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Blocking is Marcus Lee’s favorite part of both basketball and volleyball

For all the talent Marcus Lee possesses on the basketball court, he credits volleyball for making him the basketball player he is today.

A ball in one hand and his eyes locked in front of him, Marcus Lee toes the line, spins the ball and lets out a deep breath. With the lights of Memorial Coliseum shining down upon his 6-foot-10 frame, Lee takes one final glance at his target, lifts the ball and … serves it?

Marcus Lee loves volleyball. He's been obsessed with the sport ever since he and a couple friends started playing it in P.E. class in seventh grade.

From there, they formed an intramural team, started playing other middle schools, and eventually they moved on to Deer Valley High School (Antioch, Calif.) where they won a sectional championship and finished second in California's state playoffs.

While Lee eventually turned into one of the best volleyball players in California, what drew him to the game, at least initially, was the challenge of it.

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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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