8

.619

1925

13-8

Ray Eklund

1

1926

15-3

.833

1926

15-3

Basil Hayden

1

1927

3-13

.188

1927

3-13

John W. Mauer

3

1928-30

40-14

.741

1930

16-3

Adolph Rupp

41

1931-72 (not 1953)

875-190

.822

1954

25-0

Joe B. Hall

13

1973-85

297-100

.748

1978

30-2

Eddie Sutton

4

1986-89

90-40

.693

1986

32-4

Rick Pitino

8

1990-97

219-50

.814

1996

34-2

Orlando "Tubby" Smith

10

1998-2007

263-83

.760

1998

35-4

Billy Gillispie

2

2008-09

40-27

.597

2009

22-14

John Calipari

2

2010, 1911

64-12

.842

2010

35-3

  • All-Time W-L Record: 2,052-647 (.760) from 1903 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Basketball at UK reportedly started when W.W.H. Mustaine called together some students, took up a collection totaling $3 for a ball and told them to start playing. There was no official coach the first seven seasons from 1903 through 1909 when managers guided the squad to a 21-35 record (.375)
  • UK did not compete in the 1952-53 campaign as part of a penalty stemming from NCAA probation
  • The Wildcats vacated three games in 1988 NCAA Tournament (2-1 record).