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Date Opponent
1976
Nov. 27  Wisconsin (TV) ...............................R"PP Arena
Dec.    2   Texas Christian ................................UPP Arena
Dec.    6   Indiana (TV) .................................Bloomington
Dec. 11   Kansas......................................RuPP Arena
Dec. 13  South Carolina (TV) ..............................Columbia
Dec.  17   UKIT: Utah vs. West Virginia; .....................Rupp Arena
Dec. 18 Kentucky vs. Bowling Green.................Rupp Arena
Dec. 30  Notre Dame....................................Louisville
1977
Jan.    1   Georgia ......................................RuPP Arena
Jan.    3  Tennessee.....................................RuPP Arena
Jan.    8  Vanderbilt (TV).................................Nashville
Jan.   15  Auburn .........................................Auburn
Jan.   17   Florida........................................Gainesville
Jan.  22   L.S.U.......................................Rupp Arena
Jan. 24  Mississippi ....................................R"PP Arena
Jan.  29 Alabama.......................................Tuscaloosa
Jan.  31   Mississippi State.................................Starkville
Feb.   5   Vanderbilt ....................................R"PP Arena
Feb.    7   Florida State ....................................Louisville
Feb. 12   Auburn ......................................Rupp Arena
Feb. 14   Florida.......................................Rupp Arena
Feb. 19   L. S. U......................................Baton Rouge
Feb. 21   Mississippi ....................................... Oxford
Feb. 26  Alabama (TV) .................................R"PP Arena
Feb. 28   Mississippi State................................RuPP Arena
Mar.    5  Georgia ..........................................Athens
Mar.    7  Tennessee (TV) ..................................Knoxville
COVER PICTU RESports artist Ted Watts of Oswego, Kansas, captures the spirit of Kentucky's new basketball heritageRupp Arena and its namesake, retired coach Adolph Rupp, looking on as current coach Joe B. Hall beckons to co-captain Larry Johnson and to unseen Wildcats of the future.
Photo CreditsBradley Photographers, Dallas, Texas; UK Photo Services. University of Kentucky A   .
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INDEX Lexington, Kentucky 40506
All-Americans, All-NCAA.....38-39
All-Conference ................39
Athletic Director Hagan .... 7-9, 116
Athletic Asst. Dir. Ham...........9
Athletic Asst. Dir. Ivy............9
Athletic Association
Board of Directors ...........10
Staff Members................4
Attendance Records............10
Award Winners (Annual)......34-37
Basketball Staff
Coach Hall ..........14-16, 116
Assts. Parsons, Hamilton
Long...............16-17. 116
Wilson, McCombs, Andrews,
Keightley, Rollins............18
Student Assistants...........115
Coaches Through Years..........24
Fabulous Five.................96
Frosh All-Time Records .........67
Helm's Selections ..............93
Home Floor Losses.............23
Lexington Center ...........44-45
Lettermen Through Years.....94-96
Modern Record (1946
to Date) ................40-43
NCAA 50-Year Win
Leaders....................66
NCAA Titlists.................24
Nickname, Origin of............61
NIT Champs, 1976 ........ 113-114
Opponents Information
Highs and Lows...........92-93
Record vs. 1976-77
Opponents ............80-83
Record vs. All Opponents . . . 84-86
Scouting Reports .........68-79
Press-Radio-TV
Kentucky Outlets.............3
Radio-TV Network . . . .Inside Back
Working Information ..........2
Rupp Arena ...........43-45,120
Southeastern Conference
Champions By Years..........21
Composite Standing,
Kentucky in SEC,
Final SEC Standings1975-76 . .22
1977 SEC Schedule...........20
Television Series.............21
Sports Information-Rice, Perry .................19
Tournament Trail ...........31-33
UKIT ....................26-31
University of Kentucky
General Information...........4
President Singletary ...........6
Varsity Basketball
Player Profiles............46-58
Game By Game Rebounding . . . .65
Game By Game Scoring .......64
Outlook-1976-77 ......... 11-12
Picture Pages...........116-119
Quick Facts..................5
RecordsTeam, Individual, Misc., Memorial
Coliseum................87-93
Retired Jerseys ................59
Roster.......................62
Schedule.............Inside Front
ScorersTop All Time,
Regular Season ..............25
Scores-Game By Game .....97-112
Season Record1975-76 .........61
Signees Sketches............56-58
Statistics-1975-76 .............63
Team Picture..................60
Time PlayedHigh Game ........66
Wildcats At A Glance ...........13
Compiled and Edited by Jack Perry, Asst. Sports Information Director RUSSELL RICE, Director of Sports Information TO THE PRESS AND RADIO-TV
Here is your copy of the 1976-77 facts booklet on Kentucky basketball which we sincerely hope will aid you in covering and answering questions on the Wildcats this season. If you desire additional information, special stories, pictures or have questions not answered herein, please feel free to contact the Sports Information Office in Memorial Coliseum (Telephone A.C. 606-257-3838, 257-3839).
RUSSELL RICE JACK PERRY
Director of Sports Information Asst. Director of Sports Information
Miss Ann Easterling Secretary
Athletic Office Phones:
Cliff Hagan - (606) 258-2881 Frank Ham - (606) 258-5611 Larry Ivy - (606) 258-4911
Coach Joe B. Hall - (606) 257-1916 or 257-1917 Asst. Coaches: Dick Parsons  (606) 257-3640;
Leonard Hamilton  (606) 257-4781;
Jim Long  (606) 266-4005
Information
WORKING TICKETSAddress requests to Sports Information Office as far in advance as possible. Tickets will not be mailed unless requested and will be held at the Press Entrance of Rupp Arena for pickup on game night.
PRESS DOOREntrance to the area set aside for press, radio and TV is Gate No. 5 on the Patterson Street side of Rupp Arena.
PRESS PARKINGAt the time of publication, no reserved parking for press has been allotted by the Lexington Center. It is recommended those with heavy equipment arrive early, unload at Gate No. 5, and then find parking at the nearest available location. A public parking lot is located on High Street immediately across from the Arena.
PRESS ROOMLocated on floor level under stands behind visitors' bench area. Will feature work space with necessary electrical outlets and telephone service.
COMPSNo individual game allotment.
TELECOPIERSThose persons desiring telecopier usage should supply their own equipment and advise the Sports Information Office of their intention so proper coordination may be made with the General Telephone Co.
RADIO BROADCASTSBroadcasting rights to UK games are assigned exclusively to the Jim Host and Associates, 512 E. Main, Lexington, Ky., 40508 (Telephone 606/252-5696). One free reciprocal outlet is guaranteed opponent schools visiting Lexington. Any additional stations must clear through Jim Host and Associates and the UK Director of Broadcasting, Mr. Pete Manchikes (257-2655). Working passes will be supplied approved stations by Sports Information Office.
SERVICESWorking press, radio and TV will be furnished game programs, brochures, running play-by-play, halftime quickie box and final statistics in the form of a complete, 12-column dittoed box score.
ARENA LIGHTINGRupp Arena Lighting will provide 250-275 foot candle on playing floor with a mixture of incandescent and metal halide lights.
2 KENTUCKY PRESS RADIO-TELEVISION OUTLETS
Lexington:
Lexington Herald-Leader Steve Wilson, Ex.S.E. Rick Bailey D. G. Fltzmaurlce 227 West Short Street Lexington, Ky. 40507
WVLK Radio Ralph Hacker John Henderson P.O. Box 1559 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WLAP Sports P. O. Box 11670 Lexington, Ky. 40511
WBLG Radio Sports 130 Barr Street Lexington, Ky. 40507
W LEX-TV
Tom Hammond, Director P.O. Box 1457 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WKYT-TV
Denny Trease, Director P.O. Box 655 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WTVQ-TV
Mike McNamara, Director Box 5590
Lexington, Ky. 40501
Bob Cooper Associated Press 146 Market Lexington, Ky. 40507
Kentucky Kernel Sports University of Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 40506
CATS PAUSE P.O. Box 7297 Lexington, Ky. 40S02
Louisville:
Louisville Courier-Journal
Earl Cox, Ex.S.E.
