NO. 25 KENTUCKY (15-4, 4-1 SEC) - University of Kentucky Athletics

UK-GEORGIA SERIES HISTORY
• This is the 128th meeting between the
Wildcats and the Bulldogs.
• Kentucky is 106-21 all-time against Georgia.
• UK has won five in a row against Georgia,
including last year’s series sweep (69-55 in
Athens; 68-61 in Lexington)
• Kentucky owns the series’ longest winning
streak at 20 consecutive victories from 1950-
1966.
• The Wildcats are 36-14 all-time against
Georgia in Athens and 29-11 against the Bulldogs
in Stegeman Coliseum. UK is 29-13 all-time in
Georgia’s home arena, having lost two games
(107-83 to Western Kentucky; 91-74 to
Marquette) in the 1971 NCAA Tournament.
• Tubby Smith is 15-4 against his former school,
with all games being played since he came to
Kentucky.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
• Located in Athens, Ga. (378 miles south of
Lexington), Georgia is in the SEC’s East division.
• Georgia enters Wednesday’s game with a 3-2
record in league play. The Bulldogs come into the
game off a heartbreaking loss at No. 10 Alabama
on Saturday, where they never trailed until a
buzzer-beating shot by Ronald Steele sank the
Bulldogs 78-76.
• Prior to the Alabama game, the Bulldogs had
won three league games in a row (vs. USC, vs.
Vanderbilt, at Arkansas). They are also one of
only four teams (Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt)
to have a league road win, doing so at Arkansas.
• The Bulldogs are under the direction of fifthyear
head coach George Felton. Felton has guided
Georgia to a 50-55 record. He is 150-109 in nine
years as a head coach, having served as the head
man at Western Kentucky for five years before
going to Athens. Felton is 3-5 against UK.
PEACH STATE SUCCESS
Over the years, the Wildcats have met with
success when it comes to schools from the Peach
State. Kentucky possesses a 168-37 (.820) record
against teams from the state of Georgia. The bulk
of UK’s games against Georgia based teams have
come against SEC rival Georgia (106-21).
The Wildcats also enjoy a 99-43 record when
playing in the state of Georgia.
WHO AM I?
Bespectacled, husky-voiced and heavily built
(though he has lost weight in recent years), this
Georgia attendee has been one of Hollywood's
busiest and most recognizable character actors
since the early-1990s. He was an undergraduate at
the University of Georgia where a professor once
told him that if he loved the theatre, he should
stay big. He left the college as an honor student
but one credit shy of a degree to pursue his career
at the Barter Theatre in Virginia. He is best
known for his role as Newman, the self-serving
postman on the hit TV show Seinfeld.
Answer: Wayne Knight
UK-GEORGIA CONNECTIONS
• Kentucky coach Tubby Smith first joined the
SEC as a head coach in Athens, leading the
Georgia Bulldogs from 1996-1997. Smith totaled
a 45-19 record while in Athens, guiding the
Bulldogs to two NCAA Tournament appearances,
including a run to the 1996 Sweet 16.
• Kentucky junior Randolph Morris and freshman
Jodie Meeks hail from the Peach State.
Morris (Atlanta) is making his fourth appearance
in his home state where he has posted a 4-1
record. Meeks (Norcross) is returning to Georgia
for the first time.
• Georgia head coach George Felton served as
the head coach at Western Kentucky University
during the 1999-03 seasons. Felton posted a 100-
54 record as the head coach of the Hilltoppers.
• UGA associate head coach Pete Herrmann was
an assistant under Felton at Western Kentucky.
• Bulldog freshman Albert Jackson is from
Earlington, Ky. Prior to transferring to Oak Hill
Academy for his senior season, Jackson was one of
the top big men in Kentucky, playing at Hopkins
Central H.S. in Madisonville. Jackson also played
football at Hopkins Central.
CATS COME AND GO IN RANKINGS
After an eight-week hiatus Kentucky returned
to the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll this week
at No. 25, but dropped out of the AP Top 25. The
Wildcats had entered the AP rankings at No. 25
last week.
The Cats began the season ranked 22nd and
rose as high as No. 20 before losing twice in Maui
to ranked foes.
CATS LEAD SEC IN DEFENSE
Through five conference games, UK leads the
SEC in scoring defense (59.2), holding four of its
five opponents to 60 or fewer points. Kentucky
also tops the league in field goal percentage
defense (.360).
The Wildcats also lead the league (and are sixth
nationally) in overall field goal percentage defense
at .372, which is the lowest opponent field goal
percentage against UK since the 1961-62 Cats
held foes to just .368.
SEC DOMINATION
Since the SEC’s inception in 1932-33, the
Wildcats have been the most dominant team in
the league, recording an 837-222 mark (.790).
Only one other team has won more than 680 regular-season
SEC games (Alabama) and no other
team has a better winning percentage. UK has
averaged 11.4 wins and 3.1 losses per season in 73
seasons in the SEC.
• The Wildcats have won 43 SEC titles and 25
SEC Tournament Championships, more than the
other 11 teams combined.
• Kentucky has won 10 of the last 15 SEC
Tournament titles.
• UK has won 11 SEC East titles in the 15 seasons
since the league expanded.
• Tubby Smith is in his 12th season in the SEC
this year - including two at Georgia and nine at
2006-07 SEC STANDINGS
EASTERN DIVISION (thru 1/22)
Team SEC Pct. GB All
Florida 4-0 1.000 — 17-2
Kentucky 4-1 .800 0.5 15-4
Georgia 3-2 .600 1.5 11-6
Vanderbilt 3-2 .600 1.5 13-6
Tennessee 2-2 .500 2.0 14-5
South Carolina 0-4 .000 4.0 10-7
WESTERN DIVISION
Team SEC Pct. GB All
Mississippi State 2-2 .500 — 11-6
LSU 2-2 .500 — 13-5
Alabama 2-2 .500 — 15-3
Auburn 2-3 .400 0.5 12-8
Arkansas 2-3 .400 0.5 13-6
Ole Miss 1-4 .200 1.5 12-7
AROUND THE SEC
TUESDAY - JANUARY 16
Kentucky 87, at South Carolina 49
WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 17
at Auburn 83, Tennessee 80
at LSU 62, Ole Miss 55
at Vanderbilt 94, Alabama 73
Georgia 67, at Arkansas 64
SATURDAY - JANUARY 20
at Florida 79, Ole Miss 70
at Alabama 78, Georgia 76
Vanderbilt 72, at Kentucky 67
at Mississippi State 87, Auburn 76
at Arkansas 72, LSU 57
at Tennessee 64, South Carolina 61
TUESDAY - JANUARY 23
Alabama at Auburn [ESPN]
WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 24
Kentucky at Georgia [LFS]
Arkansas at South Carolina
Vanderbilt at LSU [CSTV]
Tennessee at Ole MIss
Florida at MIssissippi State [LFS]
9:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
SATURDAY - JANUARY 27
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt [LFS] 1:00 p.m.
Arkansas at Alabama [LFS] 3:00 p.m.
Florida at Auburn [FSN/SUN] 5:00 p.m.
S. Carolina at Miss. State [FSN/SUN] 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY - JANUARY 28
Tennessee at Kentucky [CBS]
TUESDAY - JANUARY 30
Mississippi State at Ole Miss [ESPN]
WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 31
Vanderbilt at Florida [LFS]
Auburn at South Carolina
Georgia at Tennessee
Alabama at LSU [LFS]
1:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
all times eastern