Syracuse University vs Kentucky

Syracuse vs University of Kentucky

11 games

Syracuse 3-8

DATE		Opposing Coach		Score	Starters	Notes
12/30/1950	N	Adolph Rupp	L	59-69	Kiley, Manikas, Miller, Suprunowicz, Huggins	Kiley 19 pts
12/12/1964	@	Adolph Rupp	L	77-110	Ableman, Boeheim, Richards, Dean, Bing	Dean 23 pts
3/29/1975	NCAA	Joe B. Hall	L	79-95	Lee, Williams, Seibert, Hackett, Sease	Final Four; Lee 23 pts, Sease 10 reb
12/23/1978	@	Joe B. Hall	L	87-94	Cohen, Headd, Bouie, Shackleford, Orr	Shackleford 24 pts
2/28/1988	@	Eddie Sutton	L	58-62	Douglas, Roe, Seikaly, Coleman, Thompson	Seikaly 21 pts, Coleman 15 reb
2/26/1989	H	Eddie Sutton	W	89-73	Douglas, Roe, Coleman, Thompson, Owens	Thompson 27 pts, Douglas 14 asst
2/12/1994	H	Rick Pitino	W	93-85	Autry, Moten, Hill, Jackson, Wallace	Autry 30 pts, 10 asst
2/5/1995	@	Rick Pitino	L	71-77	Lloyd, Moten, Reafsnyder, Wallace, Jackson	Moten 23 pts
4/1/1996	NCAA	Rick Pitino	L	67-76	Sims, Cipolla, Hill, Wallace, Burgan	Championship Game; Wallace 29 pts
11/28/1996	N	Rick Pitino	L	53-87	Hart, Cipolla, Hill, Ovcina, Burgan	Hill 17 pts, 16 reb
3/18/2000	NCAA	Tubby Smith	W	52-50	Hart, Bland, Thomas, Blackwell, Brown	Shumpert 12 pts

The Syracuse Orange and the Kentucky Wildcats basketball teams first met in 1950. The Wildcats were ranked #1 in the country and won 69-59. Kentucky won the first five games of the series, before the Orangemen finally won in 1989.

Syracuse has met Kentucky in the Final Four twice. They lost to them in the 1975 Final Four 95-79, and then in the 1996 Championship game 76-67. Overall, they are 1-2 versus Kentucky in the NCAA tournament.

Syracuse is 2-0 versus Kentucky at home, 0-4 in Lexington, and 1-4 on neutral courts. Syracuse was 0-2 versus Adolph Rupp, 0-2 versus Joe B. Hall, 1-1 versus Eddie Sutton, 1-3 versus Rick Pitino and 1-0 versus Tubby Smith.