Tuesday, January 14, 2025

SEC Rules! 1978 KY Survives 1996 KY to win All-Time SEC; As 2025 SEC Challenges for Best Ever

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.

(if you only need links to the scoresheet and teams, click here. If you do not know how to play the game and want the instructions as well, click on Value Add Basketball Game )

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      Pts3pt2ptFTAttRebStlBlkFlHt,nba?Actual Season
1-PGKyle Macy2225661402nba,6'312.7 Pts, 4.5 Reb
2-SGTruman Claytor5110012026'115.5 Pts, 5.8 Reb
3-SFJack Givens1917224214nba,6'56.1 Pts, 3.2 Reb
4-PFJames Lee4020020016'511.4 Pts, 5.9 Reb
5-CRick Robey1916456032nba,6'1129.0 Pts, 15.5 Reb
1-PGJay Shidler2010010016'12.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb
2-SGDwane Casey2010010016'21.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb
3-SFLaVon Williams2010010016'74.7 Pts, 2.8 Reb
4-PFChuck Aleksinas511001001nba,6'114.6 Pts, 3.4 Reb
5-CMike Phillips5013430026'101.4 Pts, 1.9 Reb
 Turnovers 9856261517218417  
             
PosKentucky 1996Pts3pt2ptFTAttRebStlBlkFlHt,nba?Actual Season
1-PGDerek Anderson511001104nba,6'59.4 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.4 Ast
2-SGWalter McCarty2227222201nba,6'1011.3 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 2.6 Ast
3-SFTony Delk1834123001nba,6'117.8 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 1.8 Ast
4-PFAntoine Walker1205238001nba,6'815.2 Pts, 8.4 Reb, 2.9 Ast
5-CMark Pope903338025nba,6'107.6 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 1.0 Ast
1-PGAnthony Epps6022210016'26.7 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 4.9 Ast
2-SGWayne Turner402001003nba,6'24.5 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 1.6 Ast
3-SFJeff Sheppard402003101nba,6'35.5 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.9 Ast
4-PFRon Mercer201001001nba,6'78.0 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 1.4 Ast
5-CNazr Mohammed201001001nba,6'102.3 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast
 Turnovers 16846281012293219 

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