2. 1948 Team Roster for 1948:
Johnny Stough, Ralph
Beard, Kenneth Rollins, Cliff
Barker, Jr., Dale
Barnstable, Garland Townes, Jim
Jordan, Joe Holland, Alex
Groza, Wallace Jones, Jim
Line, Roger Day.
Kentucky played Baylor in the
Coach: Adolph Rupp
National Championship this year.
They won 58-42.
Kentucky finished the season
34-2.
3. 1949
Team Roster for 1949:
Jim Line, Cliff Barker, John Stough,
Ralph Beard, Joe Hall, Garland
Townes,
Dale Barnstable, Walt Hirsch, Wallace
Jones, Alex Groza, Bob Henne, Roger
Day.
Coach: Adolph Rupp
The final four game was played
against Illinois. The score was 76-47.
Kentucky played Oklahoma in the
national championship. They won 46-
36.
4. 1951
Team Roster for 1951:
Frank Ramsey, Shelby Linville, Bill Spivey,
Roger Layne, Lou Tsioropoulos, Read Morgan.
Cliff Hagan, C.M. Newton, Walt Hirsch, Paul
Lansaw, Dwight Price, Lindle Castle, Lucian
Whitaker, Bobby Watson, Guy Strong, T.
Riddle.
Coach: Adolph Rupp
They played Illinois in the final four, the
score was 76-74.
Kentucky played Kansas State this year in
the NCAA. They won the game 68-58.
5. 1958
Team Roster for 1958:
Adrian Smith, John Crigler, Ed Beck,
Don Mills, Johnny Cox, Vernon Hatton,
Earl Adkins, Billy Smith, Phil Johnson,
Bill Cassady, Lincoln Collinsworth and
Harold Ross. Coach: Adolph Rupp
The final four game was played
against Miami-Oh. The score was
94-70.
Kentucky played Seattle this year.
They won the game 84-72.
6. 1978
Team Roster for 1978:
Jay Shidler, Dwane Casey, Kyle Macy, Jack
Givens, Tim Stephens, Chris
Gettelfinger, Truman Claytor, LaVon
Williams, Scott Courts, Mike Phillips, Rick
Robey, Chuck Aleksinas, Fred Cowan, James
Lee, Assistant Coach Leonard
Hamilton, Coach: Joe Hall
The Wildcats won their first
national title in 20 years!!
Kentucky played Duke this year in
the NCAA. The score was 94-88.
7. 1996
Team Roster for 1996:
Allen Edwards, Derek Anderson, Jeff
Sheppard, Tony Delk, Anthony Epps,
Cameron Mills, Wayne Turner, Jason
Lathrem, Oliver Simmons, Nazr
Mohammed, Mark Pope, Walter McCarty,
Antoine Walker, Jared Prickett, Ron
Mercer. Coach: Rick Pitino
The final four game was against
Massachusetts. The score was 81-74.
Kentucky played Syracuse in the
championship this year. They won
the game 76-67.
8. 1998
Team Roster for 1998:
Saul Smith, Cameron Mills, Jeff The wildcats played
Sheppard, Wayne Turner, Steve Masiello, Stanford in the final four.
Ryan Hogan, Heshimu Evans, Scott They won this game 86-85!!
Padgett, Nazr Mohammed, Jamaal Kentucky played Utah this
Magloire, Michael Bradley, Myron year in the NCAA. They
Anthony, Allen Edwards, Coach: Tubby won the game 78-69.
Smith
9. 2012
Team Roster for 2012:
Doron Lamb, Marquis Teague, Jarrod Polson,
Brian Long, Ryan Harrow, Sam Malone,
Stacey Poole, Jr., Twany Beckham, Michael
Kidd-Gilchrist, Kyle Wiltjer, Eloy Vargas,
Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones, Darius
Miller, Jon Hood. Coach: John Calipari
Kentucky’s most recent national
title was won this year.
Their 8th national title gave them
the nickname “gr8ness.”
Kentucky played Kansas this year.
They won the game 67-59.
10. 2013??
Team Roster for 2013:
Kyle Wiltjer, Nerlens Noel, Alex
Poythress, Archie Goodwin, Ryan
Harrow, Willie Cauley-Stein, Julius
Mays, Jon Hood, Jarrod Polson,
Twany Beckham, Sam Malone,
Brian Long. Coach: John Calipari
Top Recruiting class again
grabbing 4 top 45 prospects.
Kentucky is currently 4-1
this season.
11. • Kentucky has the most all time wins and the
highest all time winning average.
• Kentucky has won a total of 8 national titles, and
hoping to get the 9th in 2013.
• Kentucky is the only school who has won multiple
NCAA and NIT championships.
• Kentucky has played in 15 final four games and
they have 11 NCAA championship appearances.
• Kentucky is the only school with 5 different NCAA
championship coaches.
• Kentucky hired their current coach, John Calipari
in 2009.
