xt7p8c9r2s34 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7p8c9r2s34/data/mets.xml University of Kentucky 1976 Memorial Coliseum, Lexington (Ky.) athletic publications English University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. University of Kentucky Basketball Programs (Men) UKAW University of Kentucky Men's Basketball (1975-1976) UK vs. University of Georgia (January 12, 1976) programs players coaches Hall, Joe B. Memorial Coliseum rosters statistics schedules The Wildcat Tip-Off: Kentucky vs. Georgia, January 12, 1976 text The Wildcat Tip-Off: Kentucky vs. Georgia, January 12, 1976 1976 2012 true xt7p8c9r2s34 section xt7p8c9r2s34 WILDCATS FEATURED TWICE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AND ONCE ON SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SERIES The Southeastern Conference Television Series enters its 12th year and the Kentucky Wildcats will keep intact their record of having appeared at least three times each year, making it the only SEC team to claim that magnetic attraction for its brand of basketball. In fact, two of their games will be featured nationally and both will be in Lexington-Jan. 17 against Vandcrbilt, and Mar. 6 against Alabama. The other SEC series game will be Feb. 7 at Tennessee. Three teams-Alabama, Auburn and Tennessee are scheduled three times also, while Georgia and Vanderbilt will appear twice. Florida, LSU, Ole Miss and Mississippi State will appear only once. The 10-weck scries over a regional network again will be produced by TVS Television of New York. All games will be played on Saturday afternoons. Auburn opens the series at Louisiana State Jan. 3. Kentucky has won 26 and lost only 14, for a 65 per cent win average during the eleven year series. The year-by-year breakdown: Won one of three games in '64-65, three of four in '65-66, two of four in both '66-67 and '67-68, three of five in '68-69, all four in '69-70, three of four in '70-71, two of three in both '71-72 and '72-73, one of three in '73-74, and all three in '74-75. The Schedule: Date Teams Tip-Off Jan. 3 Auburn at Louisiana State................1:00 CST Jan. 10 Georgia at Vanderbilt ...................2:00 CST Jan. 17 Vanderbilt at Kentucky (National TV)......4:00 EST Jan. 24 Tennessee at Mississippi..................1:00 CST Jan. 31 Auburn at Florida......................2:00 EST Feb. 7 Kentucky at Tennessee..................2:00 EST Feb. 14 Georgia at Auburn......................1:00 CST Feb. 21 Alabama at Mississippi State..............1:00 CST Feb. 28 Tennessee at Alabama...................1:00 CST Mar. 6 Alabama at Kentucky (National TV)........1:00 EST ALL-SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (53 Players Chosen 93 Times) Ellis Johnson (G) ........................ 1933 Forest Sale (C) .......................... 1933 John DeMoisey (F) .............. 1933, '34 Bill Davis (G) ............................ 1934 Leroy Edwards (C) ...................... 1935 Dave Lawrence (F) .................... 1935 Ralph Carlisle (F) ................ 1936, '37 Warfield Donohue (G) ................ 1937 Bernie Opper (G) ................ 1938, '39 Layton Rouse (G) ...................... 1940 Lee Huber (G) .......................... 1941 James King (C) .......................... 1941 Marvin Akers (F) ................ 1941, '43 Ermal Allen (F) .......................... 1942 Metvin Brewer (C) .................... 1943 Bob Brannum (C) ...................... 1944 Jack Parkinson (G) ...... 1944, '45, '46 Jack Tingle (F) .... 1944, '45, '46, '47 Kenton Campbell (C) ................ 1945 Ralph Beard (G) .... 1946, '47, '48, '49 Wallace Jones (F) .. 1946, '47, '48, '49 Joe Holland (F) .......................... 1947 Alex Groza (C) .................... 1948, '49 Kenny Rollins (G) ................ 1947, '48 Jim Line (F) .............................. 1950 Bill Spivey (C) .................... 1950, '51 Walt Hirsch (F) .......................... 1951 Shelby Linville (F) ...................... 1951 Bobby Watson (G) .............. 1951, '52 Frank Ramsey (G) ........ 1951, '52, '54 Cliff Hagan (C) .................. 1952, '54 Bill Evans (G-F) .......................... 1955 Bob Burrow (C) .................... 1955, '56 Johnny Cox (F) ............ 1957, '58, '59 Vernon Hatton (G) .................... 1958 Don Mills (C) ............................ 