Dave Kindred
George Rorrer
525 West Broadway
Louisville, Ky. 40202
Louisville Times Sports Dick Fenlon Paul Borden Tev Laudeman 525 West Broadway Louisville, Ky. 40202
WHAS & WHAS-TV Cawood Ledford P.O. Box 1084 Louisville, Ky. 40201
Associated Press 525 West Broadway Louisville, Ky. 40201
UPI Sports P.O. Box 537 Louisville. Ky. 40201
WAVE & WAVE-TV Sports Ed Kallay, Director 725 South Floyd Street Louisville, Ky. 40203
WLKV-TV Sports Dave Conrad P.O. Box 6218 Louisville, Ky. 40216
WINN Radio Sports Third and Broadway
Louisville, Ky. 40202
WAKY Radio Sports 558 South Fifth Street Louisville, Ky. 40204
State:
Ashland Independent Mike Rellford Sports Department 226 17th Street Ashland, Ky. 41101
Park City News Sports Department 813 College Street Bowling Green, Ky. 42101
Tribune-Times Sports Ky. and Monroe Streets Corbin. Ky. 40701
Post & Times-Star Sports Andy Cox
421 Madison Avenue Covington, Ky. 41011
Advocate-Messenger Sports Department Danville, Ky. 40422
Bob Watkins News-Enterprise Sports Ellzabethtown, Ky. 42701
State-Journal Sports Paul Weddle 321 West Main Street Frankfort, Ky. 40601
UPI Sports 321 W. Main Frankfort, Ky. 40601
The Times Sports
301 South Green Street
Glasgow, Ky. 42141
The Enterprise Sports Central Street Harlan, Ky. 40831
Gleaner-Journal Sports Mike Field 216 North Elm Henderson, Ky. 42420
Kentucky New Era Sports 123 West 7th Street Hopklnsvllle, Ky. 42240
The Messenger Mike Embry, Sports 221 South Main Street Madlsonvllle, Ky. 42431
Messenger Sports 206 West Broadway Mayfleld, Ky. 42066
Ledger-l ndependent Sports Department 43 West Second Maysvllle, Ky. 41056
Larry Fleeman News Sports Editor Chester Avenue Mlddlesboro, Ky. 40965
Messenger and Inquirer Sports 1401 Frederica Street Owensboro, Ky. 42301
Sun-Democrat Sports Pat Moynahan 408 Kentucky Avenue Paducah, Ky. 42001
Paris Dally Enterprise Sports 23 East 4th Street Paris, Ky. 40361
Ken Green Register Sports South Second Street Richmond, Ky. 40475
Jim Kurk
Commonwealth-Journal 102 North Maple Street Somerset, Ky. 42501
The Winchester Sun Neal Bryant Sports Department Wall and Cleveland Streets Winchester, Ky. 40391 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
General Information
LOCATIONLexington, Ky., a community of 205,000 in the heart of Kentucky's famed Blue Grass region. Renowned as the world capital of the thoroughbred horse industry and known also as the world's largest loose-leaf tobacco market.
FOUNDED-1865 ENROLLMENT(On campus-20,549)
PRESIDENTDr. Otis A. Singletary (At 13 Community Colleges-17,000)
VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ADM IN ISTR ATION-Dr. Don Clapp VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRSDr. Lewis Cochran VICE-PRESIDENT, BUSINESS AFFAIRSJack Blanton VICE-PRESIDENT, MEDICAL CENTEROr. Peter Bosomworth VICE-PRESIDENT, MINORITY AFFAIRS-Dr. John T. Smith VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT AAFFAIRSDr. Robert G. Zumwinkle VICE-PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY COLLEGESDr. Maurice Stanley Wall VICE-PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY RELATIONSDr. Ray Hornback FACULTY CHAIRMAN OF ATHLETICSDr. William Matthews
(UK's faculty representative to Southeastern Conference) DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICESBernie Vonderheide CONFERENCESoutheastern (member since founding in 1933) BANDVarsity(DirectorWm. Harry Clarke) FIGHT SONG"On, On, U. of K." STADIUMCommonwealth Stadium (56,696) HOME ARENARupp Arena (capacity 23,000)
Athletics Staff
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICSCliff Hagan
Assistant to DirectorMrs. Louise Gilchrist
Assistant to Director for Academic AffairsDr. Frank Downing ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICSFrank Ham ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS-FINANCESLarry Ivy HEAD BASKETBALL COACH-Joe B. Hall (Kentucky '55) ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY-Mrs. Jane Rollins ASSISTANT COACHESDick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton, Jim Long HEAD COACHES OTHER SPORTS-Football: Fran Curci, Baseball: Tuffy
Home, Track and Cross Country: Ken Olson, Tennis: Graddy Johnson,
Golf: Dan Leal, Swimming and Water Polo: Wynn Paul, Rifle: Capt. Keith
Skidmore, Wrestling: Fletcher Carr. TICKET SALES MANAGERAl Morgan ACCOUNTANTJ. R. Hisle
TRAINERRoy Don Wilson ASSISTANT TRAINERWalt McCombs BASKETBALL EQUIPMENT MANAGERBill Keightley SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR-Russell Rice (Kentucky '51) ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DlRECTOR-Jack Perry
4 QUICK FACTS ON KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
NCAA CHAMPIONS-Four Times (1948, '49, "51. '58) in 22 Appearances. 35 Victories.
NCAA RUNNER-UPTwo Times (1966, '75)
NIT CHAMPIONS-1946, 1976        SUGAR BOWL CHAMPIONS-Five Times. UK INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSSeventeen Times in 23 Tournaments. SEC CHAMPIONS-Record 29 Times Since 1933. (Last in 1975.) WORLD CHAMPIONS-1948 Olympic Games.
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS-1966. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BY POLLSSix Times Since 1949. ALL-TIME RECORD-Won 1,163, Lost 372, Tied 1 in 72 Seasons. KENTUCKY ALL-AMERICANS-27 Players Honored 40 Times. ALL-SOUTHEASTERN54 Players Honored 96 Times. PROFESSIONALS-35 Players Entered Ranks.
MEMORIAL COLISEUM (11,500) - Home Floor 1950-1976 (Won 308, Lost 38).
RECORD HIGH POINTS-143 vs. Georgia (Neutral Site) '56-At Home 121 vs. Mississippi "71.
INDIVIDUAL HIGH53 By Dan Issel in 1970 vs. Mississippi at Oxford.
BIGGEST VICTORY MARGIN77 vs. Georgia in 1956-At Home, 53 vs. Georgia Tech '56, Georgia '59.
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WILDCATS CARVE INCREDIBLE POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT RECORD
Since Kentucky made its first appearance in a major post season basketball tournament in 1942, no graduating class has ever missed the opportunity to play in either the NCAA or National Invitation Tournaments.
In fact, the Wildcats have an incredible record which has seen them miss only seven times (1943, "53, '54, '60, '63, '65, '67 and '74) in the past 32 years. Two of those misses were in 1953, when they sat out a season, and '54, when the undefeated National Champions won an automatic NCAA berth but declined the bid.
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The University has had only two undefeated seasons in its illustrious basketball history. The first was 9-0 in 1911-12, the other 25-0 in 1953-54.
5 President, University of Kentucky
Established in 1865 under provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, the University of Kentucky today has approximately 37,500 students in the 15 academic colleges and Graduate School on the central campus in Lexington and in its 13 community colleges.
In 1878, the school separated from Kentucky University and became an independent institution supported by the state, and since 1916 has been known as the University of Kentucky, embodying the functions of teaching, public service and research.
Situated in the famed Blue Grass region of Central Kentucky, the University maintains several research institutes whose work increasingly affects state and nation: the Tobacco and Health Research Institute, the Office of Business Development and Government Services, the Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, and the Water Resources Institute.
It is fully accredited in its respective colleges and departments by all of the major professional societies and educational organizations.
President since 1969 has been Dr. Otis A. Singletary, who came from the University of Texas, Austin, where he was executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. He earlier had been director of the Job Corps program for the Office of Economic Opportunity, and chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
He is the eighth president of the University. Unique recognition of his service to the institution came recently from the UK Alumni Association, which presented him its Alumni Service Awardan honor rarely bestowed upon a non-alumnus of the University.
6 CLIFF HAGAN
Director of Athletics
The University of Kentucky basketball team's move into the new 23,000-seat Rupp Arena must be viewed with pride and sentiment by Cliff Hagan, who was a sophomore member of the Wildcat varsity that dedicated Memorial Coliseum in 1950 and who is now UK director of athletics.
After earning All-American acclaim and setting various school scoring and rebounding records, Hagan was an all-pro player, a radio color announcer, a pro coach and a bank executive before returning to his alma mater as assistant director of athletics in 1972 and then taking over the directorship in 1975.
The move into Rupp Arena complements the football team's move into beautiful Commonwealth Stadium during Hagan's first year as assistant AD and gives the University two of the nation's finest facilities in which to display its major sports teams.
This goes along with Hagan's primary aim of upgrading the UK athletic facilities, but he has gone beyond the two "revenue" sports, adding a press box to the baseball field, completing plans to enlarge Shively Sports Center and looking to the day when he can put on the drawing boards an Olympic swimming pool and a field house, which he says are "desperately needed for our program and our students."
