RECORDS
Date      Team Site Ky. Opp.
1978-79 Continued
UK INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Dec. 22   "ie~K A&M 69 73
Dec. 23   Syracuse 94 87
Dec. 30   Notre Dame (N1)     81 76
lan. 3    Florida (A)      65 76
Jan. 6    Louisiana St. (H)      89 93
|an. 8    Mississippi (H)      90 64
|an. 13    Alabama (A)      52 55
|an. 15    Mississippi St. (A)      61 63
(an. 20    Tennessee (H)     55 66
Jan. 22    Georgia (H)      73 64
Jan. 25    Auburn (A)      86 *B3
Jan. 27    Florida (H)      87 81
Jan. 2    Auburn (H)      66 59
Feb. 3   louisiana St. (A)     61 70
Feb.  5    Mississippi (A)      87 82
Feb. 7   Vanderbilt (A)      58 68
Feb. 10   Alabama (H)     80 71
Feb. 12    Mississippi St. (H)      80 65
Feb. 17    Tennessee (A)      84 101
Feb. 19    Georgia (A)      90 74
Feb. 23    Vanderbilt (H)      96 70
Feb. 25    S. Carolina (A)      79 74
SEC TOURNAMENT (Birmingham, Ala.) Feb. 28    Mississippi 82 77
Mar. 1   Alabama 101 100
Mar. 2   Louisiana St. 80 67
Mar. 3   Tennessee 69 "75
NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT (Lexington)
Mar. 7   Clemson 67 68
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(Nl) Louisville
- Leading Scorers -
Kyle Macy (6-3 Jr. G)....................15.2
Dwight Anderson (6-3 Fr. G)..............13.3
LaVon Williams (6-6 Jr. F).................11.5
Fred Cowan (6-8 Soph. C-F)................9.4
Truman Claytor (6-1 Sr. G).................8.7
1979-80  Won 24, losl 6.
SEC Champions
SEC Tournament Runner-up
UKIT Champions
Great Alaska Shootout Champions Ranked 4th AP, 3rd UPI
COACH: Joe B. Hail
CAPTAIN:	Kyle Macy			
Nov. 17	Duke	(N1)	76	82
Nov. 30	Bradley	(N2)	79	58
Dec. 1	Alaska	(N2)	97	68
Dec. 2	lona	(N2)	57	50
Dec. 8	Baylor	(H)	80	46
Dec. 10	S. Carolina	(H)	126	81
Dec. 12	Kansas	(A)	57	56
Dec. 15	Indiana	(H)	69	58
Dec. 17	Georgia	(N3)	95	69
UK INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT				
Dec. 21	California		78	52
Dec. 22	Purdue		61	60
Dec. 29	Notre Dame	(N4)	66	80
Jan. 2	Auburn	(H)	67	65
lan. 5	Tennessee	(A)	47	49
Jan. 9	Mississippi	(A)	79	73
lan. 12	Alabama	(H)	64	78
Jan. 17	Florida	(A)	76	63
Jan. 19	Vanderbilt	(H)	106	90
Jan. 23	Mississippi St.	(A)	89	67
Jan. 26	Georgia	(H)	56	49
lan. 28	Louisiana St.	(H)	60	65
Jan. 30	Auburn	(A)	64	62
Feb. 2	Tennessee	(H)	83	75
Feb. 6	Mississippi	(H)	86	72
Feb. 9	Alabama	(A)	72	63
Feb. 13	Florida	(H)	95	70
Feb. 15	Vanderbilt	(A)	91	73
Feb. 17	Nevada-Las Vegas	(A)	74	69
Feb. 20	Mississippi St.	(H)	71	65
Feb. 24	Louisiana St.	(A)	76	74
SEC CHAMPIONS
SEC TOURNAMENT (Birmingham, Ala.) Feb. 28 Auburn Feb. 29 Mississippi Mar. 1   Louisiana St.
