(Special thanks to Adam Knuckles for providing the pictures from New Orleans)

Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes

Kentucky vs. Kansas

April 2, 2012

NCAA Tournament National Championship

Mercedes-Benz Superdome – New Orleans, La.

-- Kentucky move 38-2, while Kansas drops to 32-7.

-- The Wildcats are 21-6 all-time against Kansas and 2-1 against the Jayhawks in the NCAA Tournament.

-- UK is now 111-46 in NCAA Tournament games.

-- Kentucky’s 111 tournament wins is the most in the country.

-- The Wildcats are 19-7 in Final Four games and 8-3 in national championship games.

-- Kentucky is 37-13 all-time in New Orleans and 7-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in New Orleans.

-- Head coach John Calipari is 38-13 in the NCAA Tournament.

-- Kentucky joins the Kentucky '96 and Indiana ’76 team as the only teams to go unbeaten in conference and win the National Championship.

-- Kentucky was the selection committee’s top overall seed, marking only the third time since 2004 — when the committee began ranking the four No. 1 seeds — that the top overall seed reached the title game. In 2005, Illinois lost in the final and the 2007 Florida Gators won the national championship.

Team game notes

-- The Wildcats used the starting combination of Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Doron Lamb, Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague for the 29th time this season. UK is 27-1 with that starting five.

-- Darius Miller was the first sub off the bench for UK. It was his 27th time as the Wildcat sixth man.

-- Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 827 games, the third-longest streak in the country.

-- With 11 blocked shots, the Wildcats pushed their NCAA record number of blocks to 344.

-- Kentucky led at the half 41-27. The Wildcats are 32-0 when leading at halftime.

-- UK is 5-0 when leading at the half of a national championship game.

-- Kentucky blocked an NCAA Championship game record 11 shots, breaking the record previously set by UConn in ’11 and Florida in ’06.

-- Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague tied UK’s single-season record for games started with 40.

-- Darius Miller broke the school record for career games played with 152, breaking Wayne Turner’s record of 151.

Player Notes
#1 Darius Miller

-- Finished with five points ending his career with 1,248 points, placing him 34th on the UK all-time scoring list.

-- Ranks 10th on UK’s all-time 3-point field goals list with 175.

-- Averaged 11.7 points in NCAA Tournament.

-- Broke the school record for career games played with 152, breaking Wayne Turner’s record of 151.

#3 Terrence Jones

-- With nine points, Jones moved in to a tie at 51st on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,064 career points.

-- Averaged 11.5 points and 8.2 rebounds in NCAA Tournament.

#14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

-- Averaged 10.6 points and 6.5 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament.

-- Named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team

#20 Doron Lamb

-- With 22 points, became the 60th member of the 1,000-point club and the third one this season. Ranks 55th with 1,018 points.

-- Averaged 16.5 points and shot .556 percent (10-18) from 3-point range in NCAA Tournament.

-- Named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team

#23 Anthony Davis

-- With six blocks, moved to first on the NCAA all-time freshman block list with 186. Previous freshman record 182 (Hassan Whiteside, Marshall; 2010).

-- Tied NCAA Championship game record for blocks with six, tying Joakim Noah’s six in 2006 championship.

-- Named Final Four Most Outstanding Player.

-- Averaged 13.7 points, 12.3 rebounds and 4.8 blocks in NCAA Tournament

-- Tied UK’s single-season record for games started with 40.

#25 Marquis Teague

-- Finished with three assists to two turnovers. In final 22 games of the season, had 115 assists to 53 turnovers, a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.

-- Averaged 13.3 points and 4.8 assists in NCAA Tournament.

-- Tied UK’s single-season record for games started with 40.