xt7np55dcg6p https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7np55dcg6p/data/mets.xml University of Kentucky 1977 Rupp Arena, Lexington (Ky.) athletic publications  English University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. University of Kentucky Basketball Programs (Men) UKAW University of Kentucky Men's Basketball (1976-1977) programs players coaches Hall, Joe B. Rupp Arena UK vs. University of Florida (February 14, 1977) Riley, Pat Ledford, Cawood rosters statistics schedules Wildcat Tipoff: Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt, February 5, 1977 text Wildcat Tipoff: Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt, February 5, 1977 1977 2012 true xt7np55dcg6p section xt7np55dcg6p Kentucky vs Vanderbilt
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Governmental Officials
Governor of the CommonwealthJulian M. Carroll and Mayor of Lexington-Fayette County GovernmentH. Foster Pettit and the Urban County Council.
University of Kentucky
President Dr. Otis A. Singletary and Athletic Director Cliff Hagan; UK's athletics department and coaching staff.
Wildcats
University of Kentucky Wildcats 1976-77eleven players who make up an exciting team.
Meet the Cats
Johnson, Casey, Givens, Claytor, Shidler, Haskins, Lee, Stephens, Williams, Robey and Phillipsin action.
This Week's SEC
A listing of Southeastern Conference teams and their opponents this week.
"Cawood Reflects"
Cawood Ledford, "Voice of the Wildcats" about Wildcats of the past.
Scorecard
Keep up with the action-and personal fouls.
reminisces
-tally field goals, free throws
Opponent
Meet tonight's visting team, coaches, and "players to watch"; also here is general information about the school and its administration.
UK Sports Information Department
When you need information about Kentucky athletics, Russell Rice and Jack Perry have the answers.
Rupp Arena
Information on first aid, cardiac care, lost and found, gate information, court regulations, public address and general ticket policy.
Code of Sportsmanship
The Student Government Association of the University of Kentucky has adopted six rules of conduct for intercollegiate athletics.
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H. FOSTER PETTIT served two years as mayor of the City of Lexington and was a leader in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He was elected mayor of the Urban County Government in November 1973.
President of the Kentucky Municipal League for 1976, Mayor Pettit is also active with the U. S. Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities. He was awarded the Optimist Cup in 1976 and the Chamber of Commerce Citizen-of-the-Ycar citation for 1975.
As chief executive of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, the mayor is authorized to supervise, administer and control all departments of government.
The mayor is elected on a non-partisan basis every four years. He is responsible for the proper administration of all services of the government. He is assisted principally by the Chief Administrative Officer and commissioners of the six departments.
A native of Lexington, he is an attorney who served three terms as a state representative. He resides on Richmond Road with his wife, Marion, and four sons.
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Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
JULIAN MORTON CARROLL became Kentucky's 58th governor on December 28, 1974, succeeding Wendell H. Ford, who was elected to the U. S. Senate. Carroll then won a full four-year term in the 1975 general election. Born in McCracken County in 1931, he attended Paducah Junior College after graduating from Heath High School. He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1954 and received his law degree from UK in 1956. Before becoming governor, Carroll served three years as lieutenant governor and ten years as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. He is an active member of the Optimist Club and a former Jaycee. He attained the highest office in Kentucky for laymen of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1966-67 when he was named moderator of the Kentucky Synod. The Governor and his wife, Charlann, have four children.
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NICKNAMEWildcats CONFERENCESoutheastern PRESIDENTDr. Otis A. Singletary ATHLETIC DIRECTORCliff Hagan HEAD COACHJoe B. Hall
Dr. Otis A. Singletary University of Kentucky President
Now in his eighth year as president of the University of Kentucky, DR. OTIS A. SINGLETARY is a Mississippian whose route to the Bluegrass State curled through Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina and Washington, D. C.
He came to Lexington from a position as University of Texas vice-chancellor for academic affairs. Previously, in Washington, he had been director of the U. S. Job Corps in the early stages of its development before moving to the American Council on Education as vice-president. He had gone to the capital in 1964 after three years as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The UNC appointment terminated Dr. Singletary's first association with the University of Texas, this a seven-year stay that saw him, as a young historian, rise rapidly in rank from instructor to full professor and begin the shift to administrative work, first as associate dean and later as assistant to the president.
The Kentucky president, and his wifethe former Gloria Walton, met when both were students at Millsaps College. He later earned master's and doctoral degrees at Louisiana State. The Singletarys have two daughters, Bonnie and Kendall, and a son, Scott.