Under Hagan's direct supervision, the Athletics Association, through the Blue & White Fund, has received more than a million dollars in contributions to keep the program operating in the black by carrying the burden of its grants-in-aid.
Part of those funds have financed a 110-yard Astro-Turf practice field in the Shively Sports Center complex. Other improvements at the Center include installation of open-air type lockers in the dressing rooms, and a planned expansion of the main building, with the size of training and conditioning rooms to be increased.
7 In his strong dedication to the scholar-athlete, Hagan continues to give the academic program support and emphasis. "I feel a genuine commitment to provide all the academic support and encouragement we can to help our athletes leave our campus with an education and a degree," he said.
On the games side of the ledger during Hagan's first year as AD, Wildcat wrestling and rifle teams won SEC titles, the basketball team won the NIT, the baseball team won the SEC Eastern Division and the tennis team finished fourth in the conference. And the 1976 football team was a pleasant surprise, filling Commonwealth Stadium game after game.
Kentucky's overall total of 43vi points placed the Wildcats fifth in the tough SEC all-sports standing, their highest finish in several years.
Hagan joined the Wildcat athletics staff as assistant to Harry Lancaster, with varied administrative duties, including creation and implementation of the Blue & White Fund for the then-new Commonwealth Stadium. He was named director of athletics in July 1975 while Lancaster, whose retirement was not effective until February of 1976, remained as a special assistant to Hagan.
Hagan's path to the athletics directorship began at Owensboro, Kentucky, where he established a then state high school tournament record of 41 points in leading Owensboro to victory over Lafayette in the championship game of the 1949 state high school tournament.
At UK, he played on teams that won 86 of 91 games and an NCAA championship (1951). The 1954 team, undefeated in 25 games, elected not to participate in the national tournament.
Hagan set a dozen Southeastern Conference records and an NCAA record of 528 rebounds as a junior. He averaged 24 points a game, led the nation in rebounding, and scored a UK record of 51 points against Temple in 1954.
He was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, Student Government, Baptist Student Union, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and twice was selected among the top ten students in the College of Education.
After graduating from UK in 1954, Hagan served two years at Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D. C, as a commissioned officer. He led the base to two World Wide Air Force championships and won All-Service honors both years.
During ten years with the St. Louis Hawks, he ranked high among 11 players on the league scoring charts with 12,433 points in 672 games for an 18.5 mark and was selected to play in five East-West All-Star games and was named to the NBA second All-League team twice. He hit over .790 from the free throw line seven years in a row and held the NBA record for most field goals scored in a single quarter (12).
The Hawks won the Western Division six times during Hagan's playing career there and defeated the Boston Celtics in 1958 for the world championship. Hagan was All-Pro in the NBA in 1957-62, inclusive.
He received his M.S. in education from Washington University in 1958.
In 1965, a Herbert Hoover Boys Club of America was organized in Owensboro and named the Cliff Hagan Boys Club of America.
During his 11th year in St. Louis, Hagan did radio and television commentary for the Hawks' basketball team and for Anheuser Busch.
He then joined the Dallas Chapparals as player-coach and was selected as the 1958 Texas Professional Coach of the Year. When he left Dallas, he was only 92 points shy of a regular-season career total of 15,000 points.
In 1974, he was named to the Hall of Fame Magazine's All-America second-team for the 1951-1973 period, to the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel Star's All-Time Southeastern Conference first team, and the All-Time top collegiate
8 player in the State of Kentucky by Inside Kentucky Sports Magazine. In 1975, he was named to the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, was inducted into the UK Alumni Association Hall of Distinguished Alumni and was a recipient of the University of Kentucky Centennial "K" Medallion tendered by the UKAA for past athletic accomplishments, during UK's Centennial Year observance.
He is married to the former Martha Milton of Owensboro. They have four children: Lisa, 20, Laurie, 18, Amy, 14, and Kip, 12.
FRANK HAM, Assistant Director of Athletics
_ Frank Ham became Assistant Director of Athletics
4 In July 1975 soon after Cliff Hagan succeeded Harry C.
m |        Lancaster as Director of Athletics.
jf 1 A native of Scranton, Pa., Ham came to the Univer-
$  !        sity in  1969 as Administrative Assistant to football
^ ' coach John Ray, and was reassigned to the Athletic
Director's staff in 1972 when Ray resigned.
