February 27th: On this date....

..... in 1956, your #8 University of Kentucky Wildcats throttled the Georgia Bulldogs, 143-66, for the largest margin of victory in the basketball program’s history. The game was played at Louisville’s Jefferson County Armory, because even in the 50's there were more UK fans than Card fans in Louisville. By halftime, the game had been decided, as Adolph Rupp’s squad had built a 75-32 lead. The Cats made an absurd 60 field goals on the day, more than double that of the visiting Bulldogs. Of the 14 players seeing court action, 13 of them had at least two field goals. Jerry Bird (22 points), Bob Burrow (21 points), and Billy Ray Cassady (16 points) led the way for Kentucky, who moved their record to 18-5 on the season. The season was ended a few weeks later, as #4 Iowa upended Kentucky in the Midwest Regional Finals.......in Iowa City, Iowa, one game short of the bannerific Final Four. Once again showing the bias the corrupt NCAA has against our beloved program.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach