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1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
1950–51 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team
1950–51 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 1950–51 |
| team | Kentucky Wildcats |
| image | |
| conference | Southeast Conference |
| short_conf | SEC |
| CoachRank | 1 |
| APRank | 1 |
| record | 32–2 |
| conf_record | 14–0 |
| head_coach | Adolph Rupp |
| asst_coach1 | Harry Lancaster |
| captain | Walter Hirsch |
| stadium | Memorial Coliseum |
| champion | [NCAA tournament](1951-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament) National champions |
| SEC regular season champions | |
| bowl | [National Championship Game](1951-ncaa-basketball-championship-game) |
| bowl_result | |
| W 68–58 vs. [Kansas State](1950-51-kansas-state-wildcats-men-s-basketball-team) |
SEC regular season champions W 68–58 vs. Kansas State
The 1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum. Two members of this team eventually returned to Kentucky as athletic director: Cliff Hagan from 1975 to 1988, and Charles Newton from 1989 to 2000.
Roster
- Adolph Rupp ()
Schedule and results
|- !colspan=9 style=| Regular season
|- !colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
NCAA basketball tournament
- Mideast
- Kentucky 79, Louisville 68
- Kentucky 59, St. John's, New York 43
- Final Four
- Kentucky 76, Illinois 74
- Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58
Rankings
Main article: 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball rankings
Awards and honors
- Bill Spivey – consensus first-team All-American
Team players drafted into the NBA
- No one from the Wildcats men's team was selected in the 1951 NBA draft.
References
References
- "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
- "1951 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com".
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