1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
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The 1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky
. The Head Coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum. Two members of this team eventually returned to Kentucky as Athletic Director: Cliff Hagan
from 1975 to 1988, and Charles Newton
from 1989 to 2000.
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
. The Head Coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum. Two members of this team eventually returned to Kentucky as Athletic Director: Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan
Clifford Oldham Hagan is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-4 forward who excelled with the hook shot, Hagan, nicknamed "Li'l Abner," played his entire 10-year NBA career with the St. Louis Hawks...
from 1975 to 1988, and Charles Newton
C. M. Newton
Charles Martin "C. M." Newton is a retired American basketball player, coach and administrator. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a Contributor on October 13, 2000....
from 1989 to 2000.
NCAA basketball tournament
- Mideast
- Kentucky 79, Louisville 68
- Kentucky 59, St. John’s, New York 43
- Final Four
- Kentucky 76, Illinois 74
- Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58
Awards and honors
- Bill Spivey, NCAA Men's MOP AwardNCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding PlayerAt the conclusion of the NCAA men's and women's Division I basketball championships , the Associated Press selects a Most Outstanding Player. The MOP need not be, but almost always is a member of the Championship team, especially since the third place game was eliminated after 1981...
Team players drafted into the NBA
- No one from the Wildcats men’s team was selected in the 1951 NBA Draft1951 NBA DraftThe 1951 NBA Draft was the fifth annual draft of the National Basketball Association . The draft was held on April 25, 1951 before the 1951–52 season. In this draft, ten remaining NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In each round, the teams select in reverse...
.
See also
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketballKentucky Wildcats men's basketballThe Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, representing the University of Kentucky, is the winningest in the history of college basketball, both in all-time wins and all-time winning percentage. Kentucky's all-time record currently stands at 2058–647...
- Kentucky-Louisville rivalryKentucky-Louisville rivalryThe Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals, athletic programs for the most prominent universities in Kentucky, are intense sport rivals. The teams first played each other in 1912 and 1913 but both rivalries were largely dormant for several decades until the teams started playing regularly in...
- 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball TournamentThe 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 20, 1951, and ended with the championship game on March 27 at Williams Arena in Minneapolis,...