February 17th: On this date...

The Tickler.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach

... in 1934, your University of Kentucky Wildcats set a national record for college basketball with their 23rd consecutive victory in a 47-27 win over the Commies from Vanderbilt. The game was such a big deal, the rabid Kentucky fan base nearly rioted just to get into Alumni Gymnasium. Patrons crammed into the Gym any way they could, including climbing through windows and hanging from rafters. The Cats put on a display unlike any other and the city-folk had to see what the ruckus was all about. The star of the night was the first player to ever wear the #00 jersey, John DeMoisey. He finished the night with 25 points on nine made baskets and seven free throws made on ten attempts. No one else in the game scored in double-figures. Teammate Dave Lawrence was the next highest point total with nine. The win streak would end in the next game, a 38-32 loss to the Florida Gators in the SEC Tournament. It was after the following loss to Florida, though, that we would officially find out what we had figured all along....that the Gators did, in fact, suck.