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Tod Lanter
Name
Tod Lanter
Position
Guard
Class
SR
Hometown (Last School)
Lexington, Ky. (Gulf Coast State CC)
Ht
6'2
Wt
190
Seasons
2014-15, 2012-13, 2013-14
Birthday
February 15, 1991

Tod Lanter was born Samuel Tod Lanter on February 15, 1991, in Lexington, Kentucky to Bo and Joy Lanter. His father, Bo Lanter, played basketball at UK from 1979 to 1982. His sister, Kyndall, played soccer at Southern Mississippi.

Lanter played high school basketball for Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School in Lexington. He played the 2010-11 season at Gulf Coast State CC, averaging 2.6 points and 1.2 rebounds. He scored a career-high 16 points in his first collegiate game and shot 41.8 percent.

In his sophomore year at Kentucky, Lanter saw action in six games. He played a career-high three minutes against Mississippi State, grabbing two rebounds. Lanter saw his first career action in SEC play with a minute at Tennessee.

As a junior, Lanter earned SEC Academic team honors for the second-straight season. He notched a pair of rebounds in a minute of a win over Transylvania.

As a senior, Lanter was an All-SEC Academic Honor Roll member for the third consecutive season. He saw action in a career-high seven games, which included his first career start on Senior Day against Florida. Lanter drilled a 3-pointer from the right wing in a dominating victory over Auburn. The 3-pointer marked the first points of his career. He also logged a minute of play in the NCAA Tournament victory over Hampton, the first postseason action of his career.

While Lanter has played sparingly, he has no regrets about being part of the UK program.

“I’ve grown up around this program. I’ve seen its ups and downs. I’ve had a little bit of insight with my dad being here, stories and things, and I’ve had personal relationships with past players. So I’ve gotten a little bit more of an insight than most typical fans have,” Lanter said. “And then now I got to step into this role and experience something that most kids growing up here don’t get to do and it’s just been — every step of the way I’ve tried to take it all in one step at a time, one day at a time.

“You get caught up in the ups and downs of a season and the ins and outs of practice and things and you sometimes lose track of where you actually are and what you’re getting to go through and how many people would kill to be able to be in this position. I try to take the time to take it all in.”

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College Statistics:

NCAA

SeasonTeamMINFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAORDRPFASTTOBLKSTLPTSGMPGFG%FT%3P%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Kentucky81111000000000371.1100.000100.000.00.00.00.00.4
Kentucky90302001110200061.50.0000.000.30.00.00.00.0
Kentucky0000000000000000000000000
Total-1714130011102003131.325.00033.330.20.00.00.00.2

Career Totals

SeasonMINFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAORDRPFASTTOBLKSTLPTSGMPGFG%FT%3P%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2014-1581111000000000371.1100.000100.000.00.00.00.00.4
2012-1390302001110200061.50.0000.000.30.00.00.00.0
2013-140000000000000000000000000
Total1714130011102003131.325.00033.330.20.00.00.00.2

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 27, 1951, UK wins its third NCAA title, defeating Kansas State, 68-58, in the finals in Minneapolis.

 

On March 27, 1978, Jack “Goose” Givens scores 41 points as UK wins its fifth NCAA Championship, 94-88, over Duke in St. Louis.  Givens scored the last 16 points of the first half for Kentucky, bringing his first-half total up to 23 points. Givens poured in another 18 points in the second half.  Givens' helped lead the Wildcats to their first title in over 20 years.  More than 10,000 fans greet the team at Blue Grass Airport and 15,000 more celebrate at Memorial Coliseum

 

On March 27, 1993, Kentucky beat Florida State to advance to the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans. The victory completed a string of four games in which the Wildcats blitzed their Southeast Region opponents by an average of 31.0 points - the largest margin of victory by a team through four games en route to the Final Four.

 

On March 27, 2009, Billy Gillispie is fired as the Kentucky head basketball coach.

 

On March 27, 2011, freshman Brandon Knight scored 22 points and fourth-seeded Kentucky advanced to the Final Four for the first time since the 1998 title with a 76-69 win over second-seeded North Carolina in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.  The last minute of the game became the DeAndre Liggins show, as he blocked a shot on defense, hit a game-winning three-pointer on offense, then blocked another shot on defense to seal the victory. He finished with 12 points..

 

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