
Kentucky Basketball Schedule and Scores
for the 1985 - 1989 Seasons

The Eddie Sutton Era
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1985-86 SEC Champions (17-1) SEC Tournament Champions UK OPP. Nov. 22 Northwestern (LA) State H 77 58 Nov. 26 Chaminade A 89 57 Nov. 27 Hawaii A 98 65 Dec. 3 Cincinnati H 84 54 Dec. 7 Indiana H 63 58 Dec. 14 Kansas A 66 83 UK Invitation Tournament Dec. 20 East Carolina 86 52 Dec. 21 Pepperdine (finals) 88 56 Dec. 28 Louisville H 69 64 Dec. 30 Va. Military Institute A 93 55 Jan. 4 Vanderbilt A 80 71 Jan. 6 Auburn A 56 60 Jan. 8 Mississippi H 75 58 Jan. 11 Alabama H 76 52 Jan. 15 Mississippi State A 64 52 Jan. 18 Florida A 72 55 Jan. 23 Georgia H 74 69 Jan. 25 Tennessee H 74 57 Jan. 29 LSU A 54 52 Jan. 31 Auburn H 81 71 Feb. 2 North Carolina State A 51 54 Feb. 5 Vanderbilt H 73 65 Feb. 8 Mississippi A 62 58 Feb. 13 Alabama A 73 71 Feb. 15 Mississippi State H 88 62 Feb. 19 Florida H 80 69 Feb. 22 Georgia A 80 75 Feb. 27 Tennessee A 62 60 Mar. 1 LSU H 68 57 SEC Tournament (Lexington) Mar. 6 Mississippi 95 69 Mar. 7 Louisiana State 61 58 Mar. 8 Alabama 83 72 NCAA Southeast Regional First/Second Round (Charlotte, N.C.) Mar. 14 Davidson 75 55 Mar. 16 Western Kentucky 71 64 NCAA Southeast Regional (Atlanta) Mar. 20 Alabama 68 63 Mar. 22 Louisiana State 57 59 |
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1986-87 UKIT Champions
UK OPP.
Nov. 29 Austin Peay H 71 69
Dec. 2 Texas Tech H 66 60
Dec. 6 Indiana A 66 71
Dec. 13 Lamar H 71 56
UK Invitation Tournament
Dec. 19 Iona 75 59
Dec. 20 Boston U. (finals) 81 69
Dec. 27 Louisville A 85 51
Dec. 30 Georgia A 65 69
Jan. 3 Auburn A 63 60
Jan. 7 Alabama H 55 69
Jan. 10 Tennessee A 68 75
Jan. 12 Mississippi State A 57 49
Jan. 14 Florida H 67 62
Jan. 18 LSU H 41 76
Jan. 21 Vanderbilt A 71 65
Jan. 25 Navy H 80 69
Jan. 29 Ole Miss A 65 76
Jan. 31 Mississippi State H 50 36
Feb. 4 Auburn H 75 71
Feb. 7 Alabama A 70 69
Feb. 11 Tennessee H 91 84
Feb. 14 Florida A 56 74
Feb. 19 Vanderbilt H 65 54
Feb. 21 LSU A 52 65
Feb. 25 Georgia A 71 79
Feb. 28 Ole Miss H 64 63
Mar. 1 Oklahoma H 75 74
SEC Tournament (Atlanta)
Mar. 6 Auburn 72 79
NCAA Southeast Regional First/Second Rounds
(Atlanta)
Mar. 13 Ohio State 77 91
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1987-88 UKIT Champions
UK OPP.
Nov. 28 Hawaii H 86 59
Dec. 1 Cincinnati H 101 77
Dec. 5 Indiana A 82 76
Dec. 12 Louisville H 76 75
UK Invitation Tournament
Dec. 18 Miami (Ohio) 85 71
Dec. 19 N.C. Charlotte (finals) 84 81
Dec. 28 Alaska H 100 58
Dec. 31 Vanderbilt H 81 74
Jan. 2 Georgia A 84 77
Jan. 6 Mississippi State H 93 52
Jan. 9 Auburn H 52 53
Jan. 13 Alabama A 63 55
Jan. 16 Tennessee H 83 65
Jan. 20 Florida H 56 58
Jan. 23 LSU A 76 61
Jan. 27 Vanderbilt A 66 83
Jan. 31 Notre Dame A 78 69
Feb. 3 Ole Miss H 94 65
Feb. 6 Mississippi State A 83 59
Feb. 10 Auburn A 69 62
Feb. 13 Alabama H 82 68
Feb. 17 Tennessee A 70 72
Feb. 20 Florida A 76 83
Feb. 24 LSU H 95 69
Feb. 28 Syracuse H 62 58
Mar. 2 Georgia H 80 72
Mar. 5 Ole Miss A 78 71
SEC Tournament (Baton Rouge, La.)
Mar. 11 Ole Miss 82 64
Mar. 12 LSU 86 80
Mar. 13 Georgia 62 57
As part of sanctions imposed upon the UK basketball
program In 1989, the NCAA ordered the UK basketball
program to erase from the record a total of three NCAA
tournament games, Kentucky’s 99-84 win over Southern,
a 90-81 win over Maryland and an 80-74 loss to Villanova
The SEC Officials voted to strip Kentucky of the 1987-88
SEC regular season and SEC Tournament championships.
Kentucky was not forced to forfeit any of those regular
season or tournament games.
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1988-89 UK OPP. Nov. 19 Duke A 55 80 Great Alaska Shootout Nov. 25 Iona A 56 54 Nov. 26 Seton Hall A 60 63 Nov. 28 California A 89 71 Dec. 3 Notre Dame A 65 81 Dec. 7 Northwestern State H 82 85 Dec. 10 Western Carolina H 78 60 UK Invitation Tournament Dec. 16 Bowling Green State 54 56 Dec. 17 Marshall 91 78 Dec. 20 Indiana H 52 75 Dec. 27 Austin Peay A 85 77 Dec. 31 Louisville A 75 97 Jan. 4 Georgia H 76 65 Jan. 7 Vanderbilt H 70 61 Jan. 12 Florida A 69 56 Jan. 14 LSU H 62 64 Jan. 18 Alabama A 64 76 Jan. 21 Tennessee A 66 65 Jan. 25 Auburn H 86 76 Jan. 28 Ole Miss A 65 70 Feb. 1 Mississippi State H 73 61 Feb. 5 Georgia A 72 84 Feb. 8 Vanderbilt A 51 81 Feb. 11 Florida H 53 59 Feb. 15 LSU A 80 99 Feb. 18 Alabama H 67 71 Feb. 20 Auburn A 75 77 Feb. 22 Tennessee H 76 71 Feb. 26 Syracuse A 73 89 Mar. 1 Ole Miss H 70 69 Mar. 4 Mississippi State A 67 68 SEC Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.) Mar. 10 Vanderbilt 63 77 |