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1 YEAR AGO
--Kentucky squeaks by TCU 103-53 in Rupp Arena. Rick Robey leads the way for the Cats with 21 points and 15 rebounds, but everybody else plays well, too. TCU coach Johnny Swaim says, "They're really going to be tough when that freshman guard Jay Shidler gets his confidence. If you're going to guard Robey and (Mike) Phillips, you'd better take a sack lunch because you're going to be there all day."
--The Cats clobber defending national champion Indiana in Bloomington, 66-51. IU commits 24 turnovers. Larry Johnson and Shidler each score 20 points to lead the Wildcats. Bobby Knight throws Barry McDermott of Sports Illustrated out of the Hoosiers' dressing room after the game. Dick Fenlon, writing in The Louisville Times, calls Kentucky "the new monarch of college basketball."
5 YEARS AGO
--Iowa stuns Kentucky 79-66 in Memorial Coliseum. Kevin Kunnert leads the Hawkeyes with 17 points and 12 rebounds. The Wildcats, whose record evens at 1-1, shoot a chilly 41 percent from the field.
--Fran Curci denies talking to UK officials about the vacant head coach-
ing position left when the UK Athletics Board decided not to renew the contract of John Ray.
-Indiana downs Kentucky 64-58 in Bloomington. Kentucky, now 1-2, commits 22 turnovers in the game. Forward Steve Green leads the Hoosiers with 18 points.
10 YEARS AGO
--Despite 24-point, 29-rebound performance by Neal Walk, Kentucky thumps Florida 99-76 in Lexington. The ninth-ranked Wildcats are led by Thad Jaracz' 23 points and sophomore center Dan Issel's 24 rebounds.
--The Cats roll on, downing Xavier 111-76. Phil Argento nets 23 points to head UK scorers. Issel chips in with 18 points.
--Claude Sullivan, the longtime radio voice of the Kentucky Wildcats and the Cincinnati Reds, dies of cancer on December 7, 1967.
25 YEARS AGO
--The UK footballers lose their season finale to Florida in Gainesville 27-0. The men of Bear Bryant don't exactly distinguish themselves, losing five fumbles en route to the loss. The Cats end the season with a 5-4-2 record, the worst year the Cats have had under Bryant.
KENTUCKY BASKETBALL NO. 1 FOR 50-YEAR PERIOD (1926-75)
It comes as no surprise to Kentucky basketball fans that the Wildcats are "NO. 1"but proving it to your contemporaries may end in the usual sports hassleno absolute proof.
Look no more, our friends. Steve Boda of the NCAA Statistical Bureau has come up with the clinchera 50-year record of the nation's winningest collegiate teams which shows Kentucky perched firmly at the top with no other team in sight. Here is how the top ten stack up.
Team	Years	Won	Lost	Winninq Pe
1. Kentucky	50*	991	246	.801
2. St. John's	50	899	330	.731
3. North Carolina	50	922	361	.719
4. Western Kentucky	50	932	371	.715
5. Duquesne	47	754	319	.703
6. Kansas	50	800	367	.686
7. North Carolina State	50	815	386	.679
8. Notre Dame	50	815	391	.676
9. UCLA	50 	841	411	.672
0. St. Bonaventure	49	669	329	.670
-49 Seasons
SEC CAGE CHAMPIONS BY YEARS
1933 ... KENTUCKY
iqIr Alabama
9|5 - .Ky., LSU (Tie)
fxr ......Tennessee
ilil ......Kentucky
"8 .......Ga. Tech
J939 ......Kentucky
|i? ......Kentucky
fSTi ......Tennessee
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......Kentucky
{If! Kentucky
fg4 ......Kentucky
1947 ......Kentucky
1948 ......Kentucky 1963
1949 ......Kentucky 1964
1950 ......Kentucky 1965
1951 ......Kentucky 1966
1952 ......Kentucky 1967
1953 ..........LSU 1968
1954 . . Ky., LSU (Tie) 1969
1955 ......Kentucky 1970
1956 .......Alabama 1971
1957 ......Kentucky 1972
1958 ......Kentucky 1973
1959 .....Miss. State 1974
1960 ........Auburn 1975
1961 .....Miss. State 1976
1962KY., Miss. St. (Tie) 1977
.....Miss. State
......Kentucky
.....Vanderbilt
...... Kentucky
......Tennessee
......Kentucky
...... Kentucky
...... Kentucky
...... Kentucky
. Ky., Tenn. (Tie)
...... Kentucky
Vandy., Ala. (Tie) . . Ky., Ala. (Tie)
.......Alabama
 KY., Tenn. (Tie)
(Tournament decided champion until 1951. Title determined by reqular season play starting in 1951. Kentucky did not play a schedule in 1953 due to NCAA suspension.) x^r^