1902–03 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

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The 1902–03 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team competed on behalf of the University of Kentucky during the 1902-1903 season. Kentucky basketball's first season was an unsuccessful one, going 1-2 after losing to in-state Georgetown College Tigers, and Kentucky University Pioneers (Now Transylvania University) and beating the local YMCA team.

Roster

1903–04 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
	John Vogt	—	—	Sr	Unknown	Louisville, Kentucky
F	Lee Andrus	—	—	Sr	Unknown	Farmington, Kentucky
G	J. White Guyn	—	—	Jr	Unknown	Lexington, Kentucky
G	Henry Wurtele	—	—	Jr	Unknown	Shively, Kentucky
	Harold Moss	—	—	So	Paducah High School	Cobb, Kentucky
C	Joe Coons	—	—	So	Unknown	Mount Sterling, Kentucky
	William Goodwin	—	—	Fr	Unknown	Lexington, Kentucky
F	George Montgomery	—	—	Fr	Unknown	Liberty, Kentucky
G	Richard Arnett	—	—		Woodford County High School	Troy, Kentucky

Head coach

W. W. H. Mustaine

Assistant coach(es)

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Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
2/6/1903*	Georgetown College	L 6-15	0-1	State College Gymnasium (-) Lexington, KY
2/18/1903*	Lexington YMCA	W 11-10	1-1	State College Gymnasium (-) Lexington, KY
2/20/1903*	Kentucky University (now Transylvania)	L 2-42	1-2	State College Gymnasium (-) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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