Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball program is the men's college basketball team of the University of Kentucky. It has eight NCAA championships, the best all-time winning percentage, and the most all-time victories. The Wildcats compete in the Southeastern Conference and are coached by Mark Pope.
Carey Spicer was an All-American for the Wildcats in 1929 and 1931.
Adolph Rupp accepts the 1948 NCAA championship trophy.
Rick Robey, James Lee and Jack Givens celebrate winning the 1978 title.
Rupp Arena in 2020
The University of Kentucky is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities. It is the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 32,710 students in the fall of 2022.
The early campus: Barker Hall in the center, the Main Building to the right, and a lake in the foreground where the Student Center was later built.
Patterson Hall, shortly after its 1904 opening
Miller Hall
The engineering plaza.