Cliff Hagan Director of Athletics
"I've been preparing for this all my life," CLIFF HAGAN said before taking over as athletics director at the University of Kentucky in 1975. Hagan succeeded Harry Lancaster as director after serving as assistant director for three years.
Hagan's path to the athletics directorship began in Owensboro, Kentucky, where he established a then state high school tournament record of 41 points in leading Owensboro to victory over Lafayette in the championship game of the 1949 state high school tournament. .
At UK, he played on teams that won 86 of 91 games and an NCAA championship (1951). The 1954 team, undefeated in 25 games, elected not to participate in the national tournament.
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5 Coaching
DICK PARSONS
DICK PARSONS, in his fifth year as Joe B. Hall's No. 1 assistant, returned to the University as baseball coach in 1969. Before giving up his position to join basketball on a full time basis, he molded a team (1971) which established or tied 15 school records.
LEONARD HAMILTON
Much of Kentucky's defensive prowess on the court can be credited to the talent of LEONARD HAMILTON, a third year assistant, who came to UK after three years as an assistant at Austin Peay State University.
JIM LONG
A native of Detroit, Michigan JIM LONG joined the UK staff last vpnr as innior varsity coach and scout. In addition to his coaching duties, Long lends his talents to recruiting, scouting and directing UK's summer basketball camp.
Joe B. Hall
University of Kentucky Wildcats Head Basketball Coach
JOE B. HALL'S record as Wildcat head coach for the past four years stands at 79-36. During the 1976 season his team won the National Invitational Tournament and ended the year with a 20-10 record.
Hall became No. 1 varsity assistant and head freshman Coach to Rupp after Harry C. Lancaster was named permanent athletic director Feb. 1, 1969. His record with the freshmen was 60-15, including an undefeated (22-0) season (1971-72) which resulted in the Kittens being crowned National Freshman Champions by the Basketball News.
During his first season as head coach, the Wildcats won their last nine conference games to sew up the SEC title.
His ten-year coaching record is 155-92. Broken down, it shows a 57-50 five-year mark at Regis, a 19-6 record at Central Missouri, and a 79-36 four-year record at Kentucky.
A popular personality on the clinic and convention circuits, Hall also has had much international exposure. In addition to the Globetrotters tour in 1951, and the "Down Under" tour in 1974, he has helped conduct basketball clinics for the U.S. Army in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska (1968) and at Ramstein Air Base in Frankfurt, Germany and the RAF Base at Mildenhall, England in 1975. He also was Olympic Trials coach under Hank Iba at the Air Force Academy in July 1972 and is a member of the 1976 Olympic Basketball Committee.
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Entering his seventh year at UK is ROY DON WILSON, who came to the University after serving two years as trainer at The Citadel. A native of Texas, he is a graduate of Amon Carter Riverside High in Fort Worth. He received his B.S. degree from Texas A & M with a major in physical education and a minor in business. He is married to the former Patricia Jane Cotter of Houston. They have a son and a daughter.
WALT McCOMBS Trainer
Returning to UK after a three-year absence during which he served in a similar capacity at Clemson University is WALT McCOMBS. Assigned primarily to basketball, Mc-Combs also works with Wilson on the football field. A native of Belton, S. C, McCombs is a graduate of Parker High School and a 1971 graduate of The Citadel, where he was student trainer for four years. He was assistant trainer at UK in 1972 and '73. He is married to the former Shelby Burris of Belton.
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8 1976-77 University of Kentucky Wildcats
Front Row  (left to r.ght): Coach Joe Hall; Dwane Ca.ey; Jay Shidler; Larry John.on (Co-Captain) Stephen.;   Truman   Claytor;   Dick Par.on,, A..i.tant Coach. Top Row: Tripp R.Z Manager;  Jack Given.; .LaVon W.lham.;  Mike Phillip.; Rick Robey; Jame. Lee; Merion Ha.kin. (Co-Captam); Leonard Hamilton, A..i.tant Coach; Walt McCombs, Trainer.
