1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1969–70 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team March 2026 August 2023 1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats Basketball 150px Southeast Conference SEC 1 1 26–2 17–1 Adolph Rupp 39th Joe B. Hall Dick Parsons T. L. Plain Memorial Coliseum NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Elite Eight NCAA regular season championsSEC regular season champions The 1969–70 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. Roster 1969 Kentucky Wildcats y yes Bill Busey 14 G 5 10 160 Sr Bagdad, KY Shelby County Jim Dinwiddie 10 G 6 4 175 Jr Leitchfield, KY — Kent Hollenbeck 32 G 6 4 190 So Knoxville, TN Bearden Dan Issel y Dan Issel 44 C 6 8 240 Sr Batavia, IL Batavia Stan Key 30 G 6 3 186 So Hazel, KY Calloway County Art Laib 54 C 6 10 200 Sr San Francisco, CA Hammond Bob McGowan 11 G 6 2 175 Jr Dayton, OH Fairview S Terry Mills 21 G 6 2 188 Jr Barbourville, KY Knox Central Randy Noll 50 F 6 7 190 So Villa Hills, KY Covington Catholic Tom Parker y basketball 12 F 6 6 215 So Collinsville, IL Collinsville Randy Pool 42 F 6 7 210 Sr Oak Ridge, TN Oak Ridge S Mike Pratt y basketball 22 F 6 4 217 Sr Dayton, OH Meadowdale Mark Soderberg 45 C 6 10 225 So Huntington Beach, CA Marinas Larry Steele y 25 F 6 5 185 Jr Bainbridge, IN — Clint Wheeler 40 F 6 7 208 Jr Ashland, KY Blazer http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/roster1969-70.html 2016-Feb-03 Adolph Rupp Joe B. Hall Dick Parsons T.L. Plain Schedule no no yes |- !colspan=9 style=Kentucky Wildcats|Regular Season December 1, 1969 106–87 yes 2 1969 men West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 1–0 December 6, 1969 115–85 yes 2 Kansas Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 2–0 December 8, 1969 94–87 yes yes 1 North Carolina 5 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC 3–0 December 13, 1969 109–92 yes 1 Indiana Rivalry Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 4–0 December 19, 1969 73–59 yes 1 1969 men Navy Midshipmen Navy Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 5–0 December 20, 1969 98–76 yes 1 Duke Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 6–0 December 27, 1969 102–100 yes yes 1 Notre Dame 11 Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 7–0 December 29, 1969 80–58 yes 1 1969 men Miami Redskins Miami (OH) Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 8–0 January 3, 1970 95–73 1 1969 men Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 9–0 1–0 January 5, 1970 111–76 2 1969 men Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 10–0 2–0 January 10, 1970 88–69 2 1969 men Florida Gators Florida yes Florida Gymnasium Gainesville, FL 11–0 3–0 January 12, 1970 72–71 2 1969 men Georgia Bulldogs Georgia yes Georgia Coliseum Athens, GA 12–0 4–0 January 17, 1970 68–52 no 2 1969 men Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee Rivalry Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 13–0 5–0 January 24, 1970 109–96 2 LSU Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 14–0 6–0 January 26, 1970 86–71 2 1969 men Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 15–0 7–0 January 31, 1970 81–89 yes 2 1969 men Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 15–1 7–1 February 2, 1970 84–83 3 Auburn Memorial Coliseum Auburn, AL yes 16–1 8–1 February 7, 1970 120–85 yes 3 Ole Miss Rebel Coliseum Oxford, MS 17–1 9–1 February 9, 1970 86–57 yes 3 Mississippi State McCarthy Gymnasium Starkville, MS 18–1 10–1 February 14, 1970 110–66 3 Florida Rivalry Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 19–1 11–1 February 16, 1970 116–86 2 Georgia Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 20–1 12–1 February 21, 1970 121–105 2 yes LSU Parker Memorial Coliseum Baton Rouge, LA 21–1 13–1 February 23, 1970 98–89 yes 1 Alabama Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL 22–1 14–1 February 28, 1970 90–86 1 Vanderbilt Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 23–1 15–1 March 2, 1970 102–81 2 Auburn Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 24–1 16–1 March 7, 1970 86–69 2 Tennessee Rivalry Stokely Center Knoxville, TN 25–1 17–1 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Kentucky Wildcats 1;"| NCAA Tournament March 12, 1970 109–99 yes 1 Notre Dame 9 yes St. John Arena Columbus, OH Regional semifinal 26–1 March 14, 1970 100–106 yes 1 Jacksonville 4 yes St. John Arena Columbus, OH Elite Eight 26–2 AP Poll Eastern time Team players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 8122 Dan Issel Detroit Pistons http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1970&lg=N 1970 NBA Draft on Databasebasketball.com 2012-05-15 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120805092808/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1970&lg=N 2012-08-05 References Kentucky Category:Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball seasons Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Category:Long stubs with short prose