1960 Bill Lickert (F-G) .......... 1959, '60, '61 Larry Pursiful (G) ...................... 1962 Cotton Nash (C-F) ........ 1962, '63, '64 Ted Deeken (F) .......................... 1964 Tommy Kron (G) ................ 1965, '66 Pat Riley (F) ........................ 1965, '66 Thad Jaracz (C-F) ...................... 1966 Larry Conley (F) .......................... 1 966 Louie Dampier (G) ........ 1965, '66, '67 Mike Casey (G) ............ 1968, '69, '71 Dan Issel (C) ................ 1968, '69, '70 Mike Pratt (F) .................... 1969, '70 Larry Steele (F) .......................... 1971 Tom Parker (F) .................... 1971, '72 Tom Payne (C) ............................ 1971 Jim Andrews (C) .................. 1972, '73 Kein Grevey (F) ................. 1973, '74 Cliff Hagan s Ribeye Relaxed dining in an ALL AMERICAN atmosphere. Select Prime Western Beef Steaks. Watch them s-i-z-z-l-c on our open hearth charcoal grill. Choose from over 20 condiments for your salad from our Salad Bar. Fine wines and cocktails. Now in three locations 941 Winchester Road Lexington, Kentucky Phone: 253-0750 Franklin Square Mall Frankfort, Kentucky Phone: 227-2380 Columbus, Indiana 2506 25th Street Phone (812) 376-6410 3 The 1931-32 Bulldogs swept through ail tournament competition and captured the 1932 Southern Conference crown. The iron five shown here are (l-r) Tommy Moran, Leroy Young, Catfish Smith, Bill Strickland, and "Pap" Terrell. BASKETBALL HISTORY Bulldogs Among First in South to Play Basketball A pioneer in many aspects nf southern intercollegiate athletics, Georgia was none the less so in the sport of basketball, the first Bulldog cage teams being organized for the 1905-06 season. Walter T. Forbes, Sr. was the team's organizer and first coach. The debut season was inauspicious at best, with only two games being played and both being lost. However, basketball was on its way at Georgia, and the Red and Black student newspaper indicated the growing interest in the new sport in its March 30, 1906 edition when the following was written, "This is a new department of athletics with us, and it is hoped that it will be continued as a regular branch of the Athletic Association." During this embryonic stage of basketball at Georgia, the school was fortunate to have a number of skilled players which in turn formed strong teams. This strength spurred the formation of many rival collegiate and athletic club teams, which in turn promoted the sport and helped it grow throughout this area of the South. Georgia's development, thanks to outstanding competitors such as Howell Peacock, C. W. Rawson, and Alfred Scott, enabled the team to be one of the most respected in the entire South, amassing by 1920 an impressive overall won-lost record of 78-32. Howell Peacock, team captain and an All-Southern squad selectee in 1910 and 1912, coached the 1913-1916 teams and recorded the best winning percentage of any Georgia coach to date (.811 on a 30-7 W-L record) who coached more than one year. An early high point in basketball history was Georgia's being named Champions of the South for the 1918 season. Player-Coach Alfred Scott was named the South's finest player in 1918 and scored 66 points in a 122-2 victory over Southeastern Christian College, the largest margin of victory ever recorded by a Georgia team. A great period of prosperity was enjoyed by Georgia in the 1920's, due mainly to the coaching ability of Herman J. Stege-man, who learned his trade from a master teacher, the great Amos Alonzo Stagg at the University of Chicago. Stegeman coached Georgia from 1920-1931 and ran up the greatest number of victories (179) yet recorded by a Georgia coach. Stegeman's contribution to basketball was keenly felt through his influence on the organization of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament and the old Southern Conference. He increased the number of games on the schedule from an average of eight to upwards of 25 per year. Woodruff Hall, Georgia's basketball home for 40 years, was built during Stegeman's tenure. In his last season, Stegeman led-his team to a 23-2 record, the most wins ever recorded by a Bulldog team in a single season. Georgia won its first Southern Intercollegiate Tournament Championship in 1932 under first year coach Rex Enright. Following Enright's