BIG BLUE FANS FOR
BASKETBALL
YEAR BY YEAR WITH THE CATS
1969-70
26 - 2
SEC Champions
UKIT Champions
Ranked 1st AP, 1st UPI
Several weeks before practice was to start, the players rebeled over conditioning. One afternoon, they refused to run. Rupp told Dan Issel if you run, I'll do everything in my power to make you the highest scoring player in UK history. Issel ran with the freshman team and the next day, everyone ran. The rest is history. Issel made All America again. Mike Casey had to sit out the season because of an auto accident.
Contributed by Larry Butler
On February 21, 1970, Kentucky played at LSU in Pistol Pete Maravich's last home game as an LSU Tiger. In that game, Maravich scored 64 points, the most he ever scored on his home court, and Dan Issel put up an amazing 51 points for the Cats.
You can read about this historic matchup and game HERE!!!!
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