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Kentucky still searching to close games better

Heading into a suddenly crucial road game for UK, head coach John Calipari showed his team film of their loss to Alabama. Not the bad parts, to show what they could do better. The good part, the part where UK stormed back from an 18-point deficit to within one, to show what they can do. “Coach told us if we play like we played in that little segment we should beat every team in the league,” Terrence Jones said after beating one team in the league in South Carolina on Saturday.

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Terrence Jones - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

Heading into a suddenly crucial road game for , head coach showed his team film of their loss to Alabama.  Not the bad parts, to show what they could do better. The good part, the part where UK stormed back from an 18-point deficit to within one, to show what they can do.  “Coach told us if we play like we played in that little segment we should beat every team in the league,” Terrence Jones said after beating one team in the league in South Carolina on Saturday.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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