THE WILDCAT TIPOFF
Official UK Basketball Program
Published by UK Athletics Association Clifford 0. Hagan, Director of Athletics
EDITORIAL STAFF:  Russell Rice, editor; Jack Perry, associate editor;  Ed Swift and Ellsworth Taylor, advisors.
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Jim Bradley, John Mitchell, Ken Goad, and Bill Wells. ADVERTISING: Russell Rice
PRINTED BY: University of Kentucky Department of Printing.
Twenty-Third Annual U.K. INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Memorial Coliseum - December 19-20,1975 First Night: Arizona State vs. Oregon State-7:00 p.m., EST Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky-Appx. 9:00 p.m., EST
Second Night: Third Place Game-7:00 p.m. EST Championship Game-Appx. 9:00 p.m. EST
CONTENTS
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UKIT History ............................................................................................................ 4
UK Administration ........................................... ........................................................ 
Coach Joe Hall .......................................................................................................... 9
UK All-Americans .................................................................................................... 1 1
Arizona State Roster ................................................................................................ 1 3
Oregon State Roster ................................................................................................ 15
Scorecard ............................................................................................................ 16 17
UK Varsity Picture and Roster.................................................................................... 1 9
Georgia Tech Roster ................................................................................................ 20
Top All-Time Kentucky Scorers ................................................................................ 23
Game Records .......................................................................................................... 24
Athletics at UK ........................................................................................................ 27
Tournament Trail .................................................................................................... 28
Visiting Coaches ...................................................................................................... 29
UK School Songs ...................................................................................................... 30
Oregon State returns to its third UKIT after capturing consolation game honors in 1962 and 1966. In '62, the Beavers lost to West Virginia, 70-65, and beat Iowa, 61-55, while in '66, they lost to Kentucky, 96-66, and beat Penn State, 64-61.
Kentucky leads the Beavers 2-0, beating them in the '66 UKIT, and 84-78, in 1970 in Lexington.
Arizona State and Georgia Tech are newcomers to the tournament, and State to competition with Kentucky.
The renewal of basketball competition with Georgia Tech revives one of the South's great rivalries. Even though the Wildcats hold a commanding 49-13 series lead, it was the Yellow Jackets which ended Kentucky's national record home court win streak at 129 when they upset the Cats, 59-58, in 1955. Since that game, Tech won nine of 20 games before the series ended in 1964 when they withdrew from the Southeastern Conference.
ADVERTISER'S INDEX
All-American Tours .............................. 25
Alumni Association .............................. 26
Ashland Oil .......................................... 31
Bank of Lexington ................................ 12
Carey-Adams ........................................ 28
Cliff Hagan's Ribeye ............................ 3
Committee of 101 ................................ 7
Dawahare's............................................ 21
First Security ........................................ 10
Heritage Galleries ................................ 28
Kennedy Bookstore ................................ 14
Kentucky Central .................................. 6
Kentucky Group Banks ............ Back Cover
Long John Silver .................................. 2
Parkette Drive-In ............................ 16-17
Puleo Wildcat........................................ 18
Second National Bank .......................... 25
Springs Motel ...................................... 18
Tinder-Krauss Tinder ............................ 25
UK Sports Network ................................ 1 2
Wallace's Bookstore .............................. 22
Wenneker's .......................................... 27
WKYT-TV ............................................ 22
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