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Tyler Ulis excelling with defense

Tyler Ulis has been called a “fly” on defense by his teammates, keeping his body pushed into the opposing player he’s guarding.

Tyler Ulis - photo by Walter Cornett

– photo by Walter Cornett

On a team packed with talent and size, one player stands out because of his competitive spirit.

He may not come in the largest of bodies, but freshman point guard Tyler Ulis makes up for it with tenacity.

The freshman has helped seal several road victories for the No. 1 Wildcats (18-0, 6-0 ) over the course of the season. In the first true road game for the Cats against in-state rival and then-No. 4 Louisville, the freshman point guard went off, scoring a career-high 14 points without a single turnover. Against Texas A&M, the first Southeastern Conference road game, Ulis' 3 – his only points in the game – with 86 seconds left  helped seal a 70-64 win over the Aggies. In Tuscaloosa against Alabama, the freshman put up his third double-digit scoring performance of the season, finishing with 11 points, going 3-of-4 from behind the line.

Ulis has been called a “fly” on defense by his teammates, keeping his body pushed into the opposing player he's guarding.

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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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