1974–75 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1974–75 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
1974–75 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, runner-up; SEC champions
National Championship Game, ; L 85-92 vs. UCLA
Conference	Southeast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 2
Record	26–5 (15–3 SEC)
Head coach	Joe B. Hall (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Dick Parsons; Ray Edelman; Leonard Hamilton;
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum

The 1974–75 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky and was the 1975 NCAA runner-up. The head coach was Joe B. Hall. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum.

NCAA tournament

Following the contentious regular season game, Indiana and Kentucky met in the 1975 NCAA Mideast Regional Final in Dayton, Ohio. Coming into that game, the Hoosiers were on a 34-game winning streak, and the number one ranked team in America. Kentucky was ranked number five. However, Indiana had lost star player Scott May to a broken arm in the regular season finale against Purdue. May scored 25 points in the regular season IU-UK meeting, but he managed only 2 points in seven minutes in the Tournament game, which he played with a cast on his left arm that limited him to 7 minutes. IU surged to an early seven-point lead before UK rallied to tie it at 44 by halftime. Despite Indiana's Kent Benson scoring 33 points (on 13-of-18 shooting) and grabbing 23 rebounds, Kentucky would win by just two points, 92–90. The game made USA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time.^[1]

East
- Kentucky 76, Marquette 54
- Kentucky 90, Central Michigan 73
- Kentucky 92, Indiana 90
Final Four
- Kentucky 95, Syracuse 79
- UCLA 92, Kentucky 85^[2]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA club
1	18	Kevin Grevey	Washington Bullets
2	36	Jimmy Dan Conner	Phoenix Suns
3	49	Bob Guyette	Kansas City Kings
7	113	Mike Flynn	Philadelphia 76ers

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References

^ Mike Douchant - Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002
^ "1975 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket > Mideast & Final Four", databasesports.com.
^ "1975 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

[1] Mike Douchant - Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002

[2] "1975 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket > Mideast & Final Four", databasesports.com.

[3] "1975 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

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Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	State College Gymnasium (1903–1914) Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910–1924) Alumni Gymnasium (1924–1950) Memorial Coliseum (1950–1976) Rupp Arena (1976–present) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Arkansas Centre (historical) Florida Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)
Culture & lore	History under Adolph Rupp Fabulous Five Point-shaving scandal Fiddlin' Five Rupp's Runts The Season Without Celebration "The Shot" Unforgettables Untouchables Comeback Cats John Wall Dance Tweakables Pursuit of Perfection 2011 Indiana game Basketbowl Champions Classic CBS Sports Classic The Rivalry: Red v. Blue The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Big Blue Nation Blue blood status
People	Head coaches Honorees NBA draftees Players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics