1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Regional Runner-up ; SEC regular season champions
Conference	Southeast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	26–2 (17–1 SEC)
Head coach	Adolph Rupp (39th season);
Assistant coaches	Joe B. Hall; Dick Parsons; T. L. Plain;
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kentucky	17	–	1	.944	26	–	2	.929
LSU	13	–	5	.722	22	–	10	.688
Auburn	11	–	7	.611	15	–	11	.577
Georgia	11	–	7	.611	13	–	12	.520
Tennessee	10	–	8	.556	16	–	9	.640
Vanderbilt	8	–	10	.444	12	–	14	.462
Ole Miss	6	–	12	.333	10	–	15	.400
Florida	6	–	12	.333	9	–	17	.346
Alabama	5	–	13	.278	8	–	18	.308
Mississippi State	3	–	15	.167	6	–	18	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	14	Bill Busey	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	Shelby County	Bagdad, KY
G	10	Jim Dinwiddie	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	—	Leitchfield, KY
G	32	Kent Hollenbeck	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Bearden	Knoxville, TN
C	44	Dan Issel	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Batavia	Batavia, IL
G	30	Stan Key	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	So	Calloway County	Hazel, KY
C	54	Art Laib	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Hammond	San Francisco, CA
G	11	Bob McGowan (S)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Fairview	Dayton, OH
G	21	Terry Mills	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Jr	Knox Central	Barbourville, KY
F	50	Randy Noll	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Covington Catholic	Villa Hills, KY
F	12	Tom Parker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Collinsville	Collinsville, IL
F	42	Randy Pool (S)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge, TN
F	22	Mike Pratt	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Meadowdale	Dayton, OH
C	45	Mark Soderberg	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Marinas	Huntington Beach, CA
F	25	Larry Steele	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	—	Bainbridge, IN
F	40	Clint Wheeler	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Jr	Blazer	Ashland, KY

Head coach

Adolph Rupp

Assistant coach(es)

Joe B. Hall
Dick Parsons
T.L. Plain

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Feb-03

NCAA tournament

Mideast
- Kentucky 109, Notre Dame 99
- Jacksonville 106, Kentucky 100

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
8	122	Dan Issel	Detroit Pistons

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References

^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ "1970 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

[1] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[2] "1970 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.

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v t e 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	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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics