12-12 vs Kentucky

[Ritzwatch]

We are 12-12 against Kentucky in our last 24 games. Has anyone ever had that level of consistent success against Kentucky?

Nicely done, BasketVols. (Even if you are playing a second rate sport, I still respect the achievement.)

Go Big Orange!

 

[SGMVols]

A UT basketball coach going .500 for a career vs UK is like if a UK football coach went .500 against UT.

It doesn’t look like much but it’s a great accomplishment.

They have historically owned us

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

We are 12-12 against Kentucky in our last 24 games. Has anyone ever had that level of consistent success against Kentucky?

Nicely done, BasketVols. (Even if you are playing a second rate sport, I still respect the achievement.)

Go Big Orange!

Mears and DeVoe. The Stokely Curse.

 

[esarmstrong]

A UT basketball coach going .500 for a career vs UK is like if a UK football coach went .500 against UT.

It doesn’t look like much but it’s a great accomplishment.

They have historically owned us

They have historically owned everyone. Tennessee has had much more success against them than any other school.

 

[UTK]

3-0 vs them in the post season as well

 

[Ritzwatch]

Mears and DeVoe. The Stokely Curse.

Did they make that happen? I was a wee child for Mears. All I really remember about those years is my parents getting a sitter from church to watch us while they went to the games. (Dad was a baller in his day, Mom was an Indiana girl, so basketball was a good thing for them.).

DeVoe? Well, I remember plenty, Ellis, White, heck, even Nix and Roth.. Even Defoe's cute little West High daughter, Donna (such a sweetheart.). But any single coach at 12-12? Dang. What Barnes has done here is pretty special for a sport that has, at times been, shall we say, unkind to Tennessee fans.

 

[esarmstrong]

We are 12-12 against Kentucky in our last 24 games. Has anyone ever had that level of consistent success against Kentucky?

Nicely done, BasketVols. (Even if you are playing a second rate sport, I still respect the achievement.)

Go Big Orange!

Ray Mears career record vs Kentucky was 15-15. Don Devoe had a good record against the cats, too -- 11-14.

 

[Ritzwatch]

Ray Mears career record vs Kentucky was 15-15. Don Devoe had a good record against the cats, too -- 11-14.

No wonder they hate us.

I love it.

Edit: My uncle, a college basketball player, who as a coach is in the Indiana sports Hall of Fame, was a huge Kentucky fan. I wish he were alive today so I could call and talk trash.

I am gonna call his wife, my 96 year old Aunt, tomorrow, and give it to her.

Somewhere, I have a poster with the alternating signs reading "3" (point shot) and "10" for a dunkwhere we beat Kentucky 102-100? in 1990? . Good times.

Enjoy it *almost* as much as beating Bama in football.

 

[madbamahater]

The record at home is close to .500

The record at Rupp is absolutely dismal. Atrociously, horidely, terribly bad at Rupp.

 

[foolonthehill]

I viscerally hate kensucky

 

[EZE]

We are 12-12 against Kentucky in our last 24 games. Has anyone ever had that level of consistent success against Kentucky?

Nicely done, BasketVols. (Even if you are playing a second rate sport, I still respect the achievement.)

Go Big Orange!

Fire Barnes

 

[livefaith]

First ever meeting in the tournament and we get the win. A big one. This makes the three game losing streak all worth it now. How would take this win 10 times over versus the last three regular season matchups.

 

[livefaith]

Fire Barnes

You spelled Fhar wrong.

Remember the "he's came to UT to ride out in his retirement"? One of the dumbest narratives in Big Orange history. And that's saying something.

 

[ArmchairQB]

Kentucky is a shade under or over .500 all time against bluebloods like UNC, Michigan State and Duke. So you could say we’re enjoying as much success right now as anyone has ever.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

A UT basketball coach going .500 for a career vs UK is like if a UK football coach went .500 against UT.

It doesn’t look like much but it’s a great accomplishment.

They have historically owned us

Nope. Our basketball program is much better than their football program. Sorry but it's not an appropriate analogy

 

[SGMVols]

Nope. Our basketball program is much better than their football program. Sorry but it's not an appropriate analogy

Our record against UK in basketball is pretty comparable to theirs against us in football.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Our record against UK in basketball is pretty comparable to theirs against us in football.

Not in my lifetime, which started in the early 60s. How many times has UK won the SEC in football in the last 60 years?

 

[Hank Bukowski]

Mears and DeVoe. The Stokely Curse.

Oh, I remember the Devoe years. Every time KY came to Stokely, we all just kind of knew we would win that game.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Mears and DeVoe. The Stokely Curse.

Stokely was awesome. And when Smokey was orange.... magic.

 

[kcvols1]

Ah, c’mon. Everybody loves K-Y!

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Stokely was awesome. And when Smokey was orange.... magic.

The band actually wore their uniforms and marched into the gym. Circled the court a couple of times while playing.

There was also a Big Orange mascot for a couple of years. An actual orange costume that somebody wore.

There was a section for the Big Orange Tie Club (donors).

John Ward had to hike up to the last row in the section opposite the bench and take a catwalk out to the press row that was hanging from the rafters.

The center scoreboard was on a wench. Between games in the Volunteer Classic it was lowered to the court to change out the plexiglass team names.

The American flag would retract and was unrolled for the playing of the Star Spangled Banner.

Mears teams would go through their choreographed warm up routine while a recording of Sweet Georgia Brown played (the Harlem Globetrotters theme song). The unicyclist (Peltz and then Bill Seale) made a layup with an orange and white basketball for the finalé.

Most of the time the JV teams played first. I think that AW Davis coached the UT JV team. Varsity players sat behind the JV bench wearing orange blazers and watched the game. Then the JV did the same in the varsity game. Little kids (including me) got autographs from the players sitting and watching the other game.

The place would fill up with cigar and cigarette smoke.

The court surface was tartan. Rubber.

A guy worked a huge spotlight that was at the back of the balconies.

The side sections would retract for indoor track meets (I can’t believe that UT doesn’t have an indoor track facility anymore).

Haywood Harris was on the PA.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

The trophy case for everything was in the concourse. Bowl games and everything else. The athletic form (Gibbs Hall) was attached to Stokely.

 

[ttocswob]

You spelled Fhar wrong.

Remember the "he's came to UT to ride out in his retirement"? One of the dumbest narratives in Big Orange history. And that's saying something.

You spelled Fahr wrong...