Battle On Broadway

The Battle On Broadway
Men's basketball regular season history
First meeting	February 20, 1903
First result	Kentucky A&M (Kentucky) 20 – Kentucky University (Transylvania) 10
Latest meeting	November 11, 2013
Latest result	Kentucky 76 – Transylvania 42
Next meeting	TBA
Total number of meetings	47
Largest victory	Kentucky: 46 points (2012)
Current streak	Kentucky 5
All-time series	Kentucky leads 10–7
Men's basketball post-season history
Last meeting	Never
Last result	Never
All-time post-season series	Kentucky 0 – Transylvania 0

The Battle On Broadway, also known as the Kentucky–Transylvania rivalry, is a rivalry between inter-city and in-state rivals. With the creation of the NCAA, Transylvania University was placed in Division III while Kentucky stayed in Division I. Both schools in fact were once under the same Kentucky University. The Agricultural & Mechanical College of Kentucky eventually broke off to become its own separate entity in 1878.

Long before the Louisville Cardinals became Kentucky's major in-state rivalry, it was Transylvania (then Kentucky University) that was considered Kentucky's biggest rival. Being in the same city of Lexington was a major fueling point for the rivalry. Before Transylvania was renamed and the rivalry was renewed, it had led the rivalry 6 games to 5.

For the next three years the rivalry would not be played entirely, until they met three times in the 1911 season. For the first meeting in three years Transylvania would win the first contest at Kentucky 23–18. On February 27, 1905 it was Kentucky who would win at their rivals home 22–19. A final game was played in March of that year, which saw Kentucky win 30–24. This would be the last meeting of the two for one hundred years.

The long dormant rivalry would once again be played in the 2011 season. However over these one hundred years Kentucky had forged its way as one of the most successful programs in college basketball with eight NCAA Division I titles to its name by that time. Because Transylvania was in Division III, these games were exhibitions and did not count towards either schools' season records. Transylvania and Kentucky met again for exhibitions over the next two years, with Kentucky winning both handily.

Series

Date	Site	Transylvania		Kentucky		Series
1903-2-20	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	42	Kentucky State College	2	TU 1-0
1904-2-12	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	12	Kentucky State College	5	TU 2-0
1904-2-26	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	14	Kentucky State College	12	TU 3-0
1905-1-27	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	29	Kentucky State College	30	TU 3-1
1905-2-4	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	29	Kentucky State College	1	TU 4-1
1905-2-22	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	33	Kentucky State College	23	TU 5-1
1906-1-11	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	--	Kentucky State College	--	TU 5-2
1907-2-15	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	14	Kentucky State College	16	TU 5-3
1907-3-7	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	29	Kentucky State College	5	TU 6-3
1908-1-21	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	15	Kentucky State College	20	TU 6-4
1908-2-4	Lexington, KY	Kentucky University	15	Kentucky State College	20	TU 6-5
1911-1-20	Lexington, KY	Transylvania	23	Kentucky State College	18	TU 7-5
1911-2-27	Lexington, KY	Transylvania	22	Kentucky State College	19	TU 7–6
1911-3-3	Lexington, KY	Transylvania	30	Kentucky State College	24	Tied 7-7

Date	Site	Transylvania		Kentucky		Series
2011-11-2	Lexington, KY	Transylvania	53	Kentucky	97	UK 8-7
2012-11-5	Lexington, KY	Transylvania	28	Kentucky	78	UK 9-7
2012-11-1	Lexington, KY	Transylvania	42	Kentucky	76	UK 10-7

The three latest matches were all exhibition matches.

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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