Men's Basketball

University of Kentucky

Memorial Coliseum - Lexington, KY - 40546
Team Office: Tel: (859) 257-1916 Fax: (859) 258-1071
Team website: www.ukathletics.com/

Located about two hours from Cincinnati, the University of Kentucky consists of a gradaute school, university hospital, and sixteen colleges. Its college of Medicine and Pharmacy are nationally ranked and it is designated Research I university by the Carnegie Foundation. Kentcuky offers more than 90 Bachelor degree programs, over 70 Master's, and nearly 50 doctorates. Some of the majors offered include Rehabilitation Counseling, Physical Therapy, Mining and Mineral Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Journalism, Historic Preservation, Foods and Nutrition, and Information Sciences. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Kentucky #122 among national institutions.

The campus is located in Lexington (pop. 425k).

School website
www.uky.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

30,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 21-26

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$15,000
Out-of-State: ~$23,000

Most Popular Majors

Psychology - Biology - Adverstising

Misc. Information

Head coach Billy Gillespie took over from Tubby Smith in 2007-08. Under Smith's ten year reign, Kentucky continued its long winning tradition. Kentucky has not had a losing season since 1972 and has made more NCAA appearances than any other D1 school. Only UCLA has won more national titles and Kentucky has posted more 30+ winning seasons than any other NCAA institution. Gillespie comes from Texas A&M where he engineered one of the most amazing turnarounds in college basketball history, leading ESPN’s Steve Lavin, among others, to christen him a “miracle worker'. Gillispie began his Division I career at Baylor in the mid-1990s and went on to successful assistant coaching stints at Tulsa and Illinois before taking over head coaching duties at UTEP in 2002. In 2007-08, Gillespie's inaugural debut, Kentucky posted a 18-13 record but did manage a first round NCAA appearance, losing to Marquette.

Team Name	Wildcats
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1966-621 (.759)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	18-13	22-12	22-13	133-35 (.791)
Conference	12-4	9-7	9-7	65-15 (.812)
Conf. Finish	2	3	3	1, 2, 1, 2, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	5x

Coaches

Head Coach	Billy Gillespie
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Kentucky	2007-08
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	118-71 (.624)
Record at Kentucky	18-13
Coaching Awards	Big 12 COTY (3x)

Asst. Coaches	Jeremy Cox, Glynn Cyprien, Tracy Webster

Recruiting Coordinator

TBP, tbp

Conference and Schedule

Kentucky plays in the Southeastern Conference (www.secsports.com), one of the nation's premier leagues for Division 1 men's basketball. The conference is made up of 12 teams from nine states and is split into two divisions, east and west. Kentucky plays in the East. Kentucky plays a 16 game schedule, playing each team in the east twice and teams from the west once. League play commences after January 1 with most games played on Wednesday or Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the SEC tourney with the winner of the 11-game tournament receiving the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The tournament seeds, conference championship and division titles are determined by the 16-game conference schedule during the regular season. Teams are seeded by their divisional finish and features Eastern Division-Western Division matchups in every game should the higher seed win each contest.

Conference Opponents

East: Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt. West: Mississippi St., Auburn, LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, and Missisippi.

Facilities

Rupp Arena, Capacity: 23,000
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