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While looking thew some records I found some interesting tourney records and facts about UK basketball.

UK has started the season ranked number one three different times and won the national championship (49, 51, 78)

In 1954, Kentucky finished 25–0 but did not go to the tournament because they did not accept the invitation.

1978 champion Kentucky went 19–12 in 1979. The Wildcats accepted an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, losing their first round game in overtime to Clemson, 68–67. (Only six teams have done so, not making the tourney the next year after winning the previous year, including 2010 NC)

UK is the only school with four different coaches winning titles at the school. (Rupp, Hall, Pitino, Smith). Kansas and NC both have 3.

UK is the only school to have 2 different coaches take three teams to the final four. (Pitino, Calipari)

UK holds the largest point differential in the tourney with a 129 point margin in 96. NC is second with a 121 in 09.

And some other interesting facts just about UK basketball....

Many probably didnt know, including myself that UK and Duke has had the same coach. In 1919, George Buchheit became the new head coach of the Wildcats. Buchheit remained as coach through the 1924 season before moving on to coach Trinity College (later known as Duke University).

All Time Wins: 2052 (NCAA rank #1)

All Time Winning Percentage: .760 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Championships: 7 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 10 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Final Four Appearances: 14 (NCAA rank #4)

NCAA Final Four Wins: 17 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Elite-8 Appearances: 33 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Sweet-16 Appearances: 42 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 51 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Wins: 105 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Games Played: 151 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage: .695 (NCAA rank #5)

Total Postseason Tournament Appearances (NCAA and NIT): 59 (NCAA rank #1)

NBA Draft Picks: 96 (NCAA rank #1)

All Americans: 52 (NCAA rank #1)

All American Total Selections: 82 (NCAA rank #1)

First Team Consensus All Americans: 16 (NCAA rank #2)

First Team Consensus All American Total Selections: 21 (NCAA rank #2)

Final AP Poll Top-25 Finishes: 47 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll Top-20 Finishes: 47 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll Top-15 Finishes: 42 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll Top-10 Finishes: 39 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll Top-5 Finishes: 27 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll #1 Finishes: 8 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-25 Finishes: 45 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-20 Finishes: 44 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-15 Finishes: 41 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-10 Finishes: 37 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-5 Finishes: 28 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll #1 Finishes: 7 (NCAA rank #1)

20-Win Seasons: 55 (NCAA rank #1)

25-Win Seasons: 30 (NCAA rank #2)

30-Win Seasons: 12 (NCAA rank #1)

35-Win Seasons: 4 (NCAA rank #1)

Total Winning Seasons: 91 (NCAA rank #2)

Total Non-Losing Seasons (.500 or better): 94 (NCAA rank #2)

Total Decades With a Final Four Appearance: 7 (NCAA rank #1)

Total Coaches With a NCAA Championship: 4 (NCAA rank #1)

Total Decades With a NCAA Championship: 4 (NCAA rank #1)

Conference Regular Season Championships: 46 (NCAA rank #2)

Conference Tournament Championships: 28 (NCAA rank #1)

In addition, Kentucky also has 2 NIT Titles (1946, 1976), 2 Helms Titles (1933, 1954), 2 undefeated seasons (1912, 1954), 5 Sugar Bowl Tournament Championships, 6 Naismith Hall-of-Fame Members, 4 National Players-of-the-Year, 10 #1 seeds all time in the NCAA Tournament, 40 McDonald's All-Americans, 57 1000-point scorers, and 10 Olympic Gold Medal Winners.

Furthermore, Kentucky holds the NCAA record for Consecutive Non-Losing Seasons (60), and for Consecutive Home Court Victories (129). Kentucky also has 23 National Attendance Titles (an NCAA record), has the nation's largest radio and television affiliate networks, has made a 3-point basket in 788 consecutive games, has played before the largest regulation basketball game crowd in history (79,129), the largest Final Four crowd in history (75,421) and was the first school to reach both the 1000-win and 2000-win victory plateaus.

Im sure most of you already knew all or most of these, but hey its still fun to look a our dominance :biggrin:

Woah, very impressive stats. Nice research Bolt.

Aslan Wrote:Woah, very impressive stats. Nice research Bolt.

Thanks man. I came across it randomly.
I knew we had a lot of records, but not that many.

Bolt Wrote:While looking thew some records I found some interesting tourney records and facts about UK basketball.

UK has started the season ranked number one three different times and won the national championship (49, 51, 78)

In 1954, Kentucky finished 25–0 but did not go to the tournament because they did not accept the invitation.

1978 champion Kentucky went 19–12 in 1979. The Wildcats accepted an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, losing their first round game in overtime to Clemson, 68–67. (Only six teams have done so, not making the tourney the next year after winning the previous year, including 2010 NC)

UK is the only school with four different coaches winning titles at the school. (Rupp, Hall, Pitino, Smith). Kansas and NC both have 3.

UK is the only school to have 2 different coaches take three teams to the final four. (Pitino, Calipari)

UK holds the largest point differential in the tourney with a 129 point margin in 96. NC is second with a 121 in 09.

And some other interesting facts just about UK basketball....

Many probably didnt know, including myself that UK and Duke has had the same coach. In 1919, George Buchheit became the new head coach of the Wildcats. Buchheit remained as coach through the 1924 season before moving on to coach Trinity College (later known as Duke University).

All Time Wins: 2052 (NCAA rank #1)

All Time Winning Percentage: .760 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Championships: 7 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 10 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Final Four Appearances: 14 (NCAA rank #4)

NCAA Final Four Wins: 17 (NCAA rank #2)

NCAA Elite-8 Appearances: 33 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Sweet-16 Appearances: 42 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 51 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Wins: 105 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Games Played: 151 (NCAA rank #1)

NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage: .695 (NCAA rank #5)

Total Postseason Tournament Appearances (NCAA and NIT): 59 (NCAA rank #1)

NBA Draft Picks: 96 (NCAA rank #1)

All Americans: 52 (NCAA rank #1)

All American Total Selections: 82 (NCAA rank #1)

First Team Consensus All Americans: 16 (NCAA rank #2)

First Team Consensus All American Total Selections: 21 (NCAA rank #2)

Final AP Poll Top-25 Finishes: 47 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll Top-20 Finishes: 47 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll Top-15 Finishes: 42 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll Top-10 Finishes: 39 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll Top-5 Finishes: 27 (NCAA rank #1)

Final AP Poll #1 Finishes: 8 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-25 Finishes: 45 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-20 Finishes: 44 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-15 Finishes: 41 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-10 Finishes: 37 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll Top-5 Finishes: 28 (NCAA rank #1)

Final UPI/Coaches Poll #1 Finishes: 7 (NCAA rank #1)

20-Win Seasons: 55 (NCAA rank #1)

25-Win Seasons: 30 (NCAA rank #2)

30-Win Seasons: 12 (NCAA rank #1)

35-Win Seasons: 4 (NCAA rank #1)

Total Winning Seasons: 91 (NCAA rank #2)

Total Non-Losing Seasons (.500 or better): 94 (NCAA rank #2)

Total Decades With a Final Four Appearance: 7 (NCAA rank #1)

Total Coaches With a NCAA Championship: 4 (NCAA rank #1)

Total Decades With a NCAA Championship: 4 (NCAA rank #1)

Conference Regular Season Championships: 46 (NCAA rank #2)

Conference Tournament Championships: 28 (NCAA rank #1)

In addition, Kentucky also has 2 NIT Titles (1946, 1976), 2 Helms Titles (1933, 1954), 2 undefeated seasons (1912, 1954), 5 Sugar Bowl Tournament Championships, 6 Naismith Hall-of-Fame Members, 4 National Players-of-the-Year, 10 #1 seeds all time in the NCAA Tournament, 40 McDonald's All-Americans, 57 1000-point scorers, and 10 Olympic Gold Medal Winners.