tenure, the next Georgia coach to guide the Bulldogs for a long period of time was Elmer Lampe, whose 1939 team finished second in the Southeastern Conference, the highest the Bulldogs have ever finished in SEC competition. The 1950 quintet, under the direction of Jim Whatley, accomplished one of Georgia's greatest athletic victories when they upset mighty Kentucky in a 71-60 shocker, the first victory over Kentucky in 20 years. The powerful Wildcats were 1948 and 1949 NCAA champs and were expected to have easy sailing with Georgia. However, the Georgia five played a superb game, and the great win prompted a jubilance seldom seen before or since in Athens. Harbin "Red" Lawson took over Georgia cage fortunes in 1952 and remained on the scene longer than any previous coach 14 years. Although his overall record remained below .500, there were moments of glory and an overall improvement in the basketball program at Georgia. The Bulldogs claimed their first All-America under Lawson when the great Zippy Morocco, already voted the Most Valuable Player in the SEC for 1953, was selectee! to the Helms All-America squad. Among Lawson's 102 victories, one of the greatest came over favored Georgia Tech, 81-68, on the inaugural night of Georgia's sparkling new Coliseum in 1964. A long awaited dream of Georgia players and fans, the new structure seemed to spur the Georgia "Underdogs" on before over 13,000 partisans. This victory and inaugural night were perhaps the greatest memory during the Lawson years. Coach Ken Rosemond took over the Bulldog reins in 1965 and brought respectability and cage excitement quickly back to Georgia basketball. The 17-8 record of the 1967-68 team was the best in nearly 30 years, and the third place SEC finish of the 1970 team was the highest in 30 years. Current coach John Guthrie is in his third season at the Georgia helm and has put together outstanding back-to-back recruiting campaigns to provide great optimism for Bulldog basketball. GEORGIA COACHES' RECORDS Coach No. of Seasons Years Won Lost Pet. Walter T. Forbes 2 1906-07 2 2 .500 C O. Heidler 4 1908-10. 1912 16 6 .727 W. A. Cunningham 2 1911. 1917 10 6 .625 Howell Peacock 4 1913-16 30 7 .811 Alfred W. Scott 1 1918 6 1 .857 Kennon Mott 1 1919 5 3 .625 Herman J. Stegeman 12 1920-31 171 79 .684 Rex Enright 6 1932-37 67 52 .563 Vernon Smith 2 games 1938 1 1 .500 Frank Johnson 13 games 1938 8 5 .615 Elmer Lampe 7 games 1938 3 4 .429 Elmer Lampe 8 1939-46 79 80 .497 Ralph Jordan 3 1947-49 40 37 .519 Ralph Jordan 6 games 1950 4 2 .667 Jim Whatley' 18 games 1950 ir 7 .611 Jim Whatley 1 1951 13 11 .542 Harbin Lawson 14 1952-65 102 239 .300 Ken Rosemond 8 1966-73 92 111 .453 John Guthrie _2_ 1973- 14 37 .275 70 1906-1975 673 686 .495 4 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. CONTENTS Page First Georgia Basketball Team .................................................................................. 4 UK Administration .................................................................................................... Coach Joe Hall .......................................................................................................... 9 UK All-Americans .................................................................................................... 11 Visitors Roster .......................................................................................................... 1 3 Wildcat Coaching Assistants .................................................................................... 15 Scorecard ............................................................................................................ 16-17 UK Varsity Picture and Roster.................................................................................... 19 Georgia Outlook ...................................................................................................... 20 Top All-Time Kentucky Scorers ................................................................................ 23 SEC Basketball Champions ........................................................................................ 24 Athletics at UK........................................................................................................ 27 Frank Ham .............................................................................................................. 28 UK Lady Kats .......................................................................................................... 29 UK School Songs ...................................................................................................... 30 KENTUCKY VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE1975-76 Date Opponent Site UK Dec. 1 Northwestern (Away) ............................................................ 77 Dec. 8 North Carolina (Away) .......................................................... 77 Dec. 10 Miami (0.) (Home) ................................................................ 91 Dec. 13 Kansas (Away) ........................................................................ 54 Dec. 15 Indiana (Louisville) ................................................................ 68 Dec. 19 UKIT: Kentucky vs Georgia Tech (Home) .............................. 66 Dec. 20 Kentucky vs Oregon State (Home) .............................. 82 Dec. 30 Notre Dame (Louisville) ........................................................ 79 Jan. 3 Mississippi State (Away) ........................................................ 73 Jan. 5 Alabama (Away) .................................................................... 3 Jan. 10 TENNESSEE .............................................................................. Jan. 12 GEORGIA .................................................................................. Jan. 17 VANDERBILT (TV-National) .................................................... Jan. 24 Florida ...................................................................................... Jan. 26 Auburn...................................................................................... Jan. 31 MISSISSIPPI .............................................................................. Feb. 2 LOUISIANA STATE .................................................................. Feb. 7 Tennessee (TV) ........................................................................ Feb. 9 Georgia .................................................................................... Feb. 14 Vanderbilt ........'........................................................................ Feb. 21 FLORIDA .................................................................................. Feb. 23 AUBURN .................................................................................. Feb. 28 Mississippi ................................................................................ Mar. 1 Louisiana State .......................................................................... Mar. 6 ALABAMA (TV-National) .......................................................... Mar. 8 MISSISSIPPI STATE .................................................................. 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Broadway, Phone 253-1377 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY And The Community SALUTES THE UK BASKETBALL COACH Also Coaches Dick Parsons, Lynn Nance, and Leonard Hamilton And the 1975-76 Wildcat Basketball Team OUR COMMITTEE IN ACTION The 101 Claude Sullivan Memorial ScholarshipsCurrently attending UK under this plan are Kenneth Ray Boone, N. Scott Lilly and Perry Needleman. Cardinal Hill HospitalThe 101 built the first wheel chair basketball court in Kentucky. The 101 Basket-ball Clinic for Boys 8-12Fastest growing in Kentucky. The Annual 101 "Get Acquainted" Dinner for the Team and Fans. Ushering and Selling Programs at UK Football and Basketball games ... All proceeds from these projects go into the 101 Scho'arships. Fellowship of Christian AthletesAssistance to the local chapter. Spring Sports Leadership Award. Claude Sullivan Memorial Award to basketball leader in assists. 101 Junior Pros. UK Administration JULIAN MORTON CARROLL became Kentucky's 58th governor on Dec. 28, 1974, succeeding Wendell H. Ford, who was elected to the U.S. Senate. Carroll then won a full four-year term in the 1975 general election. Born in McCracken County in 1931, he attended Paducah Junior College after graduating from Heath High School. He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1954 and received his law degree from UK in 1956. Before becoming governor, Carroll served three years as lieutenant governor and ten years as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. He is an active member of the Optimist Cluband a former Jaycee. He attained the highest office in Kentucky for laymen of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1966-67 when he was named moderator of the Kentucky Synod. The Governor and his wife, Charlann, have three children. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY General Information LOCATIONLexington, Ky., a community of 185,000 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. FOUNDED1865 ENROLLMENT On campus19,447) PRESIDENTDr. Otis A. Singletary (At 13 Community Colleges13,000) VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATIONDr. Alvin A. Morris VICE-PRESIDENT, BUSINESS AFFAIRSLawrence E. Forgy, Jr. VICE PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY RELATIONSDr. Ray Hornback VICE-PRESIDENT, MEDICAL CENTERDr. Peter Bosomworth VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT AFFAIRSDr. Robert G. Zumwinkle VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRSDr. Lewis Cochran VICE-PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY COLLEGESDr. Maurice Stanley Wall 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) GYMNASIUMMemorial Coliseum (capacity 11,500) PRESIDENT OTIS A. SINGLETARY came to Lexington in August, 1969, from the University of Texas, Austin, where he was executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. Dr. Singletary, who is eighth president of the University, served a total of eight years at Texas, progressing during seven (1954-61) of those years from instructor to professor, associate dean of Arts and Sciences and assistant to the president. Then for five years (1961-66), he was chancellor of the University of North Carolina, although he was on leave from October 1964 to January 1966 to serve as director of the Job Corps, Office of Economic Opportunity. CLIFFORD O. HAGAN became assistant director of athletics at UK June 1, 1972, and succeeded Harry C. Lancaster as AD July 1, 1975. A two-time consensus All-America, he led the Wildcats to 86 wins in 91 games and the 1951 NCAA championship and was co-captain of the undefeated 1954 team. He scored a then-record 41 points in leading Owensboro over Lafayette in the championship game of the 1949 State Tournament. He was a five-time All-Pro with the St. Louis Hawks. 8 JOE B. HALL Kentucky Head Coach Coach of the 1975 national runner-up Wildcats. Coach of the Southeastern Conference co-champions after winning the conference championship two years earlier. SEC Coach of the Year for the second time in three years. Coach and Athlete Magazine's Southeast Region Coach of the Year for the second time in three years. Nominee For Kodak 1975 National Coach of The Year. Coach of his third consecutive UKIT championship team. Member 1976 Olympic Basketball Committee. Such personal and team honors in 1975 were gratifying to Joe B. Hall, but the Wildcat coach has his eye on things more current as he enters his fourth year as head of the nationally famous Wildcats. The challenge facing him now is entirely different from last year, when he blended a crop of big, talented freshmen with six fine seniors, a junior and two sophomores to produce a finely honed, exciting squad that set the nation on its ear and vaulted the Wildcats back into national prominence. fhe scene has changed dramatically, leaving Hall with one of the most youthful squads in the history of Wildcat basketball. He feels they must overcome that youthfulness with intelligent play, 100 per cent hustle and defensive toughness. Although he is recognized as one of the nation's finest offensive coaches, it was the defensive play of Hall's 1975 squad that caught the nation's imagination. The Wildcats at times were accused of being excessively rough and of using "karate" defense, but in the long run they proved that they were merely preparing themselves for the rugged road to the NCAA championship game. The championship crown eluded Hall and the Wildcats, but they gave such a good account of themselves that Kentucky basketball again was a national byword. At the end of the season, Hall's three-year record stood at 133-82, excluding a 17-2 record on a 1974 tour of Australia. He had the distinction in 1973 of becoming the first rookie coach in the SEC to be designated Coach of the Year by his