They play a Sugar bowl classic still at the same time of year and the same site but it's HS a thing. It's the Allstate Sugar bowl I'm not sure about the college level and surely their is something on Google somewhere about it. It's probably like all the old school tournaments that was played like a UKIT that is no longer in existence. I don't know much about it but I do vaguely remember us playing in that or more of it being mentioned that I remember the actual game.
I remember listening to that game on the radio!
The Sugar Bowl was a New Year's Holiday event in conjunction with and leading up to the Sugar Bowl football game in New Orleans. It included a basketball invitational along with other sports.
Recall this game. Those little 2-day 4 team invitational tourneys were pretty frequent around Christmas/New Years at that time.
The Sugar Bowl was a New Year's Holiday event in conjunction with and leading up to the Sugar Bowl football game in New Orleans. It included a basketball invitational along with other sports.
The early games were held in the Municipal Auditorium but later that moved to Loyola campus. Originally teams played a single game, but later it was changed to a four-team mini-tournament.
Good memory.
Thx. Wasn’t sure it was Calvert but knew it was one of the guards. Calvert must have played the year before or year after. Know he was around that time.Good memory.
The boxscore for that game is below:
UK-Maryland December 15, 1958
Here's a photo of Al Bunge (#54) about to foul Bennie Coffman which led to the overtime.
I discuss this game a little bit in my Kentucky-Maryland rivalry page.
Jon, what was the last Sugar Bowl Classic game UK participated in? Another poster mentioned us playing Mizzou in '99 but, I think we played in it more recently than that. However, I may be mixing up that game with something else.The Sugar Bowl was a New Year's Holiday event in conjunction with and leading up to the Sugar Bowl football game in New Orleans. It included a basketball invitational along with other sports.
The early games were held in the Municipal Auditorium but later that moved to Loyola campus. Originally teams played a single game, but later it was changed to a four-team mini-tournament.
Gerry Calvert’s last season was 1956-57, so two seasons before that game.
That’s the last I’m aware of. Since then they did play a number of times in New Orleans but mainly in the SEC or NCAA tournament. They did play against UNC in New Orleans in 2017-18 season as part of the CBS Sports Classic. That may have been what you are thinking?
Me too Duke had 2 near 7 footers (Hack Tyson and Jay Buckley) and maybe Jeff Mullins> Duke led at half by 12. This is what I remember just off the top of my head.
I was thinking of that game versus Tulane in 2002. Thought it was the Sugar Bowl Classic. My mistake. Thanks.
Bennie Coffman, who was the first JUCO transfer (out of Lindsey Wilson) to play for Coach Rupp, passed away last week at the age of 86. After graduating from UK he played and coached AAU ball then had a long, successful career as the girls’ basketball coach at Boone County.Good memory.
The boxscore for that game is below:
UK-Maryland December 15, 1958
Here's a photo of Al Bunge (#54) about to foul Bennie Coffman which led to the overtime.
I discuss this game a little bit in my Kentucky-Maryland rivalry page.
He was an attorney with an office in downtown Lexington for many years. I had a brief teenage flirtation with his daughter one summer
Great post Mobley I believe was from hazard he left the team cotton Nash was on this team and Duke had jeff Mullins a all american who was from Lexington that played at Lafayette I heard that Billy Ray lickert advised him not to go to UK and play for rupp
I don’t know the deal was was Taylor, but Mullins is not surprising if you know how Mullins got to Lexington Lafayette and had no real tie to UK.
It was Dec. 63, The game was played in New Orleans. Duke had Jeff Mullins, their all american, from Lexington, two 6'10" players named Tyson and Buckley and a great overall team that I believe was ranked in the top 5. Ky had Cotton Nash who at 6"5" was Ky's tallest player. Duke led throughout the game by as much as ten points and Ky was having difficulty getting a rebound because of Duke's height advantage. Late in the game Nash and I believe Ted Deeken got hot and the cats pulled it out in the last minute or so. I remember being home from college and sitting at the kitchen table listening to Cawood call the game. One of the sweetest Ky victories of all time for me since I have always been a Duke hater. As an aside Jeff Mullins tried to replace Eddie Sutton as the Ky head coach underscoring his native Lextonian connection. Thankfully, the AD in essence said to Mullins "you turned your back on us when we tried to recruit you out of high school why should we show any loyalty to you now." Tommy Kron and Larry Conley were on that team along with Randy Emery and Mickey Gibson from Hazard perhaps the team's most talented player.
