I'm a University of Kentucky alum (2008), UK Sports Network football statistician & game day staff for UK Athletics PR & Communications.
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University of Kentucky athletes to be named SEC Player of the Year, National Player of the Year, NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, and win the NCAA Tournament in the same season:
- Anthony Davis, men's basketball (2011-2012)
- Madison Lilley, volleyball (2020-2021)
Kentucky is the only school this academic year to both win a New Year's Day bowl game in football and advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in men's basketball
This year is just the 5th time in
@KentuckyMBB
history that the Wildcats won true road games against Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt all in the same season. The previous 4 such occurrences:
- 2011-2012 (National Champions)
- 1997-1998 (National
Kentucky head coaches' records in their last 126 games at the school:
- Rick Pitino: 110-16 (.873)
- Adolph Rupp: 104-22 (.825)
- Joe B. Hall: 92-34 (.730)
- Tubby Smith: 91-35 (.722)
- Eddie Sutton: 87-39 (.690)
- John Calipari: 80-46 (.635)
The last 3 seasons in which Kentucky defeated LSU in Baton Rouge, Tennessee in Knoxville, and Vanderbilt in Nashville: 2011-2012, 1997-1998, 1995-1996.
When I purchased tickets for tonight’s season opener for
@KentuckyMBB
, there is only one person I had in mind that I wanted to attend the game with: James Fink. Jim turned 90 years old earlier this year, and at his 90th birthday party I was made aware that he, a lifelong UK fan,
For the first time ever, both
@UKFootball
(
#9
Louisville) and
@KentuckyMBB
(
#8
Miami (FL)) defeated an opponent ranked in the Top 10 of the AP Poll within one week of each other
Kansas has played at Phog Allen Fieldhouse since March 1st, 1955. In those 67 years, the Jayhawks have only 2 non-conference home losses by at least 18 points. Both of those losses have come against
@KentuckyMBB
(22, December 10th, 1983; 18, January 29th, 2022)
Division I men's basketball head coaches to be at one school for at least 15 seasons with at least 1 national title, 4 Final Fours, and a .750 winning percentage at that school:
- John Calipari (Kentucky)
- Mike Krzyzewski (Duke)
- Lute Olson (Arizona)
- Adolph Rupp (Kentucky)
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Since 1970, list of players to pass for at least 225 yards, 4 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, and 65% completion percentage in their first career NFL regular season game:
-
@will_levis
That’s it. That’s the list.
Josh Allen is the first player ever to win the Chuck Bednarik Award, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Lott IMPACT Trophy, and the Jack Lambert Trophy in the same season
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Kentucky is the only school since 2015 to have at least one 1st Round selection in all of the following professional sports league drafts: MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL, NPF, NWSL, and WNBA
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There is only one Division I school that is nationally ranked in the Top 25 in women's basketball, women's indoor track & field, softball, women's swimming & diving, and women's volleyball:
- Kentucky
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List of schools to have a linebacker selected in the First Round of 3 different NFL Drafts since 2015:
- Kentucky
That's it. That's the list.
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This is the first time that Kentucky has defeated Tennessee in Knoxville in both football and men's basketball in the same academic year since 1958-1959
Some exciting personal news to share: Bob Livesay, the official statistician for the
@UKSportsNetwork
@UKFootball
home game radio broadcasts since 1989, has decided to step down after 33 seasons.
@JMISports
offered the position to me and I graciously accepted. (1/4)
For the first time in school history, an unranked
@KentuckyMBB
team has defeated an opponent ranked in the Top 5 of the AP Poll in a true road game!
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Number of wins for
@UKFootball
against AP Poll Top 25 teams between 1978 and 2014: 10.
Number of wins for
@UKFootball
against AP Poll Top 25 teams since 2015: 10.
Benny Snell, Jr. is the first former Kentucky player to have at least 84 rushing yards, 23 receiving yards, and a rushing touchdown on Monday Night Football
.
@Reed_sheppard
is the highest selected native Kentuckian
@KentuckyMBB
player in NBA Draft history (
#3
) (previous best was Frank Ramsey as the 5th pick in the 1953 NBA Draft)
Josh Allen is the 3rd youngest player since 2006 to have at least 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 2 QB hits, and 1 forced fumble in an NFL game (22 years, 68 days)
Lynn Bowden is the only player in the FBS since 2000 to have at least 13 receptions, 166 receiving yards, and a punt return for a touchdown in the same game
Hate to be the bearer of bad news for Auburn, but lower seeded teams that upset Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament, since seeding began in 1979, are 0-15 in their next game of the tournament.
.
@KentuckyMBB
has been playing basketball for 121 seasons now. This is the first time in school history that Kentucky has scored at least 81 points in 15 of their first 16 games of a season.
