North Carolina and Kentucky will continue their highly anticipated nonconference basketball series through at least the 2009-10 season, North Carolina senior associate athletics director Larry Gallo said Thursday.
The Dec. 1, 2007 game in Lexington is the last game the schools have under contract, Gallo said. But Gallo said North Carolina coach Roy Williams and first-year Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie have agreed the series should continue.
"We think this will continue for a long time," Gallo said. ". . .It’s one of those great rivalries that should keep on going."
North Carolina has played Kentucky the last seven seasons, winning the last three times after the Wildcats won four in a row. The Tar Heels lead the overall series 19-10.
Kentucky is the winningest team in Division I, with 1,948 wins in its history. North Carolina ranks second in Division I with 1,914 wins. – Ken Tysiac
Thursday, August 23, 2007
UNC vs Kentucky series lives on
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Kentucky Trivia:
The Kentucky Wildcats have 1,948 wins in basketball.
In the 1948 presidential election, what Kentuckian was elected Vice President?
[Hint: He was from Paducah! And his last name was the same as one of the recent greats of the NBA.]
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