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1224 HARRODSBURG RD. - LEXINGTON 1976-77 NUMERICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL ROSTER
NO.	NAME	POS.	CLASS	HT.	WT.	AGE	EXP.	HOMETOWN
12	Larry Johnson	G	Sr.	6- 3	205	22	3L	Morganfield, Ky.
20	Dwane Casey	G	So.	6- 2	195	19	1L	Morganfield, Ky.
21	Jack Givens	F	Jr.	6- 4	205	22	3L	Lexington, Ky.
22	Truman Claytor	G	So.	6- 1	173	20	1L	Toledo, Ohio
25	Jay Shidler	G	Fr.	6- 1	185	19	-	Lawrenceville, 111.
30	"Merion Haskins	F	Sr.	6- 4	205	21	2L	Campbellsville, Ky.
31	Tim Stephens	F-G	Fr.	6- 3	175	18	-	Stearns, Ky.
32	James Lee	F	Jr.	6- 5	230	21	2L	Lexington, Ky.
34	La Von Williams	F-C	Fr.	6- 6	200	18		Denver, Colo.
53	Rick Robey	F-C	Jr.	6-10	235	21	2L	New Orleans, La.
55	Mike Phillips	C	Jr.	6-10	235	20	2L	Akron, Ohio
	""Kyle Macy	G	So.	6- 3	175	19		Peru, Ind.
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LECTURES
8 TUESDAY
Sanders-Brown Lecture Series, "Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation," Dr. Mark B. Ravin, professor and chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, U. K. College of Medicine. UK Student Center Theater, 4 pm. Fee and open to the public. Sponsored by the UK Council on Aging. 24 WEDNESDAY
"The Role of the National Accounting Association in Formulating Accounting Principles," Herbert C. Knortz, executive vice president and controller, ITT Corporation. Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by Price Waterhouse & Co. and the UK Department of Accounting. Rm. 108, Commerce Building, 2 pm. Free and open to the public.
9 WEDNESDAY
Patterson Literary Society will present readings in the Rare Book Room, King Library North. Directed by Karen Roloff, UK Department of Human Communications. 10 am. Free and open to the public.
THEATRE 18, 19, 24, 25, AND 26
"Kaspar," avant-garde theatre. The play is purely theatrical. It explores the autobiography of an adolescent who is thought to have grown up in a closet. The play examines the difference between language and behavior. Cuignol Theatre, 8 pm. General Admission $3.50. UK students with I.D. cards, $2.50.
CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR WOMEN
2 WEDNESDAY
''Women and Prescription Drugs," Seminar presented by Mary Ellen King, project director for Alternatives for Women office in Lexington. UK Alumni Gym Lounge, Noon to 1 pm. Free and open to the public. 9 WEDNSDAY
Book review, "Passages," by Gail Sheehy, reviewed by Dr. Lisa Barclay, UK College of Home Economics, and Dr. Patricia Halliday, UK Department of English, President's Room, Student Center, Noon to 1 pm. Free and open to the public.
16 WEDNESDAY
Informal counseling session with Dr. Louise Dutt, UK Counseling and Testing Center, UK Alumni Gym, Noon to 1 pm. Free and open to the public.
CONCERTS (Free and open to the public)
3 THURSDAY
UK Jazz Band, Thomas Brawner, directing, Memorial Hall, 8:15 pm.
4 FRIDAY
John Prine, country and folk music singer, Student Center ballroom, 8 pm. Admission $4. Buy tickets in Rm. 203, Student Center, from 10 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. 6 SUNDAY
The Phil Keaggy Band, Memorial Hall, 2 pm. Advance tickets $3; $3.50 at door. Tickets available at Kennedy Book Store, 405 South Limestone. Sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ.
9 WEDNESDAY
Solo recital. Gordon Cole, flute, Memorial Hall, 8:15 pm. 17 THURSDAY
UK Jazz Ensemble, Vincent DiMartino, directing, Memorial Hall, 8:15 pm. 20 SUNDAY
Concord trio (three musical instruments in concert), Memorial Hall, 8:15 pm.
27 SUNDAY
Wind Ensemble, Harry Clarke, conducting, Memorial Hall, 3 pm.
28 MONDAY
UK Percussion Ensemble, David Davenport, directing, Memorial Hall, 8:15 pm.
EXHIBITS
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Art exhibit, "Directions for a University Art Collection: Part One." Noon to 5 pm daily. Art gallery, UK Fine Arts Building. Free and open to the public.
BASKETBALL
5 SATURDAY
UK vs. Vanderbilt, Rupp Arena, Lexington Center, 7:30 pm. 12 SATURDAY
UK vs. Auburn, Rupp Arena, Lexington Center, 7:30 pm. 14 MONDAY
UK vs. Florida, Rupp Arena, Lexington Center, 7:30 pm.
20 SATURDAY
UK vs. Alabama, Rupp Arena, Lexington Center, 4 pm
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28 MONDAY
UK vs. Mississippi State, Rupp Arena, Lexington Center, 7:30 pm.
UK LADY KATS (Admission $2, admission by I.D. card to UK Students, Faculty and Staff)
UK Lady Kats vs. Western, Memorial Coliseum, 7:30 pm. 14 MONDAY
UK Lady Kats vs. Northern Kentucky, Rupp Arena, Lexington Center 4:45 pm. (Preliminary to men's varsity game. Varsity game ticket required for admission)
21 MONDAY
UK Lady Kats vs. Mt. St. Joseph (Ohio), Memorial Coliseum, 7:30 pm.
22 TUESDAY
UK Lady Kats vs. Morehead, Memorial Coliseum, 7:30 pm. 24 THURSDAY
UK Lady Kats vs. University of Louisville, Memorial Coliseum, 7:30 pm.
WOMEN'S ATHLETICS 16 WEDNESDAY
UK women's gymnastics team vs. Eastern Kentucky University, Seaton Center, 4 pm. Free admission. 19 SATURDAY
Indoor track meet with Morehead State University, Seaton Center, 9 am to 1 pm. Free admission.
WRESTLING (General admission $1. UK Students, Faculty and Staff admitted free with I.D. card) 8 TUESDAY
UK vs. Tennessee, Memorial Coliseum, 7:30 pm.
16 WEDNESDAY
UK vs. Indiana, Memorial Coliseum, 7:30 pm.
17 THURSDAY
UK vs. LSU, Memorial Coliseum, 7:30 pm.
19 Wildcats
Of
The Past
PAT RILEY
The honors which came to the wearer of jersey no. 42 during the seasons of 1965-67 would probably fill a book, but Pat Riley's biggest honor was being a Kentucky Wildcat. Personally signed by Coach Rupp, to whom Riley confided that he had always wanted to come to Kentucky to play basketball "since I was a young kid." Pat remembered seeing and hearing about the great UK teams of the early fifties who visited New York and the East.
During an outstanding, three-year career at Schenectady's Linton High School, Riley alternated between guard, center and forward and scored an even 1,000 points. In his final schoolboy season he connected on an average of 29.5 and went over 40 in each of the final four games.
Riley, at 6'SVz", played at the forward position on the Wildcat team but jumped center at both opening and half-time of each game. During the 1965-66 season he lost only 3 of 58 taps.
During Pat's sopmhomore year the Cats posted a 15-10 record and Riley scored on the average of 15 points. During the next season, 65-66, Riley, Louie Dampier, Thad Jaracz, Tommy Kron and Larry Conley were soon tagged "Rupp's Runts" because the tallest member of the team (Jaracz) was 6'5". Riley had a fine game against Notre Dame in Freedom Hall, scoring 36 points and hold ing Irish scoring ace Jim Monahan to seven points in Kentucky's 103-69 win.
Kentucky finished the season with only one lossto Tennessee and advanced to the regionals of the NCAA tournament. In the first game Pat scored 29 points against Dayton and repeated the performance the following night to boost the Cats into the semi-finals. In the Duke game, Riley injured a toe on his right foot but did not mention it to the team physician. That combined with a back injury received in a water skiing accident at Herrington Lake kept Pat in constant pain the following year.
According to Russell Rice's "Big Blue Machine": "He took pills for relief in the daytime and was strapped with weights and pulleysin tractioneach night. Rupp thought about holding him out of competition, but he needed even a sub-par Riley that year."
"Soon as Pat warmed up, he would come over to the
bench," Rupp said. "He would say, 'Coach, I haven't got it tonight,' or 'I'm going to be all right'."
Shortly after the season was over, Pat underwent surgery for the removal of two slipped discs in his back.
Pat wrote to Russell Rice: "I remember the year that we almost won it all and Coach Rupp and,I were going up to Schenectady, New York, for 'Pat Riley Day' in which he came for nothing. He would always do something for his boys if you ever needed it. I believe he really felt deeply for us all but had to keep this hard shell around himself to maintain discipline. Anyway when we were on the plane he asked me if I needed anything and I said, 'No'. He asked if there was anything special he should say at the banquet or to my parents and I said 'No'. He asked me if there was any cash in my pockets and I said, 'No'. So knowing Coach Rupp and how he was about any of his boys getting something extra other than what their scholarships called for, I was greatly surprised when the pulled out a $50 bill and said, 'Here, in case you have to buy your cronies some Cokes at home'. He is a great man."
