1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball | |
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SEC Conference Regular season champions | |
Conference | Southeast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 1 |
AP | No. 1 |
1950–51 record | 32–2 (14–0 SEC) |
Head coach | Adolph Rupp |
Assistant coach | Harry Lancaster |
Home arena | Memorial Coliseum |
The 1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The Head Coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum. Two members of this team eventually returned to Kentucky as Athletic Director: Cliff Hagan from 1975 to 1988, and Charles Newton from 1989 to 2000.
NCAA basketball tournament
- Mideast
- Kentucky 79, Louisville 68
- Kentucky 59, St. John's, New York 43
- Final Four
- Kentucky 76, Illinois 74
- Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58
Awards and honors
- Bill Spivey, NCAA Men's MOP Award[2]
Team players drafted into the NBA
- No one from the Wildcats men's team was selected in the 1951 NBA Draft.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1951
- ↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
- ↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1951
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