March 15, 2025
University of Kentucky Dean of Students Joe Burch, left, read winning numbers during a basketball ticket lottery as Bob Clay drew from from the pool of entries on March 9, 1982, in Memorial Colesium. 2,000 UK students entered the lottery for 200 tickets to a possible matchup between Kentucky and Louisville in the second round of the NCAA Mideast Regionals in Nashville. However, it never happened because the Cats were upset in their opening-round game, 50-44 by Middle Tennessee State. Burch said the lottery system had been used in the past but there was more interest this time because of the prospect of playing U of L, the proximity of Nashville and because the students would be on spring break the next week. He said UK put in as many safeguards as possible to prevent students from scalping tickets. “We don’t want people to come in here and get those tickets and later sell them,” Burch said. Students who paid $20 a ticket at the lottery got vouchers to be turned in at the game site. Students had to have valid ID cards to get the tickets. Photo by David Perry.
Kentucky’s Sam Bowie dunked over Notre Dame’s Orlando Woolridge, left, and Kelly Tripucka on Dec. 27, 1980, at Freedom Hall in Louisville. Bowie led UK with 18 points, but it wasn’t enough as the eighth-ranked Irish won, 67-61 behind Tripucka’s 30 points and Woolridge’s 15. It was the first defeat of the year for the No. 2-ranked Wildcats, who would go on to finish the season with two consecutive losses en route to a 22-6 record. Photo by E. Martin Jessee | Staff
A crowd gathered outside Union Station on Oct. 12, 1948, to greet New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee for president. The downtown train station was at what is now the corner of East Main Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard. It was demolished to be replaced by a parking garage in 1960. Dewey would go on to lose to incumbent President Harry S. Truman in one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Kentucky’s Cotton Nash battled for a loose ball as the ninth-ranked Cats played No. 7 West Virginia in the UKIT championship game on Dec. 22, 1962, in Memorial Coliseum. Despite trailing by five at halftime, UK went on to win, 79-75, behind Nash’s 30 points. UK would finish the season 16-9. Herald-Leader Archive Photo