Oscar Tshiebwe is the first
@KentuckyMBB
player to have at least 30 points and 18 rebounds in an SEC road game since Dan Issel at Ole Miss on February 7th, 1970 (53 points, 19 rebounds)
The last time Louisville held Kentucky under 38 points at Cardinal Stadium (September 2nd, 2012):
- TikTok did not exist
- Mark Stoops was the defensive coordinator at Florida State
- Barion Brown and Dane Key were in the 3rd grade
Each of the 10 schools with the most total AP Poll appearances all-time are not ranked in this week's AP Poll:
928 North Carolina
920 Kentucky
841 Duke
796 Kansas
699 UCLA
656 Louisville
560 Indiana
550 Arizona
550 Syracuse
476 Michigan State
Lynn Bowden is the first Kentucky player with at least 49 receptions, 509 receiving yards, and 3 receiving touchdowns through the first 9 games of the season since Randall Cobb in 2010
Kentucky is the first school, since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, to make 7 Elite Eight appearances in a span of 10 seasons on two separate occasions (7 between 1992 and 1999, 7 between 2010 and 2019)
SEC players since 2000 to have at least 745 receiving yards, 539 kickoff return yards, and 146 punt return yards in a single season: Randall Cobb, Kentucky, 2010; Odell Beckham, LSU, 2013; Lynn Bowden, Kentucky, 2018
According to College Poll Archive,
@KentuckyMBB
on Monday overtook North Carolina for the most total appearances in the AP Poll in Division I men's basketball history
Here is 8 year-old
@RexChapman
, on the shoulders of his father, and Apollo High School head coach, Wayne Chapman, after Apollo defeated Ohio County High School 69-59 in the 1976 KHSAA Region 3 boys' basketball tournament finals, played on March 13th that year.
For the first time in the Calipari era,
@KentuckyMBB
shot worse than 40% from the field, worse than 25% from 3, and committed at least 15 turnovers in a true road game. And they still found a way to win!
Kentucky men’s basketball head coaches’ age at the time of their official hiring at the school:
- 51 years, 7 months, 1 day (Mark Pope)
- 50 years, 1 month, 22 days (John Calipari)
- 49 years, 20 days (Eddie Sutton)
- 47 years, 4 months, 30 days (Billy Gillispie)
- 45 years,
.
@KentuckyMBB
players to score at least 37 points in a game in the month of March:
- Antonio Reeves
- De’Aaron Fox
- Tayshaun Prince
- Melvin Turpin
- Jack Givens
- Dan Issel
- Cliff Hagan
- Bill Spivey
- Alex Groza
Since 2012, UK has had a National Player of the Year in 7 different sports
Baseball - A. J. Reed
Men's Basketball - Anthony Davis
Men's Indoor Field - Tim Duckworth
Women's Outdoor Track - Kendra Harrison
Rifle - Mary Tucker
Softball - Abbey Cheek
Volleyball - Madison Lilley
Wan'Dale Robinson and Chris Rodriguez, Jr. had a combined 2,885 receiving/rushing yards this season, the most ever by a WR/RB duo in
@UKFootball
history. The previous high was 2,646 by Randall Cobb and Derrick Locke in 2010.
Oscar Tshiebwe currently leads
@KentuckyMBB
in points, rebounds, blocks, and field goal percentage. Since 1978-1979, only 2 players have led UK in those 4 categories in a single season (min. 25 FGA):
- Kenny Walker (1984-1985, 1985-1986)
- Anthony Davis (2011-2012)
.
@KentuckyMBB
has played 120 minutes this season against Gonzaga, Missouri, and Alabama. Kentucky has had a lead in those games for a combined 23 seconds.
Next Saturday will be the first time ever that
@ukfootball
will be involved in a game in which both their record and their opponent's record will be 6-0 or better heading into the game
Former Kentucky players to make 9 3-pointers in an NBA regular season game:
- Rex Chapman (2/23/1996)
- Antoine Walker (1/17/2001 and 11/9/2002)
- Jodie Meeks (12/30/2014)
- Jamal Murray (12/29/2018)
- Malik Monk (2/1/2021)
There are four players in SEC history to have at least 2,400 career rushing yards and at least 30 career rushing touchdowns prior to their junior season: Herschel Walker, Knowshon Moreno, Leonard Fournette, Benny Snell
.
@reed_sheppard
is the only Division I men’s basketball player since 2010-2011 to come off the bench and have at least 32 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 2 steals in a single game
For the first time in
@KentuckyMBB
history, UK has defeated Kansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee by at least 18 points each in the same season (UK defeated those 3 schools by at least 14 points each in the 2014-2015 season)
Oscar Tshiebwe is the first
@KentuckyMBB
player with at least 29 points and 17 rebounds in a single game since Jamal Mashburn against Eastern Kentucky on December 8th, 1992