Pat's career at Kentucky was filled with honors: he ranked ninth in the list of top all-time Kentucky scorers for a varsity careerduring his three years in a Wildcat uniform he played in 80 games and compiled 1,464 points for an average of 18.3. In 1966 Pat was the top regular season scorer with an average of 21.6. He and Louie Dampier tied for the Chandler Trophy in 1967, in '65 he received the Kiwanis 110 Percenter Award, was All-SEC in '65 and '66, on the All-NCAA tournament team in '66 and was named the Most Valuable Player in the NCAA Regional tourney the same year. Pat has one little mentioned honor, he holds the record for the most personal fouls for three seasons394.
According to Coach Rupp, Pat Riley was "one of the most complete athletes I ever coached."
After graduation, Riley played professional basketball with the Los Angeles Lakers and was then traded to the Phoenix Suns. He retired at the end of last season and presently lives in the Los Angeles area.
Mail will reach him through the Lakers office: Pat Riley, Los Angeles Lakers, P. O. Box 10, Englewood, Calif. 90306.
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LAST TIME
WILDCAT BASKETBALL CAMP The 3rd annual Kentucky Wildcat basketball camp for boys ages 9-18. Campers are provided individual instruction by the University of Kentucky coaching staff which includes Head Coach Joe Hall, Dick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton and Jim Long. Participants will be housed on the UK campus and meals will be served in KirwanHall. Camp Features:
 complete coverage of offensive and defensive fundamentals
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 two full court games each day
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The Wildcats used every play they knew to come away with a victory the last time Kentucky played the Vanderbilt Commodores. The game, earlier this season in Nashville, saw Vandy coach Wayne Dobbs in his first try at beating Kentucky, start a lineup that included three freshmen.
James Lee came off of the Kentucky bench to garner 12 points and eight rebounds in 18 minutes of play. Truman Clayton, assigned to guard the Commodores Dicky Keffer, blunted Vandy's penetration which stopped the back door baskets which had been frequent until then.
The Wildcats escaped with a 64-62 victory on a last second shot by Rick Robey. Coach Hall registered his second win in the Commodores Memorial Gym in five years.
KENTUCKY 64	VANDERBILT
Williams 0	Davis 19
Givens 14	Fuller 10
Robey 21	Sneed 16
Phillips 0	Elliott 5
Johnson 11	Keffer 4
Shidler 2	Shultz 8
Casey 0	
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Stephens 2	
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21 This Week's SEC   
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22 Cawood REFLECTS
(PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Popular "Voice of the Wildcats", CAWOOD LEDFORD, is in his 2Uh season as play-by-play announcer for the University of Kentucky. Cawood, sports director for WHAS radio and television since 1958, has been broadcasting since 1951. He is recognized as a sports authority throughout the nation.
CAWOOD LEDFORD
For many years Kentucky and Vanderbilt have had the same basketball philosophies: run and gun and the fast break. I think that the two teams always look forward to playing each other and they are usually great crowd pleasing games.
Neither team ever came up with anything fancy, they just went out there and played like the dickens and the best team won. There have been some great games and of course Vandy was one of the teams that came to the top to challenge Kentucky after the Wildcats had dominated the league for so long. It's been a good series and it's usually exciting, just like it was the first time this year when Kentucky won by two points.
I'd have to say that the two best games that Kentucky and Vanderbilt ever played were both, strangely enough, at Vandy. One was when Earl "Brother" Adkms came of the bench and scored up in the twenties. He hadn't played a great deal and that night saved Kentucky and carried the Wildcats to victory. In the other game, Louie Dampier had a phenomenal night. They were concentrating very heavy on the inside and Louie, just barely to the right of the top of the circle, started hitting that little jump shot. I believe he had about 40 or 42. Kentucky won really big that night.
The best Vandy player I ever saw was Clyde Lee. He was an Ail-American at Vanderbilt. I think that he has become the standard by which Vanderbilt people judge their basketball players.
By starting three freshmen, the Commodores haven't won a lot of games, but they've played everybody close. They took Louisville, a nationally ranked team, into overtime. Kentucky was lucky to get out of there with a two point win. I think that being freshmen will hurt them on the road. I don't think they are going t