... in 1996 & 1998, your University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team added chapters to its storied legacy. First, in 1996, The Greatest Team Ever revenged an early season loss to #1 UMASS by knocking them off in the game everyone knew was the real NCAA title game. Antoine Walker and Tony Delk led the '96 Cats to an 81-74 victory over one of the smuggest, cockiest....wait, what's that? Oh, sorry, one of the best young coaches in America, John Calipari!!!
Two years later on this date, Tubby Smith led a tad less talented group of Cats to San Antonio to bring home Kentucky's 7th National Championship. The team, known as the Comeback Cats, were down 13 to Utah before winning 78-69. Jeff Sheppard was Most Outstanding Player, Scott Padgett was All-Final Four for the second straight year, and Wayne Turner appeared in his third straight Final Four. Give yourself something special to celebrate today's events.
Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach
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