Vernon Hatton is an American basketball

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 player. He played collegiately at the University of Kentucky

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 under coach Adolph Rupp

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. He is considered a Kentucky basketball legend largely due to a memorable half-court shot he made to force a third overtime in a victory over Temple University

Temple University

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. He was voted an All American his senior year

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 and scored 30 points to lead the Kentucky Wildcats

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 over Elgin Baylor

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-led Seattle in winning the 1958 NCAA men's basketball championship.

He was drafted 9th overall in the 1958 NBA draft

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 by the Cincinnati Royals. He played four years in the NBA, mainly for the Philadelphia Warriors.