1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1950–51 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1950–51 Kentucky Wildcats Southeast Conference SEC 1 1 32–2 14–0 Adolph Rupp Harry Lancaster Walter Hirsch Memorial Coliseum NCAA tournament National champions NCAA men's basketball regular season champions SEC regular season champions National Championship Game W Won 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 1950 Kentucky Wildcats y y Cliff Hagan 6 C 6 4 200 so y Owensboro, Kentucky Owensboro Walter Hirsch 19 F 6 4 180 sr y Dayton, Ohio Northridge Shelby Linville 11 F 6 5 200 jr y Middletown, Ohio Middletown Charles Newton 35 GF 6 2 190 sr y C. M. Newton Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale Bill Spivey 77 C 7 0 200 jr y Warner Robins, Georgia Macon Jordan Guy Strong 7 G 6 0 165 sr y Guy R. Strong Irvine, Kentucky Bobby Watson 38 G 5 10 155 jr y basketball player Owensboro, Kentucky Lucian Whitaker 32 G 6 0 170 jr y Sarasota, Florida Adolph Rupp (Kansas) Schedule and results |- !colspan=9 style=Kentucky Wildcats| Regular season |- !colspan=9 style=Kentucky Wildcats| NCAA tournament Mar 20, 1951 yes yes 1 1950 men Louisville Cardinals Louisville Madison Square Garden New York, New York 79–68 29–2 Mar 22, 1951 yes yes 1 1950 none St. John's Redmen St. John's 9 Madison Square Garden New York, New York 59–43 30–2 Mar 24, 1951 yes yes 1 Illinois 5 Madison Square Garden New York, New York National Semifinal 76–74 17,000 31–2 Mar 27, 1951 yes yes 1 Kansas State 4 Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota National Championship game 68–58 32–2 AP Poll 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 http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1951 RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More Rankings 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.http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1951 1951 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com 2009-05-16 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100317233645/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1951&lg=N 2010-03-17 References Kentucky Kentucky Category:Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Category:1950 in sports in Kentucky Category:1951 in sports in Kentucky