NCAA TOURNAMENT (Mideast Regional) (8owling Green and Lexington) Mar. 8   Florida St. (N5) Mar. 13   Duke (H)
69 61
70 67
54 55
Date      Team Site Ky. Opp.
(Nl) Springfield, Mass. (N2) Anchorage, Alaska (N3) Atlanta (N4) Louisville (N5) Bowling Green
- Leading Scorers -
Kyle Macy (6-3 Sr. G)....................15.4
Sam Bowie (7-1 Fr. C)....................12.9
Fred Cowan (6-8 Jr. F)....................12.5
LaVon Williams (6-7 Sr. F).................7.5
Jay Shidler (6-1 Sr. G).....................6.2
1980-111  Won 22, Losl (..
SEC Runner-up UKIT Champions Ranked 8th AP and UPI
COACH: Joe B. Hall
CAPTAIN: Chuck verderber
Nov.  1   E. Tennessee            (H) 62 57
Dec.  3   Ohio St.                  (H) 70 64
Dec.  6   Indiana                   (A) 68 66
Dec. 13   Kansas                   (H) 87 73
UK INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Dec. 19   Alaska 91 56
Dec. 20   Alabama-Birmingham 61 53
Dec. 27   Notre Dame             (Nl) 61 67
Dec. 30   Maine                   (H) 100 54
Jan. 3    Georgia                 (H) 76 62
Jan. 7    Auburn                  (A) 79 66
Jan. 10    Tennessee               (H) 48 47
Jan. 14     Mississippi               (H) 64 55
Jan. 17    Alabama               (A) 55 59
Jan. 19    Louisiana St.            (A) 67 81
Jan. 21     Florida                    (H) 102 48
Jan. 24    vanderbilt               (A) 78 64
Jan. 28    Mississippi St.           (H) 71 64
Jan. 31    Georgia                 (A) 71 68
Feb. 4   Auburn                  (H) 102 74
Feb. 7   Tennessee               (A) 71 87
Feb. 11     Mississippi               (A) 62 55
Feb. 14    Alabama                (H) 77 62
Feb. 18    Florida                  (A) 69 56
Feb. 21    vanderbilt               (H) 80 48
Feb. 25    Mississippi St.            (A) 78 74
Mar. 1   Louisiana St.           (H) 73 71 SEC TOURNAMENT (Birmingham, Ala.)
Mar. 5   Vanderbilt 55 60 NCAA TOURNAMENT (Mideast Regional) (Tuscaloosa, AL.)
Mar. 15   Ala.-Birmingham 62 69 2040 1694
(Nl) Louisville
- Leading Scorers -
Sam Bowie (7-1 Soph. Q.................17.4
Dirk Minniefield (6-3 Soph. G).............10.4
Derrick Hord (6-6 Soph. C-F)...............8.9
Fred Cowan (6-8 Sr. F)....................8.2
Chuck Verderber (6-6 Jr. F).................7.5
1981-82  Won 22, Lost 8.
SEC Co-Champions UKIT Champions Ranked 8th AP, 9th UPI
COACH: |oe B. Hall CAPTAIN: Chuck Verderber Nov. 28 Akron Dec.  5   Ohio St. Dec. 8 Indiana Dec. 12 Kansas
UK INVITATIONAL Dec.18 Jacksonville Dec. 19   Seton Hall N. Carolina Notre Dame Georgia Auburn Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Florida Vanderbilt Louisiana St. Mississippi St. Georgia Auburn Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Florida
(H) 83 64
(A) 78 62
(H) 85 69
(A) 77 *74 TOURNAMENT
(H) 107 91
(H) 98 74
Dec. 26 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 20 lan. 23 lan. 25 |an. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 10 Feb. 13 Feb. 17
(N1)
(N2)
(A)
(H)
(A)
(A)
(H)
(A)
(H)
(H)
(A)
(H)
(A)
(H)
(H)
(A)
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69 82
34 '28
68 66
83 71
66 70 65 67 86 69 91 76
67 58
76 65 51 56 82 73 81 "83
77 67 56 49 72 62
84 78
Date      Team Site Ky. Opp.
Feb. 20   Vanderbilt              (A) 73 69
Feb. 24    Mississippi St.           (H) 71 54
Feb. 27    Louisiana St.            (A) 78 94 SEC CO-CHAMPIONS
SEC TOURNAMENT (Lexington)
Mar. 4   Auburn 89 66
Mar. 5   Mississippi 62 58
Mar. 6   Alabama 46 48
NCAA MIDEAST REGIONAL
Mar. 4   Middle Tenn.           (N3) 44 50
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(Nl) East Rutherford, N.J.
(N2) Louisville (N3) Nashville, Tenn.
- Leading Scorers -
Derrick Hord (6-6 Jr. F)...................16.3
Jim Master (6-5 Soph. G).................13.4
Melvin Turpin (6-10 )r. Q.................13.1
Dirk Minniefield (6-3 Jr. G)................11.3
Charles Hurt (6-6 Jr. F)....................6.6
1982 JAPAN EXHIBITION TOUR (Not Counted in Won-lost Record) July 1    W. Germany at Kariya 84 73
)uly 2    France at Kyotta 77 65
July 4 W. Germany at Sapporo 82 72 July 7   Japan Nat. at Akita B6 66
July 10    France at Moebashi 86 83
July 11    Japan at Tokoyo 106 71
Note: The Wildcats also toured Taiwan and Hong Kong during the 1982 trip. The following are results of games played there:
July 12    China #2 at Taipei 86 63
July 15    China 01 at Hong Kong        119 48
1982-8! - Won 23, Lost 8.
SEC Champions UKIT Champions Ranked 12th AP and UPI
COACH: Joe B. Hall CAPTAIN: Charles Hurt
Nov. 27   Butler                    (H) 90 53
Dec.  1    Notre Dame             (A) 58 45
Dec. 4   Villanova              (HI 93 79
Dec 7   Detroit                 (H) 83 46
Dec. 11    Illinois                  (H) 76 57
UK INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Dec. 17   Duquesne             (H) 55 42
Dec. 18   Tulane                    (H) 80 61
Dec. 22   Indiana                  (A) 59 62
Dec. 29   Kansas                  (Nl) 83 62
Jan. 3    Mississippi             (H) 72 60
Jan. 5    louisiana St.           (HJ 52 50
Jan. 8    Alabama                (A) 67 74
Jan. 10    Mississippi St.          (Al 59 53
lan. 15    Auburn                 (H) 67 75
Jan. 17    Florida                 (H) 70 63
Jan. 22    Vanderbilt              (A) 82 '77
(an. 29    Georgia                  (A) 63 70
lan. 31    Tennessee              (A) 63 65
Feb. 5   Alabama                (HJ 76 70
Feb. 8   Mississippi St.          (H) 88 67
Feb. 12    Auburn                   (A) 71 69
Feb. 14    Florida                  (A) 73 61
Feb. 19    vanderbilt              (H) 82 63
Feb. 26   Georgia               (H) 81 72
Feb. 27   Tennessee             (H) 69 61
Mar. 3   Mississippi              (A) 61 58
Mar. 5   Louisiana St.           (Al 60 74
SEC CHAMPIONS SEC TOURNAMENT
(Birmingham, Ala.)
Mar. 11   Alabama               (N2) 64 69 NCAA MIDEAST REGION (First Round)
Mar. 19   Ohio                     (N3) 57 40
NCAA MIDEAST REGION
Mar. 24   Indiana                 (N4) 64 59
Mar. 26   louisville               .
NCAA Mideast Region Champions SEC Tournament Champions SEC Champions
Date       Team Site Ky. Opp.
