1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum.

1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Regional Final
SEC regular season champions
ConferenceSoutheast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record26–2 (17–1 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Seasons
1969–70 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Kentucky 17 1   .944 26 2   .929
LSU 13 5   .722 22 10   .688
Auburn 11 7   .611 15 11   .577
Georgia 11 7   .611 13 12   .520
Tennessee 10 8   .556 16 9   .640
Vanderbilt 8 10   .444 12 14   .462
Ole Miss 6 12   .333 10 15   .400
Florida 6 12   .333 9 17   .346
Alabama 5 13   .278 8 18   .308
Mississippi State 3 15   .167 6 18   .250
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1969–70 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 14 Bill Busey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Shelby County Bagdad, KY
G 10 Jim Dinwiddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Leitchfield, KY
G 32 Kent Hollenbeck 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Bearden Knoxville, TN
C 44 Dan Issel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Batavia Batavia, IL
G 30 Stan Key 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 186 lb (84 kg) So Calloway County Hazel, KY
C 54 Art Laib 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Hammond San Francisco, CA
G 11 Bob McGowan (S) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Fairview Dayton, OH
G 21 Terry Mills 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Knox Central Barbourville, KY
F 50 Randy Noll 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Covington Catholic Villa Hills, KY
F 12 Tom Parker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Collinsville Collinsville, IL
F 42 Randy Pool (S) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, TN
F 22 Mike Pratt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Sr Meadowdale Dayton, OH
C 45 Mark Soderberg 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Marinas Huntington Beach, CA
F 25 Larry Steele 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Bainbridge, IN
F 40 Clint Wheeler 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Jr Blazer Ashland, KY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2016-Feb-03

NCAA tournament

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
8 122 Dan Issel Detroit Pistons

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References

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  1. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  2. ^ "1970 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.