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The nation’s top player in the nation for 2016 will attend Big Blue Madness

North Carolina power forward Harry Giles, who is ranked No. 1 by Scout.com and 247Sports.com, tweeted on Thursday evening that he’d attend Big Blue Madness.

Harry Giles - photo from Phenomhoopreport.com

– photo from Phenomhoopreport.com

Two more top sophomore basketball prospects – the nation's top player and the state's top player in 2016 –  are on the list of visitors for the University of 's for Friday night.

North Carolina power forward Harry Giles, who is ranked No. 1 by and 247Sports.com, tweeted on Thursday evening that he'd attend Madness – making him arguably the most highly regarded prospect on the entire star-studded visitors list. Giles, who didn't play this past summer while recovering from a knee injury, is one of just three sophomores to hold a scholarship offer. In-state powers North Carolina and Duke shape up as some of Kentucky's strongest competition in Giles' recruitment.

The other new addition to the Madness guest list is four-star Taylor County guard , who tweeted on Friday morning that he'll visit.

It'll be Goodin's second visit to UK in the past month. The nation's No. 42 prospect by 247Sports.com, Goodin doesn't have a scholarship offer from UK. He does hold offers from Indiana, Western Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, UAB, Northern Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Samford.

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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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