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Brian Long
Name
Brian Long
Position
Guard
Class
SR
Hometown (Last School)
Dumont, N.J. (River Dell)
Ht
5'9
Wt
155
Seasons
2011-12, 2014-15, 2012-13, 2013-14
Birthday
April 2, 1992

Brian Long was born on April 2, 1992, to Brian and Patricia Long.  His father, Brian, was a celebrated high school coach in New Jersey and played for Eddie Sutton at Creighton in the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons.  He has two brothers, Keith and Travis, who played college basketball, Keith at UNLV and Travis at Memphis under John Calipari.  

In high school, Long averaged 9.6 points and 5.0 assists per game in his senior season at River Dell High School.  He helped lead River Dell High School’s boys basketball team to the state playoffs.

A childhood friend of the Calipari family, Long joined the Wildcats as a walk-on for the 2011-12 season.  “I’ve known Coach Cal my whole life,” Long said.  “Our families are really close. He gave me an opportunity to walk on at Kentucky and I jumped at it.”

As a freshman walk-on at UK, Long saw action in 12 games.  He saw his first career action in a Wildcat win over Marist.  Long tallied his first career points with a 2-for-4 showing at the free throw line in a win over Penn State.  He also pulled down his first career rebound in that victory.  He made an appearance in UK’s opening NCAA Tournament victory over WKU.

As a sophomore, Long appeared in three games.  He registered his first career steal in a win over Mississippi State.

Long earned a scholarship going into the 2013-14 season.  As a junior, Long earned All-SEC Academic team honors for the third consecutive year.  He appeared in UK’s SEC Tournament victory over Georgia and saw a minute of action in a win over Transylvania.

As a senior, Long made the SEC Academic Honor Roll for a fourth straight season. He saw action in 10 games, his most since his freshman season.  Long made his first career start on Senior Day vs. Florida.  Long was part of a Kentucky team that went undefeated until their loss to Wisconsin, coming up two wins shy of becoming the first NCAA men’s basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season.

College Statistics:

Per Game

Season G GS MP FG FGA FG% 2P 2PA 2P% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2011-12 12 0 1.4 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0   0.2 0.3 .500 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
2012-13 3 0 2.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013-14 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2014-15 10 1 1.6 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
Career 26 1 1.5 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1

 

Totals

Season G GS MP FG FGA FG% 2P 2PA 2P% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2011-12 12 0 17 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0   2 4 .500 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
2012-13 3 0 6 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2013-14 1 0 1 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014-15 10 1 16 0 2 .000 0 0   0 2 .000 0 0   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Career 26 1 40 0 6 .000 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 2 4 .500 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 2

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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