fellow coaches and by Coach and Athlete Magazine. Gathering such honors has been one of Hall's trademarks during a coaching career that began at Shepherdsvillc (Ky.) High School in 1956 and continued through Regis College and Central Missouri State College before he returned to UK in July 1, 1965, as an assistant to his former coach, Adolph Rupp. During Hall's two years at Shepherdsvillc, the Cougars won a Mid-Kentucky Conference title and he was named "Coach of the Year" in 1958. He then served one year as freshman coach and five years as head basketball coach at Regis College in Denver, Colo., where he was also athletic director and earned special recognition as coach of the champion independent team in the area. While in Denver, he also coached the Capital Federal host team in the 1964 AAU tournament and was selected as head coach of the AAU Stripes in the Olympic trials at Jamaica, N. Y. His next move was to Central Missouri, where he coached the Mules (19-6) to their first MIAA Conference championship since 1951 and their first Christmas Tournament title in history. He was named MIAA "Coach of the Year" (1964-65). A three-letter winner and team captain in both sports in high school at Cynthiana, Ky., he played freshman basketball and one year of varsity basketball in the "Fabulous Five" era at the University before transferring to the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., where he set a school single game scoring record and was team captain. Coach Lon Varnell, upon retirement, rated Hall as No. 1 of the three best players he ever coached. After touring Europe with the Globetrotters in 1951, Hall returned to U.K. in 1955 to complete requirements for his B.A. and later (1964) received his M.A. at Colorado State University. Returning to U.K. again in 1965 as assistant coach and head recruiter, he was instrumental in adopting a running-conditioning program which obviously paid huge dividends as the Wildcats capitalized on speed and endurance to offset a lack of size and advance to the championship game of the NCAA Finals. Hall then successfully recruited six prep All-Americans, including all-time U.K. scoring leader Dan Issel, to form the nucleus of a varsity team that won three straight conference championships and was followed by a team that won three more consecutive SEC titles. Hall became No. 1 varsity assistant and head freshman Coach to Rupp after Harry C. Lancaster was named permanent athletic director Feb. 1, 1969. His record with the .freshmen was 60-15, including an undefeated (22-0) season (1971-72) which resulted in the Kittens being crowned National Freshman Champions by the Basketball News. During his first season as head coach, the Wildcats won their last nine conference games to sew up the SEC title. His nine-year coaching record is 135-82. Broken down, it shows a 57-50 five-year mark at Regis, a 19-6 record at Central Missouri, and a 59-26 three-year record at Kentucky. A popular personality on the clinic and convention circuits, Hall also has had much international exposure. In addition to the Globetrotters tour in 1951, and the "Down Under" tour in 1974, he has helped conduct basketball clinics for the U.S. Army in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska (1968) and at Ramstcin Air Base in Frankfurt, Germany and the RAF Base at Mildenhall, England, last Sept. He also was Olympic Trials coach under Hank Iba at the Air Force Academy in July 1972 and is a member of the 1976 Olympic Basketball Committee. He is married to the former Katharine Dennis of Harrison County, Ky. They have three children-Judy, 20; Kathy, 19, and Steve, 15. 9 Now you can bank anytime. Even half time. Used to be, you did your banking during banking hours. At some banks you still do. But not at First Security. Our 24-Hour Bankers let you do your banking when you want to. Anytime. They're open around the clock, 184 hours a day. They're even working when everyone else in town is at the game. Because you never can tell when somebody will need a bank at halftime. First Security National Bank & Trust Company Main Office: One First Security Plaza, Main and Walnut Streets, Lexington. Kentucky 40507 "First Security's new 24 Hour Bankers. 