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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: