2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1

2014–15 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kentucky †	18	–	0	1.000	38	–	1	.974
No. 21 Arkansas	13	–	5	.722	27	–	9	.750
LSU	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Georgia	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Texas A&M	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Ole Miss	11	–	7	.611	21	–	13	.618
Vanderbilt	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Alabama	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Florida	8	–	10	.444	16	–	17	.485
Tennessee	7	–	11	.389	16	–	16	.500
South Carolina	6	–	12	.333	17	–	16	.515
Mississippi State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Auburn	4	–	14	.222	15	–	20	.429
Missouri	3	–	15	.167	9	–	23	.281

† 2015 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team is representing the University of Kentucky in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The team's head coach is John Calipari, who is in his sixth season. They play their home games at Rupp Arena as members of the Southeastern Conference. They are the second team to finish the regular season 31–0 (Wichita State did it in 2013–14), and currently are the last team to finish the regular season and enter the NCAA Tournament unbeaten.^[1]

In the Round of 32 they beat Cincinnati 64–51 to break the NCAA men's record for most straight wins to start a season (36). By beating West Virginia 78–39 in the Sweet Sixteen they extended that streak to 37. Kentucky advanced to the Final Four by beating Notre Dame 68-66 in the Midwest Regional Final. In doing so they matched the 38 wins that the 2012 Kentucky Wildcats and the 2008 Memphis Tigers had for the most wins in a men's Division I season, though Memphis had their victories vacated.^[2]

Pre-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jon Hood	4	Guard	6′7″	215	Senior	Madisonville, Kentucky	Graduated
Jarrod Polson	3	Guard	6′2″	182	Senior	Wilmore, Kentucky	Graduated
Julius Randle	30	Forward	6′9″	250	Freshman	Dallas, Texas	Entered 2014 NBA Draft
James Young	1	Forward	6′7″	215	Freshman	Rochester Hills, Michigan	Entered 2014 NBA Draft

Class of 2014 signees

Kentucky recruits at the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Devin Booker G	Moss Point, Mississippi	Moss Point	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 31, 2013
Devin Booker G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Trey Lyles F	Indianapolis, Indiana	Arsenal Tech	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Nov 5, 2013
Trey Lyles F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Karl-Anthony Towns C	Metuchen, New Jersey	St. Joseph	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Dec 4, 2012
Karl-Anthony Towns C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Tyler Ulis G	Chicago, Illinois	Marian	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Sep 13, 2013
Tyler Ulis G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Kentucky 2014 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04. "2014 Kentucky Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04.

Roster

2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Marcus Lee	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Deer Valley	Antioch, California
G	1	Devin Booker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Moss Point	Grand Rapids, Michigan
G	2	Aaron Harrison	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	So	Travis	Fort Bend, Texas
G	3	Tyler Ulis	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Fr	Marian	Lima, Ohio
G	5	Andrew Harrison	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Travis	Fort Bend, Texas
C	12	Karl-Anthony Towns	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Fr	St. Joseph	Piscataway, New Jersey
G	13	Sam Malone	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Scituate	Scituate, Massachusetts
F	15	Willie Cauley-Stein	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Olathe Northwest	Olathe, Kansas
G	21	Tod Lanter	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Dunbar/Gulf Coast State CC	Lexington, Kentucky
F	22	Alex Poythress	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	Jr	Northeast	Clarksville, Tennessee
G	24	E. J. Floréal	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Dunbar (Lexington, KY)	Palo Alto, California
G	25	Dominique Hawkins	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Madison Central	Richmond, Kentucky
G	32	Brian Long	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Sr	River Dell	Dumont, New Jersey
F	35	Derek Willis	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	So	Bullitt East	Mount Washington, Kentucky
F	41	Trey Lyles	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Arsenal Tech	Indianapolis, Indiana
C	44	Dakari Johnson	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	So	Montverde	Brooklyn, New York

Head coach

John Calipari (Clarion)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Aug 10* 1:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Puerto Rico Reserve	W 74–49	–	19 – Aa. Harrison	7 – Towns	5 – Ulis	Imperial Arena (–) Nassau, BAH
Aug 11* 1:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Champagne Chalons-Reims	W 81–58	–	19 – Towns	10 – Towns	5 – An. Harrison	Imperial Arena (–) Nassau, BAH
Aug 12* 1:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Puerto Rico Reserve	W 93–57	–	15 – Poythress	10 – Poythress	6 – An. Harrison	Imperial Arena (–) Nassau, BAH
Aug 15* 1:00 pm, SECN		vs. Dominican Republic	W 83–71	–	20 – Poythress	12 – Johnson	6 – An. Harrison	Imperial Arena (–) Nassau, BAH
Aug 16* 1:00 pm, SECN		vs. Champagne Chalons-Reims	W 77–72	–	15 – Aa. Harrison	8 – Johnson	7 – An. Harrison	Imperial Arena (–) Nassau, BAH
Aug 17* 1:00 pm, SECN		vs. Dominican Republic	L 62–63	–	12 – Ulis	9 – Johnson	5 – Ulis	Imperial Arena (–) Nassau, BAH
Nov 2* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	Pikeville	W 116–68	–	22 – Towns	8 – Tied	9 – An. Harrison	Rupp Arena (21,036) Lexington, KY
Nov 9* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	Georgetown (KY)	W 121–52	–	17 – Aa. Harrison	10 – Johnson	6 – An. Harrison	Rupp Arena (21,490) Lexington, KY
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14* 8:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	Grand Canyon Cawood Ledford Classic	W 85–45	1–0	16 – An. Harrison	13 – Johnson	3 – Tied	Rupp Arena (22,533) Lexington, KY
Nov 16* Noon, ESPNU	No. 1	Buffalo Cawood Ledford Classic	W 71–52	2–0	12 – Tied	12 – Johnson	6 – Ulis	Rupp Arena (22,175) Lexington, KY
Nov 18* 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	vs. No. 5 Kansas Champions Classic	W 72–40	3–0	11 – Johnson	10 – Cauley-Stein	4 – An. Harrison	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (19,306) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 21* 7:00 pm, FSN	No. 1	Boston University	W 89–65	4–0	19 – Aa. Harrison	6 – Johnson	7 – Booker	Rupp Arena (22,485) Lexington, KY
Nov 23* 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	Montana State Cawood Ledford Classic	W 86–28	5–0	18 – Booker	10 – Towns	5 – Ulis	Rupp Arena (22,384) Lexington, KY
Nov 25* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	UT-Arlington Cawood Ledford Classic	W 92–44	6–0	19 – Booker	11 – Towns	5 – Ulis	Rupp Arena (22,639) Lexington, KY
Nov 30* 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 1	Providence	W 58–38	7–0	11 – Tied	6 – Tied	4 – Tied	Rupp Arena (23,601) Lexington, KY
Dec 5* 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	No. 6 Texas Big 12/SEC Challenge	W 63–51	8–0	21 – Cauley-Stein	12 – Cauley-Stein	4 – Tied	Rupp Arena (24,340) Lexington, KY
Dec 7* 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	Eastern Kentucky	W 82–49	9–0	19 – Towns	10 – Lyles	6 – Tied	Rupp Arena (23,268) Lexington, KY
Dec 10* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 1	Columbia	W 56–46	10–0	14 – Aa. Harrison	10 – Tied	3 – Tied	Rupp Arena (22,112) Lexington, KY
Dec 13* Noon, CBS	No. 1	No. 21 North Carolina Rivalry	W 84–70	11–0	15 – Tied	6 – Cauley-Stein	8 – Ulis	Rupp Arena (24,406) Lexington, KY
Dec 20* 3:30 pm, CBS	No. 1	vs. UCLA CBS Sports Classic	W 83–44	12–0	19 – Booker	10 – Towns	8 – An. Harrison	United Center (19,726) Chicago, IL
Dec 27* 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 1	at No. 4 Louisville Battle for the Bluegrass	W 58–50	13–0	14 – Ulis	9 – Tied	4 – Tied	KFC Yum! Center (22,812) Louisville, KY
SEC regular season
Jan 6 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	Ole Miss	W 89–86 ^OT	14–0 (1–0)	26 – Aa. Harrison	12 – Cauley-Stein	7 – Ulis	Rupp Arena (24,275) Lexington, KY
Jan 10 1:00 pm, CBS	No. 1	at Texas A&M	W 70–64 ^2OT	15–0 (2–0)	18 – Booker	9 – Tied	5 – An. Harrison	Reed Arena (10,411) College Station, TX
Jan 13 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	Missouri	W 86–37	16–0 (3–0)	16 – Aa. Harrison	10 – Towns	3 – Tied	Rupp Arena (24,248) Lexington, KY
Jan 17 4:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at Alabama	W 70–48	17–0 (4–0)	13 – Booker	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	Coleman Coliseum (15,383) Tuscaloosa, AL
Jan 20 9:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	Vanderbilt	W 65–57	18–0 (5–0)	14 – Aa. Harrison	10 – Cauley-Stein	4 – Tied	Rupp Arena (24,249) Lexington, KY
Jan 24 Noon, ESPN	No. 1	at South Carolina	W 58–43	19–0 (6–0)	18 – Booker	6 – Johnson	6 – Ulis	Colonial Life Arena (18,000) Columbia, SC
Jan 29 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at Missouri	W 69–53	20–0 (7–0)	15 – An. Harrison	7 – Johnson	3 – An. Harrison	Mizzou Arena (13,034) Columbia, MO
Jan 31 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	Alabama	W 70–55	21–0 (8–0)	12 – Tied	5 – Lee	4 – Ulis	Rupp Arena (24,351) Lexington, KY
Feb 3 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 1	Georgia	W 69–58	22–0 (9–0)	23 – An. Harrison	13 – Towns	7 – An. Harrison	Rupp Arena (24,256) Lexington, KY
Feb 7 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at Florida Rivalry & College GameDay'	W 68–61	23–0 (10–0)	23 – Aa. Harrison	8 – Towns	5 – Ulis	O'Connell Center (12,578) Gainesville, FL
Feb 10 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at LSU	W 71–69	24–0 (11–0)	15 – Cauley-Stein	13 – Towns	4 – An. Harrison	Maravich Center (13,997) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 14 2:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	South Carolina	W 77–43	25–0 (12–0)	14 – Cauley-Stein	13 – Johnson	6 – An. Harrison	Rupp Arena (24,305) Lexington, KY
Feb 17 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at Tennessee Rivalry	W 66–48	26–0 (13–0)	18 – Booker	7 – Tied	6 – Ulis	Thompson–Boling Arena (21,678) Knoxville, TN
Feb 21 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	Auburn	W 110–75	27–0 (14–0)	19 – Towns	10 – Towns	9 – An. Harrison	Rupp Arena (23,403) Lexington, KY
Feb 25 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	at Mississippi State	W 74–56	28–0 (15–0)	18 – Lyles	10 – Towns	4 – Ulis	Humphrey Coliseum (6,795) Starkville, MS
Feb 28 4:00 pm, CBS	No. 1	No. 18 Arkansas	W 84–67	29–0 (16–0)	18 – Tied	9 – Cauley-Stein	3 – Tied	Rupp Arena (24,416) Lexington, KY
Mar 3 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	at Georgia	W 72–64	30–0 (17–0)	19 – Towns	7 – Towns	4 – Ulis	Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) Athens, GA
Mar 7 2:00 pm, CBS	No. 1	Florida Rivalry; Senior day	W 67–50	31–0 (18–0)	14 – Lyles	9 – Towns	3 – Towns	Rupp Arena (24,428) Lexington, KY
SEC Tournament
Mar 13 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 1	vs. Florida Quarterfinals	W 64–49	32–0	13 – Tied	12 – Towns	4 – Ulis	Bridgestone Arena (18,205) Nashville, TN
Mar 14 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	vs. Auburn Semifinals	W 91–67	33–0	18 – Cauley-Stein	7 – Cauley-Stein	6 – Ulis	Bridgestone Arena (19,232) Nashville, TN
Mar 15 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 1	vs. No. 21 Arkansas Championship game	W 78–63	34–0	15 – Tied	10 – Cauley-Stein	6 – Tied	Bridgestone Arena (20,315) Nashville, TN
NCAA Tournament
Mar 19* 9:40 pm, CBS	No. 1 (1 MW)	vs. (16 MW) Hampton Second round	W 79–56	35–0	21 – Towns	11 – Tied	3 – Tied	KFC Yum! Center (21,639) Louisville, KY
Mar 21* 2:40 pm, CBS	No. 1 (1 MW)	vs. (8 MW) Cincinnati Third round	W 64–51	36–0	13 – Aa. Harrison	11 – Lyles	5 – Ulis	KFC Yum! Center (21,760) Louisville, KY
Mar 26* 9:45 pm, CBS	No. 1 (1 MW)	vs. No. 20 (5 MW) West Virginia Sweet Sixteen	W 78–39	37–0	14 – Lyles	10 – Cauley-Stein	4 – Ulis	Quicken Loans Arena (19,465) Cleveland, OH
Mar 28* 8:45 pm, TBS	No. 1 (1 MW)	vs. No. 8 (3 MW) Notre Dame Elite Eight	W 68–66	38–0	25 – Towns	5 – Tied	4 – Towns	Quicken Loans Arena (19,464) Cleveland, OH
Apr 4* 8:45 pm, TBS	No. 1 (1 MW)	vs. No. 3 (1 W) Wisconsin Final Four						Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest, W=West.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	N/A
Coaches	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

References

^ "Kentucky Wildcats Schedule - 2014-15". Kentucky Wildcats. March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ "Kentucky Wildcats Schedule - 2014-15". ESPN. Retrieved March 31, 2015.

[1] "Kentucky Wildcats Schedule - 2014-15". Kentucky Wildcats. March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.

[2] "Kentucky Wildcats Schedule - 2014-15". ESPN. Retrieved March 31, 2015.

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