Ham graduated from high school at Niles, Mich., and completed his undergraduate work at Olivet College. He did graduate work at Indiana University and coached high school football and track at John Adams High in South Bend in 1944-46 and then returned to Olivet as athletic director and head football and basketball coach. In 1962, he became assistant to the president at Olivet, with responsibilities in public and alumni relations. He was in private business from 1954 until 1968.
He is married to the former Rosemary Woods of Niles, Mich. They have two sons, Michael, of Raleigh, N.C, and Craig, a U.S. Army Captain, and two daughters, Mrs. Andy Hunsberger of Cassopolis, Mich., and Jennifer, a junior at UK.
Ham is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ham of Edwardsburg, Michigan.
LARRY IVY, Assistant Director of Athletics for Finance
Adding a new dimension to UK athletics was the September appointment of Larry Ivy as Assistant Director of Athletics for Finance.
Ivy, who came to the University as Director of Housing in 1969, will be involved primarily with the administration and management of financial aspects, and will help develop and initiate policies for accounting procedures and related business management activities of the department.
A native of Alabama, Ivy graduated in 1961 from Huntsville High School, where he lettered in four sports. He is a 1967 graduate of the University of Alabama, and earned his M.B.A. from Alabama in 1968.
He is married to the former Barbara Foster of Huntsville. They have one daughter, Kim, 6.
9 ATHLETICS AT KENTUCKY
Kentucky's athletic program, a well-balanced and ambitious activity featuring intercollegiate competition in ten different sports, is organized under the Department of Athletics and a corporation known as the University of Kentucky Athletics Association.
The program is conducted without overemphasis or sacrifice of educational objectives and in strict compliance with the rules of the University, the Southeastern Conference and the National Collegiate Athletics Association.
A board of directors, headed by the President of the University in the capacity of chairman, maintains overall policy supervision of the athletic program.
In addition to the UK President, board officers include the Vice-President for Student Affairs as vice-chairman and Dr. W. L. Matthews in the capacity of secretary. Seventeen other members, drawn from the University faculty and the general public, also serve on the board as appointees of the president as do two student representatives.
Supervising the steady growth and balanced development of the athletic program is Director of Athletics Cliff Hagan.
The Association's Board of Directors is composed of the following:
Faculty Members
Marion E. McKenna, '76 Daniel R. Reedy, '76 Dr. N. J. Pisacano, '77 Dr. Stephen Diachun, '77 Dr. Charles Ellinger, '77 Charles Roland, '78 Dr. Richard Robe, '78
Trustee Members
George Griffin, '78 Frank Ramsey, Jr., '77
Members-at-Large
Albert B. Chandler, S. T. Roach, '77
Ex Officio Members
Dr. Otis A. Singletary
Chairman Dr. R. G. Zumwinkle,
Vice-Chairman Jack Blanton Dr. Don Clapp Dr. W. L. Matthews
79    Dr. Ray Hornback Claude Hammond
Alumni Members
Dr. Ralph Angelucci, Thomas P. Bell. '76
Student Members
Hal Haering Ann Einstainer
'78
KENTUCKY'S HOME ATTENDANCE
Year No. Games Attendance Average
1975-76 ............. 12 ............. 138,135 ............ 11.511
1974-75 ............. 12 ............. 138,098 ............ 11.539
1973-74 ............. 12 ............. 130,755 ............ 10,896
1972-73 ............. 13 ............. 150,856 ............ 11,604
1971-72 ............. 13 ............. 150,297 ............ 11.561
1970-71 ............. 13 ............. 152,471 ............ 11.728
1969-70 ............. 15 ............. 181,295 ............ 12,086
1968-69 ............. 13 ............. 165,500 ............ 11,821
1967-68 ............. 16 ............. 178,000 ............ 1 1,333
1966-67 ............. 13 ............. 136,588 ............ 10,502
1965-66 ............. 13 ............. 149,571*............ 11,505
1964-65 ............. 14 ............. 151,000 ............ 10,786
1963-64 ............. 14 ............. 165,650 ............ 11.117
1962-63 ............. 15 ............. 153,132 ............ 10,208
1961-62 ............. 16 ............. 165,495 ............ 10,343
1960-61 ............. 14 ............. 129,978 ............ 9,284
1959-60 ............. 13 ............. 138,995 ............ 10,692
1958-59 ............. 15 ............. 177,824 ............ 11,855
1957-58 ............. 13 ............. 124,461 ............ 9,574
1956-57 ............. 14 ............. 129,733 ............ 9,266
1955-56 ............. 13 ............. 126,104 ............ 9,700
* Season high in the nation.
10 KENTUCKY BASKETBALL OUTLOOK, 1976-77
The Kentucky Wildcats are looking forward to the 1977 season with an eagerness matched only by the confidence they gained from a super finish last year which saw them run off 10 consecutive wins and capture the NIT championship.
From that grand finish has spawned a dual goalto recapture the Southeastern Conference crown and shoot for post season honors.
"Our future has to be bright," said Coach Joe B. Hall. "We start the season with a 10-game win streak and the NIT crown and we return almost intact from last year. The experience gained by an extremely young team- (youngest in modern UK history), along with our recruits, will go a long way in solving some problem areas we had last year. And a healthy (Rick) Robey could make us a contender for just about anything."
Analyze the experiencethe most intensifying pressure found in amateur basketballand you find Kentucky is unique to any other team in the nation.
In the past two years, the Wildcats have played in the NCAA finals and won the NIT, the country's oldest basketball tournament. What better experience could be found for a team whose nucleus is four juniors?
Hall will greet eight lettermen (four starters), while losing only three.
Heading the list is All-American and All-SEC forward Jack Givens, a silky smooth 6-foot-4 junior southpaw who led the Cats with a 20.1 ppg average while grabbing 7.2 rebounds. Givens scored in the 30's three times and was out of double figures only three times. He became UK's second leading sophomore scorer (602), and was named to the All-NIT team.
Holding down the center slot is mammoth 6-10 Mike Phillips, whose overall play showed vast improvement while scoring 15.6 ppg and leading the team in rebounding with 9.8. Phillips' single game highs were 35 points and 28 rebounds. He was selected to the All-NIT team, MVP in the Kentucky Invitational, and second team All-SEC.
Back for his final year is 6-3 guard Larry Johnson, whose dazzling speed and ball handling made the press very ineffective against the Cats. The willowy but strong Johnson was at his best under extreme pressure and won three games with final second heroics, including a last second shot to down Providence in the NIT semi-finals. Johnson averaged 11.2 ppg and led the team with 98 assists. He was named to the All-NIT second team.
The big question mark Hall alluded toa healthy Robeyis the 6-10 fiery junior competitor who averaged 15.6 ppg and 7.5 rebounds at forward before missing the last half of the season with a knee injury. However, the knee has fully mended without surgery and Robey has been declared 100 per cent recovered.
Filling in for Robey last year was James Lee, a junior-to-be whose speed and quickness belies his solid 6-5, 230 lb. frame. Lee started 20 games and after a slow transition, blossomed into the powerful, explosive type player which was predicted of him from prep days. His best performance came when he scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Wildcats upset sixth-ranked Alabama 90-85 on national television. He finished with a 9.3 ppg and 7.3 rebounding mean, and was named to the All-NIT second team.
Merion Haskins, a 6-4 senior forward who saw considerable playing time, including two starts, is a solid fundamentalist and proven defensive player. Despite scoring only 2.3 ppg in 29 games, Haskins' leadership will play an important role in the success story of the '77 Cats.
Rounding out the lettermen are two sophomore guards6-1 Truman Clay-tor, 6.0 ppg, and 6-2 Dwane Casey, 1.3 ppg.
Claytor capped a fine early season performance by winning Co-MVP game honors with Adrian Dantley in the annual Notre Dame shootout in Louisville. After starting eight games, he fell prey to a series of nagging injuries which
11 seriously reduced his effectiveness. However, he returned to form and had a good NIT. His future was clouded again with the injury bug, suffering twice from broken bones in his right hand during summer playground activity. However, "T. C." seems to have recovered and has been impressive during pre-season practice.
Casey saw action in 20 games and showed steady improvement throughout the year. He played a vital role in the NIT when he hit three quick baskets in the championship game against UNCC.
The Wildcats' three losses are senior guard Reggie Warford, who started the final 20 games, averaging 6.5 ppg, freshman 6-4 forward Bob Fowler, who transferred to Iowa State, and 6-1 Joey Holland, who passed up his final year of eligibility.
The newcomers to Wildcat camp are 6-3 forward-guard Tim Stephens of Stearns, Ky., the state's leading scorer at 35.6 ppg and 18 rebounds, 6-1 guard Jay Shidler of Lawrenceville, III., the state's top scorer at 32.7 and nine rebounds, and 6-6 forward-center LaVon Williams of Denver, Colo., the state's top player who averaged 19.1 ppg and 19 rebounds.
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