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A kid growing up in eastern Kentucky I had never heard of Midnight Madness at the University of Kentucky, let alone a ball coach putting on a look-at-ME-show at the team’s first practce.
The kid looked forward to October not for Street & Smith Basketball magazine, but for the shirt pocket-size white card with blue lettering issued by a local bank.
University of Kentucky Basketball Schedule.

Remember the hitch in Cawood Ledford’s call during a Kentucky football game? Following a productive play by the home team, “... hold the phone!”
Fits today. Last time Kentucky won five games to open a season was 2010 and the Wildcats finished 5-7.
Halfway mark in this season ... Mark Stoops’ team is one play from unbeaten, a half-game behind Georgia in the SEC East, and own more wins than two previous UK teams combined.