Some Notes From Kentucky's Win Over Michigan

Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes

Kentucky 75, Michigan 72
March 30, 2014
Lucas Oil Stadium – Indianapolis

Team Records, Notes

Kentucky improves to 28-10 overall, while Michigan ends the year at 28-9.

Kentucky now leads the all-time series 5-2 and 2-1 in NCAA Tournament action.

The Wildcats lead the nation with a 115-46 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament.

Kentucky improves to a 5-1 all-time in NCAA Tournament games played in the city of Indianapolis.

UK is now 17-2 in NCAA Tournament games under John Calipari.

With today’s win, Kentucky has advanced to its 16th Final Four.

Kentucky has advanced to a Final Four three times under the direction of Calipari.

UK has amassed 17 tournament victories under Calipari which is the most of any school since 2010. Florida, Kansas and Louisville are next with 11 each.

Kentucky has defeated three-straight top-10 teams en route to the Final Four. All three teams comprised a portion of the 2013 Final Four.

Team Facts

Kentucky’s starting lineup consisted of five freshmen in Aaron Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Julius Randle and James Young. That lineup improves to 12-4 on the season.

Alex Poythress was the first sub off the bench for UK. It was his team-leading 22nd time being the first called upon.

Young hit a 3-pointer at the 7:12 mark of the first half to extend UK’s 3-point streak to 897 consecutive games. It is the second-longest streak in the country.

John Calipari coached teams are now 128-38 in the months of March and April.

Calipari is 42-13 all-time as a coach in the NCAA Tournament.

First Half Facts

•Michigan earned an early seven-point lead at 9-2, but a Young drive and finish cut the deficit into 


he opening media break.

Marcus Lee had dunks on three of four possessions to cut Michigan’s eight-point advantage to just two at 14-12, resulting in a 6-0 run by the Cats.

After UK cut the deficit to one, the Wolverines used another spurt to recapture a game-high 10-point lead at 32-22 with a little more than five minutes to play.

An 8-0 run by the Wildcats over a 2:05 cut the lead to 32-30 in favor of Michigan.

A 15-5 run to end the second half enabled the Wildcats to come back and knot the score at 37-37 into the break.

Today’s contest marked the first tie score of the season for Kentucky. UK is now 1-0 on the year when the score is tied at the half.

Second Half Facts

Kentucky took its first lead of the game on a put-back dunk by Randle to make the score 39-37 with 18:47 on the clock.

After the Wolverines answered with a jumper, UK went on a 6-0 run to take a 45-39 lead with 17:18 to go.

Michigan climbed back into things and tied the score at 47, but Young answered with a 3-pointer on the following UK possession to retake the lead.

The designated home team retook its first half advantageback with a 53-51 score and 12:24 remaining.

An 11-0 run over a 4:22 span gave UK its largest lead of the game at 62-55 with 6:24 remaining.

Michigan tied the game on a put-back lay-in at 72-72 with 26 seconds remaining.

Aaron Harrison knocked down his fourth 3-pointer of the game with just under four seconds remaining and a desperation half-court shot by the Wolverines was wide to make the final margin.

Individual Notes

Aaron Harrison hit his second-consecutive game-winning 3-pointer and finished the game with 12 points all coming from a 3-point shot.

Has made at least one 3-pointer in career-long 10-straight contests.

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Scored in double-figures in every postseason contest this season.

Was named to the Regional Tournament team.

Andrew Harrison registered eight points while dishing out a game-high six assists.

Has five or more assists in six of UK’s last eight games.

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Marcus Lee posted 10 points and eight rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench.

Scored 10 first half points on four dunks and a driving runner. It’s the most first half points of his career. He had eight first half points in the season-opener vs. UNC Asheville.

Tallied a career-high eight rebounds.

Was named to the All-Region Tournament team.

Julius Randle logged his nation-leading 24th double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Has registered 13 double-doubles in his last 15 games.

Is the second freshman in school history and the sixth player overall to amass 400 or more rebounds in a single season.

Moved into sole possession of second place on the NCAA single-season freshman double-double list with his double-double today moving past UCLA’s Kevin Love who had 23.

Was named the most valuable performer of the Midwest Regional.

James Young finished with 13 points and added four rebounds.

Has 27 double-figure scoring efforts.

Logged at least one made 3-pointer in all but five contests this season.