271 West Short Street *727 Euclid Avenue '1205 North Broadway *2100 Southview Drive "1785 Alexandria Drive *265 Eastland Shopping Center *3353 Tates Creek Road 2590 Richmond Road Fayette Mall Shopper s Choice, Lexington Mall Phone (606) 259-1331 Member FDIC 10 KENTUCKY ALL-AMERICANS (26 Players Chosen 39 Times) * Consensus; f Second Team Consensus BURGESS CAREY Guard1925 JOHN DeMOISEY Center1934 CLIFF HAGAN BASIL HAYDEN Forward1921 CAREY SPICER F1929-31 PAUL McBRAYER Guard1930 FOREST SALE C-F1932-33 ELLIS JOHNSON Guard1933 LeROY EDWARDS Center1935 BERNARD OPPER Guard1939 LEE HUBER Guard1940-41 BOB BRANNUM Center1944 WALLACE JONES BILL SPIVEY C47-48M9* Forward1949" Center1951* FRANK RAMSEY BOB BURROW C1952*, 54* G1952, 541 Center1956+ VERNON JOHNNY HATTON COX Guard1958 Forward1959* COTTON PAT LOUIE DAN NASH RILEY DAMPIER ISSEL C-F621-631-64* Forward1966 Guard1966t C1969-70* KEVIN GREVEY Forward74-75 WHO WERE THE 'FABULOUS FIVE? The most frequently asked question tossed at basketball historians and sports authorities is "Who were the 'Fabulous Five' of Kentucky?" The answer is Alex Groza (center), Ralph Beard and Kenny Rollins (guards), Wah Wah Jones and Cliff Barker (forwards). This famous 1948 team, captained by Rollins, won 36 and lost 3 while sweeping to Kentucky's first NCAA title and went on to participate as a unit in the Olympic Gameshelping the USA team capture the world championship. Rollins graduated after the '48 season, but the remaining foursome continued to play havoc with collegiate basketball and copped another NCAA title for Kentucky in 1949 on a record of 36-2. SEC CAGE CHAMPIONS BY YEARS 1933 ..................Kentucky 1934 ...................Alabama 1935 ..............Ky.,*LSU(Tie) 1936 ..................Tennessee 1937 ..................Kentucky 1938 ...................Ga.Tech 1939 ..................Kentucky 1940 ..................Kentucky 1941..................Tennessee 1942 ..................Kentucky 1943 ..................Tennessee 1944 ..................Kentucky 1945 ..................Kentucky 1946 ..................Kentucky 1947 ..................Kentucky 1948 ..................Kentucky 1949 ..................Kentucky 1950 ..................Kentucky 1951 ..................Kentucky 1952 ..................Kentucky 1953 ......................LSU 1954 ..............Ky., LSU (Tie) 1955 ..................Kentucky 1956 ...................Alabama 1957 ..................Kentucky 1958 ..................Kentucky 1959 .................Miss. State 1960 ....................Auburn 1961.................Miss. State 1962 ...........Ky., Miss. St. (Tie) 1963 .................Miss. State 1964 ..................Kentucky 1965 .................Vanderbilt 1966 ..................Kentucky 1967 ..................Tennessee 1968 ..................Kentucky 1969 ..................Kentucky 1970 ..................Kentucky 1971 ..................Kentucky 1972 .............Ky.,Tenn. (Tie) 1973 ..................Kentucky 1974 ...........Vandy., Ala. (Tie) 1975 ..............Ky., Ala. (Tie) (Tournament decided champion until 1951. Title determined by regular season play starling in 1951. Kentucky did not play a schedule in 1953 due to NCAA suspension.) 1 I VISIT OUR NEW MAIN OFFICE BANK OF LEXINGTON "The Bank with the Personal Touch" 101 East VineTurfland Mall2225 Versailles Road Woodhill Drive at New Circle North Park Shopping CenterGainesway Shopping Center Member FDIC "The best college basketball announcer in the country." That's what one publication calls Cawood Ledford. It's a deserved compliment for "Mr. Kentucky," as Curt Gowdy calls the "voice" of the Kentucky Wildcats. Cawood Ledford is as much a part of Kentucky basketball as the fast break. Ledford is nearing a quarter of a century behind the microphone calling the Wildcats' play-by-play. The Sports Director for WHAS, Louisville, has been selected "Kentucky Sportscaster of the Year" seven times. Supplying the color commentary is Ralph Hacker, vice-president and general manager of WVLK, Lexington. This popular team brings the exciting action of Wildcat basketball to fans throughout the state. Hi: SrOlM S Network Hear all the exciting University of Kentucky Basketball action on the following UK Sports Broadcasting Network Stations: WHAS LOUISVILLE WVLK & WVLK-FM LEXINGTON WOMI & WBKR-FM OWENSBORO WSFC & WSEK-FM SOMERSET WAMX 8 WAMX-FM ASHLAND WPAD & WPAD-FM PADUCAH WCTT & WCTT-FM CORBIN . WSIP & WSIP-FM PAINTSVILLE WKIC & WSGS-FM HAZARD W