UKIT Champions Ranked 3rd AP and UPI
COACH: Joe 8. Hall CAPTAIN: Dicky Beal
Nov. 26   Louisville                (H)      65 44
Dec 3   Indiana                 (H)     59 54
Dec 10   Kansas                  |A)      72 50
UK INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Dec 16   Wyoming               (H)     66 40
Dec 17   Brigham Young         (H)     93 59
Dec. 20   Cincinnati              (A)     24 11
Dec 24   Illinois                  (A)     56 54
Dec 28   Purdue                   (Nl)    86 67
Jan. 2    Mississippi              (A)     68 55
Jan. 7    Louisiana SL            (A)     96 80
Jan. 9    Alabama                (H)     76 66
lan. Tl    Mississippi SL          (H)     51 42
lan. 13    Auburn                  (A)      63 82
|an. 17    Florida                   (A)      57 69
Jan. 20    Vanderbilt              (HI     67 46
Jan. 22    Houston                 (H)      74 67
lan. 28    Georgia                (H)     64 40
Jan. 30    Tennessee              (H)     93 74
Feb. 4   Alabama               (A)     62 69
Feb. 6   Mississippi St.           (A)      77 58
Feb. 11    Auburn                  (H)      84 64
Feb. 13    Florida                  IH)     67 65
Feb. 19   Vanderbilt              (A)      58 54
Feb. 25   Ceorgia                (A)      66 64
Feb. 27    Tennessee               (A)      58 63
Mar. 1    Mississippi               (H)      76 57
Mar. 3   Louisiana SL            (H)     90 68 SK CHAMPIONS SEC TOURNAMENT (Nashville, Tenn.)
Mar. 8   Georgia                  (N2)    92 79
Mar. 9   Alabama                (N2)    48 46
Mar. 10   Auburn                  (N2)    51 49
SK TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS NCAA MIDEAST REGION (First Round)
Mar. 17   Brigham Young         (N3)    93 68
NCAA MIDEAST REGION
Mar. 22   Louisville                (H)      72 67
Mar. 24   Illinois                  (H)     54 51
NCAA FINAL FOUR
Mar. 31   Georgetown             (N4)    40 53 23181975
(Nl) louisville IN2I Nashville, Tenn. (N3) Birmingham, Ala. (N4) Seattle, Wash. - Leading Scorers -
Melvin Turpin (6-11 Sr. Q.................15.2
Kenny Walker 16-8 Soph. F)................12.4
Sam Bowie (7-1 Sr. F)....................10.5
Jim Master (6-5 Sr. G).....................9.6
Winston Bennett (6-7 Fr. F)................6.5
1984-8.-. - Won 18, Losl It.
Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 Dec. 15
NCAA "Final 16" Tied for Third in SEC UKIT Champions Unranked in tolls
COACH: |oe B. Hall CAPTAIN: Winston Bennett Nov. 27 Toledo Purdue So. Methodist Indiana Louisville UK INVITATIONAL Dec. 21   E. Tennessee St. Cincinnati Kansas Auburn N. Carolina St. Vanderbilt Mississippi Alabama Mississippi St. Florida Georgia Tennessee Louisiana SL Auburn Vanderbilt Mississippi Alabama Mississippi SL Florida Georgia Tennessee
Dec 22 Dec 31 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 lan. 7 Jan. 9 |an. 12 lan. 16 |an. 19 |an. 23 lan. 27 Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 29 Feb. 24 Feb. 28
, Kenny Walkei (H) (A) (H)
(A) I (A) I TOURNAMENT (H) (H) (Nl) (H) (H) (H) (A) (A) (HI (H) (A) (A) (H) (A) (A) IHI (H) (A) (A) (H) (H)
63 54
56 66
54 56
68 81
69 54
66 55 92 89 68 61 78 62
75 58
57 45
58 60 58 57 55 67 73 81 65 81 53 43 49 *47
68 62
67 52 51 48
69 82
76 68
77 79