Furthermore, Kentucky holds the NCAA record for Consecutive Non-Losing Seasons (60), and for Consecutive Home Court Victories (129). Kentucky also has 23 National Attendance Titles (an NCAA record), has the nation's largest radio and television affiliate networks, has made a 3-point basket in 788 consecutive games, has played before the largest regulation basketball game crowd in history (79,129), the largest Final Four crowd in history (75,421) and was the first school to reach both the 1000-win and 2000-win victory plateaus.

Im sure most of you already knew all or most of these, but hey its still fun to look a our dominance :biggrin:

Wikipedia is awesome isnt it! Ive read "the list" so many times to just get me so excited about UK basketball.

Andy Katz has UK Ranked # 1 in his first pre-season poll since the 2010/11 Season ended, with UNC # 2

Nice job, some of those I did not know, thanks!

Is KU now #2 in wins and does anyone know how close they are to us? They gained 6 wins this season on us

I think UNC might be #2 but I don't know. I think there is like a 18 game difference.

MayfieldCardinal Wrote:Is KU now #2 in wins and does anyone know how close they are to us? They gained 6 wins this season on us

Kansas will be taking a little bit of a step back next year. I think that with them losing the twins, Morningstar, Reed and potentially Selby, they have so many holes to fill that I think that they hover around 15 or so the whole year. I think that they will lose those 6 games that they gained on us, next year while UNC moves past them in the total wins.

Scotty doesn't know Wrote:Wikipedia is awesome isnt it! Ive read "the list" so many times to just get me so excited about UK basketball.

It really is.
Im pleased with how well they keep it updated.

MayfieldCardinal Wrote:Is KU now #2 in wins and does anyone know how close they are to us? They gained 6 wins this season on us

They are gaining on us and are #2 on the list now. Western KY is actually 14th. Also, we have the highest winning percentage. The Billy G era killed our lead. Glad hes gone.

Rank School Wins Losses %
1 Kentucky 2052 647 .760 (as of 4/6/2011)
2 Kansas 2038 799 .718 (as of 4/6/2011)
3 North Carolina 2033 728 .736 (as of 4/6/2011)
4 Duke 1912 822 .699
5 Syracuse 1783 811 .687
6 Temple 1740 966 .643
7 St. John's 1703 884 .658
8 UCLA 1686 744 .694
9 Notre Dame 1674 920 .645
10 Pennsylvania 1664 971 .631
11 Indiana 1651 930 .640
11 Utah 1651 875 .654
13 Illinois 1630 868 .653
14 Western Kentucky 1623 793 .672
15 Washington 1617 1057 .605
16 Texas 1610 955 .628
17 Brigham Young (BYU) 1608 1000 .617
17 Oregon State 1608 1198 .573
19 Louisville 1607 844 .656
20 Purdue 1594 933 .631
21 West Virginia 1581 979 .618
22 Princeton 1574 995 .613
23 Cincinnati 1572 931 .628
24 Arizona 1565 872 .642
25 North Carolina State 1554 940 .623
26 Bradley 1553 1021 .603
27 Villanova 1530 858 .641
28 Missouri State 1522 845 .643
29 Connecticut 1517 855 .640
30 Oklahoma 1512 959 .612
31 Arkansas 1501 840 .641
32 Alabama 1499 913 .621
32 Georgetown 1499 935 .616
34 Oklahoma State 1497 1041 .590
35 St. Joseph's 1488 986 .601
36 Michigan State 1477 1004 .595
37 Iowa 1476 1028 .589
37 Missouri 1476 1028 .589
39 Washington State 1473 939 .611
40 Tennessee 1470 929 .613
41 Ohio State 1464 990 .597
42 Kansas State 1463 1047 .583
43 Illinois State 1462 1047 .583
44 Montana State 1457 1161 .557
45 USC 1454 1055 .580
46 Dayton 1449 1012 .589
47 Vanderbilt 1447 1024 .586
48 Minnesota 1446 1098 .568
49 Marquette 1445 890 .619
50 Pittsburgh 1437 1042 .580

Wow, those stats are remarkable. I knew we had some remarkable records. But I didn't know it was this many!

Scotty doesn't know Wrote:Wikipedia is awesome isnt it! Ive read "the list" so many times to just get me so excited about UK basketball.

**** right.