Unbreakable Kentucky basketball records? These marks will be hard to top Courier Journal
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LEXINGTON— AprogramassuccessfulasKentucky— morewinsthananyteamincollegebasketballhistory,eightnationalchampionships,17FinalFoursand61NCAATournamentappearances— isboundtohaveitsshareofawe-inspiringrecords.
Butwhichonesaremostlikelytostandthetestoftime?
Below,weofferahandfulofmarks— fromprogramrecords,coachingsuperlativesandindividualexcellence— thatareunlikelytobebroken.
KentuckybasketballprogramrecordsLongesthome-courtwinningstreak:129gamesFrom1943to1955,Kentuckyplayed129homegames.IthostedfoesatAlumniGymnasium.ItmovedtoMemorialColiseum.Theconstant:UKwon.Andwon.Andwon.Its129-gamewinstreakathome,whichendedagainstGeorgiaTech,remainsthelongestinNCAAhistory.Atanylevel(DivisionsI,IIandIII).Menorwomen.
TheclosestanyprogramhascometomatchingUKistheAmherstwomen.TheDivisionIIIprogramrippedoff121straighthomevictoriesfrom2009to2016.
Recently,theclosestaDivisionImen’sprogramhasgottentoKentucky
