March 17th: On this date....

..... in 2009, your unranked University of Kentucky Wildcats got past UNLV in the first round of the NIT, 70-60, in what was a very memorable night. It was the first time in 33 years that Kentucky had played a game in Memorial Coliseum, coincidentally, it was best game atmosphere in a long time. Most of the people in attendance did this weird thing where they stood most of the game and banged their hands together, confusing the average Rupp Arena crowd. It was also the last time Billy Clyde Gillispie coached a game on the Kentucky campus, which benefited everyone in the Big Blue Nation. The 8,327 in attendance showed the world (or at least whoever was watching a first round NIT game) that the Kentucky faithful could get after it with the best of them, as a game in Memorial Coliseum had been rumored for approximately the last 400 years. The highlight of the historic night, though, came early in the second half, when Perry Stevenson dribbled the ball from half court toward the goal. That's just as impressive as the dunk, no? As Purry said after the posterization of a lifetime....."LET'S GO BOYYYY!!!"

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach