1973–74 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1973-74 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1973-74 record	13–13 (9–9 SEC)
Head coach	Joe B. Hall
Captain	Ronnie Lyons
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum

The 1973–74 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1973-74 college basketball season. This team would finish with the worst record of any Kentucky team coached by Joe B. Hall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
December 1*	Miami (OH)	W 81–68	1-0	Memorial Coliseum
December 3*	at Kansas	L 63–71	1-1	Allen Fieldhouse
December 8*	vs. Indiana (Indiana-Kentucky rivalry)	L 68–77	1-2
December 10*	vs. North Carolina	L 84–101	1-3
December 14*	Iowa	W 88–80	2-3
December 21*	Dartmouth (UK Invitational Tournament)	W 102–77	3-3	Memorial Coliseum
December 22*	Stanford (UK Invitation Tournament)	W 78–77	4-3	Memorial Coliseum
December 29*	vs. Notre Dame	L 79–94	4-4
January 5	at LSU	L 84–95	4-5 (0-1)
January 7	Georgia	W 80–74	5-5 (1-1)	Memorial Coliseum
January 12	Auburn	W 79–58	6-5 (2-1)	Memorial Coliseum
January 14	at Tennessee	L 54–67	6-6 (2-2)
January 19	Ole Miss	W 93–64	7-6 (3-2)	Memorial Coliseum
January 21	at Alabama	L 77–81	7-7 (3-3)
January 26	at Florida	W 91–82	8-7 (4-3)
January 28	Vanderbilt	L 65–82	8-8 (4-4)	Memorial Coliseum
February 2	Mississippi State	W 82–70	9-8 (5-4)
February 4	LSU	W 73–70	10-8 (6-4)	Memorial Coliseum
February 9	at Georgia	W 86–72	11-8 (7-4)
February 11	at Auburn	L 97–99 ^OT	11-9 (7-5)
February 16	Tennessee	W 61–58	12-9 (8-5)	Memorial Coliseum
February 18	at Ole Miss	L 60–61	12-10 (8-6)
February 23	Alabama	L 71–94	12-11 (8-7)	Memorial Coliseum
February 25	Florida	L 65–75	12-12 (8-8)	Memorial Coliseum
March 2	at Vanderbilt	L 69–71	12-13 (8-9)
March 4	Mississippi State	W 108–69	13-13 (9-9)	Memorial Coliseum
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ All-Time Results Kentucky Men's Basketball - Archives. Retrieved 2012-12-3.

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 College (historical) Florida Georgetown College (historical) Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)

Culture & lore	Basketbowl Fabulous Five "The Shot" The Unforgettables History under Adolph Rupp The Rivalry: Red v. Blue 2011 game vs. Indiana

People	Head coaches Honored players NBA draftees Cawood Ledford "Mr. Wildcat"

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 1999–00 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

Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics