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Kentucky basketball a religion for ultimate super-fan Bob Wiggins

Kentucky Wildcat basketball fans are known around the nation as the most passionate and dedicated fan base in collegiate athletics. The Big Blue Nation lives for each Wildcat victory and dies a little inside with each loss. Ove...

by Ken Howlett

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The 1996 national championship team will receive title rings from UK at halftime of the Kentucky-Mississippi State game on Wednesday. (photo courtesy of UK Athletics)

Getting championship rings ‘just like winning’ again for ’96 greats

In a halftime ceremony at UK's game vs. Mississippi State on Wednesday, members of the team will be given school rings to commemorate the 1996 national championship. Of the 15 players on the team's roster, 11 - Anderson, Sheppa...

by Guy Ramsey

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Cats honor past while opening up new season at Madness

Ushering in the 2012-13 season with another extravagant show for a sold-out crowd at Rupp Arena, the men’s and women’s basketball teams opened the new year with a special on-court video show, some flashy dance moves and a s...

by Eric Lindsey

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Inaugural Fantasy Experience brought dreams to reality

From Thursday through Saturday, businessmen like Hall, entrepreneurs and everyone in between participated in Coach Cal’s first Fantasy Experience. Organized by ProCamps and ran by UK staff, former college coaches and former W...

by Eric Lindsey

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Family first: UK past and present unite for special homecoming

For a man that’s instituted an open-door policy and welcomed everyone back since taking the head coaching job, this weekend was a formal invitation from Calipari for the players to come home, fortify old bonds and share stori...

by Eric Lindsey

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Photos from Saturday's UK Alumni Charity Game at Rupp Arena, plus pictures from the John Calipari Basketball Fantasy Experience All-Stars vs. the 1996 national championship team. (photo by Chris Reynolds)

’96 national champs thrill Fantasy participants, Rupp crowd

Sixteen years later, the 1996 national champions are still blowing out opponents. OK, so the competition wasn’t quite what it was in 1996 and the setting was a bit more relaxed, but players from the 1996 national championship...

by Eric Lindsey

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