The Value Add Basketball Game all-time SEC championship game was a thriller, with the all-time great 1978 point guard Kyle Macy preventing one steal with a great pass with 3:58 to go to set up a 3-pointer that gave the 1978 Kentucky team a 79-73 lead over Rick Pitino's high pressure 1996 Kentucky team that sent 9 of 10 players to the NBA. A "12" roll would have been a steal for the 1978 squad, except that in the last five minutes the list of all-time great point guards including Macy nullify a steal or turnover on a roll of 12, 14, 16, 42, 44 or 46. Kentucky 1979 only allowed 9 turnovers the entire game.
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Macy later capped off his 22-point outing with a steal and dunk to make it 85-75 with 1:30 to play - and then we almost witnessed the greatest comeback in our games history. Tony Delk hit a free throw in the final minute to cut it to 85-78, missed the second free throw. Antoine Walker grabbed the offensive rebound and fired back out to Delk, who drained a 3-pointer and was fouled again, hitting that free throw for a 5-point play to gut it to 85-82. The 1996 squad scored again to make it 85-84 after a steal, but could not get it back for one last shot to give the title to the 1978 quad despite the closing 9-0 run.
The 2012 Kentucky squad also made our 20-team all-time tournament, which is shown below.
We played the game after posting the story below on if the SEC in 2105 is the greatest conference in the history of college basketball. Click here for this story on CBS 247 Sports.
Kentucky 2012 will also make the all-time great tournament and face the 2008 champs from Kansas in their first round game. The best team to date in the 11 big conferences are in this tournament, while the 20 champs from smaller conferences are all in our NIT tournament.
Pos | Kentucky 1978 | Pts | 3pt | 2pt | FT | Att | Reb | Stl | Blk | Fl | Ht,nba? | Actual Season |
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1-PG | Kyle Macy | 22 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | nba,6'3 | 12.7 Pts, 4.5 Reb |
2-SG | Truman Claytor | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6'1 | 15.5 Pts, 5.8 Reb |
3-SF | Jack Givens | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | nba,6'5 | 6.1 Pts, 3.2 Reb |
4-PF | James Lee | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6'5 | 11.4 Pts, 5.9 Reb |
5-C | Rick Robey | 19 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | nba,6'11 | 29.0 Pts, 15.5 Reb |
1-PG | Jay Shidler | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6'1 | 2.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb |
2-SG | Dwane Casey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6'2 | 1.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb |
3-SF | LaVon Williams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6'7 | 4.7 Pts, 2.8 Reb |
4-PF | Chuck Aleksinas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | nba,6'11 | 4.6 Pts, 3.4 Reb |
5-C | Mike Phillips | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6'10 | 1.4 Pts, 1.9 Reb |
Turnovers 9 | 85 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 17 | |||
Pos | Kentucky 1996 | Pts | 3pt | 2pt | FT | Att | Reb | Stl | Blk | Fl | Ht,nba? | Actual Season |
1-PG | Derek Anderson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | nba,6'5 | 9.4 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.4 Ast |
2-SG | Walter McCarty | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | nba,6'10 | 11.3 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 2.6 Ast |
3-SF | Tony Delk | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | nba,6'1 | 17.8 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 1.8 Ast |
4-PF | Antoine Walker | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | nba,6'8 | 15.2 Pts, 8.4 Reb, 2.9 Ast |
5-C | Mark Pope | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | nba,6'10 | 7.6 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 1.0 Ast |
1-PG | Anthony Epps | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6'2 | 6.7 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 4.9 Ast |
2-SG | Wayne Turner | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | nba,6'2 | 4.5 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 1.6 Ast |
3-SF | Jeff Sheppard | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | nba,6'3 | 5.5 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.9 Ast |
4-PF | Ron Mercer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | nba,6'7 | 8.0 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 1.4 Ast |
5-C | Nazr Mohammed | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | nba,6'10 | 2.3 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast |
Turnovers 16 | 84 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
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