Most impressive UK moment
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Mardi Gras miracle
Most impressive singular performance - maybe goose in ‘78
Most impressive singular performance - maybe goose in ‘78
Wake Forest S16 should have been considered.
Gotta go with the 31 point comeback in the last 15 minutes in 94. But, 90’s win over LSU & the 86 point first half are CLOSE 2nds, for me. Good list, though. All are worthy. The 93 S16 game against Wake Forest would be on my list, too. Wake was a legit, good team, led by an AA & it was over midway thru the 1st half after we jumped out to a 34-8 lead. The 78 team beating Magic & Michigan St to go to the FF is one of my favorites, too.
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Holding a major college basketball team to 7 points in a half. That was mind blowing. 86 point half was beyond amazing.
Those two are it for me.
Those two are it for me.
They're all epic, but without the Elite Eight comeback vs. Duke in '98 (aside from obviously having seven championships instead of eight), UK would be 11-12 vs. Duke instead of being 12-11, giving the Blue Devils the distinction of being one of the few great college basketball programs that has a winning record against the greatest. =)
The key word in the question is “impressive.” I wouldn’t call that ‘98 Duke game impressive. It was a huge win, but for me it doesn’t quite meet the criteria.
Scoring 86 in a half or coming from 31 behind to win…now THAT is impressive. Or, how ‘bout that ‘89 game against UNC when we cobbled together a team that had no business starting for UK and they hit 21 threes? Yes, we lost.
Scoring 86 in a half or coming from 31 behind to win…now THAT is impressive. Or, how ‘bout that ‘89 game against UNC when we cobbled together a team that had no business starting for UK and they hit 21 threes? Yes, we lost.
It's the Mardi Gras Miracle and it's not even close. Down 31 with 15 and a have minutes left and coming back to win that....while LSU was still scouring and playing hard? Most impressive win in UK history if we are being objective. We had NO business winning that game. And on the road.
Many, many UK fans went to bed (school night after all) thinking that game was OVER. And awoke to amazing news.
Many, many UK fans went to bed (school night after all) thinking that game was OVER. And awoke to amazing news.
Down 7 to Kansas with 31 seconds left and no three point shot or fouling and still pulled the game out
Talk about a forgotten game. Pelphrey was lights out that game.
DA had unbelievable pass that game to Walker for the slam. Watching highlights today, that pass is still hard to wrap my head around. I loved that Larry Connely was calling it. You could tell he was really into it when he yelled, "UNBELIEVEABLE!" during the comeback. One of my favorite games because it showed if you have the heart and the will that nothing is impossible.
This was BEFORE DA and Walker. COME ON MAN!!!!
You must be thinking of the 86 point half in 95-96. The OP put 85-86, but that was wrong.
Walter McCarty, Travis Ford, Jeff Brassow and even Chris Harrison made big shots for UK to pull off the greatest comeback I've ever seen in college basketball. And it was even SWEETER that it came against Dale Brown in Baton Rouge!!!!
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They took UCLA's manhood, then they took UCLA's boyhood, then they just kept beating a Division I "blueblood" like a rented mule...
I've probably watched that first half more than 25 times. Pure basketball porn, top shelf.
Yeah I know that. I was hastily posting and was obviously confused.
This was BEFORE DA and Walker. COME ON MAN!!!!
You must be thinking of the 86 point half in 95-96. The OP put 85-86, but that was wrong.
Walter McCarty, Travis Ford, Jeff Brassow and even Chris Harrison made big shots for UK to pull off the greatest comeback I've ever seen in college basketball. And it was even SWEETER that it came against Dale Brown in Baton Rouge!!!!
All great memories, but for me it's the 31 point comeback against LSU.
On the flip side of that it's the FF Georgetown 2nd half failure in 84 and the FF w/ Wisconsin to end the 2015 run.
On the flip side of that it's the FF Georgetown 2nd half failure in 84 and the FF w/ Wisconsin to end the 2015 run.
