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21 Harry Hurd

Name
Harry Hurd
Position
Center
Class
SR
Hometown (Last School)
Frankfort, KY (Elkhorn)
Ht
6'5"
Wt
190
Seasons
1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62
Birthday
May 17, 1940

From the 1962 University of Kentucky Media Guide:

“The chances of this lean and lanky Kentuckian-by-adoption seeing extensive action in the classification of basketball played by the nation’s most successful team are some-what remote again this year, but Harry Hurd cannot be sold short. While he has yet to register a single point in his varsity career, Harry shows flashes of form in practice ses-sions that lead to the belief that he poten-tially is an above average ballplayer who needs mainly confidence and a big measure of desire. He possesses good speed, above average height, has shooting potential and doesn’t mind mixing it up under the boards. With his height and the possibility that he will come up with the necessary quality of determination, a place could develop for Hurd in the lineup of this season’s height-shy Wildcats. Coach Rupp is hopeful that normal improvement after two seasons of varsity squad experience will make Hurd a valuable man to have around. He operated mainly as a pivotman in high school (Elkhorn) in Kentucky’s capital city of Frankfort, averaging 25 points a game in his final season as a schoolboy to pick up honorable mention on the All-State list. In his opening season as a collegian at UK, Hurd saw action in nine freshman games to score 34 points and haul down 44 rebounds. His season high was 10 against Lee’s Junior College. As a sophomore two years back, Hurd could not break into the scoring column during brief action (13:12 in four games), but was credited with six rebounds. Hurd’s development level plus the closeness of most Kentucky games last season prevented his entry in any games. Born in Dallas, Texas, and plans a career in Electrical Engineering. 

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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