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1951-52 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 29-3 (14-0, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Adolph Rupp

PS/G: 82.3 (2nd of 170)

PA/G: 55.4 (32nd of 170)

SRS: 26.83 (1st of 156)

SOS: -0.07 (88th of 156)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (82-54) versus Penn State
Lost East Regional Final (64-57) versus St. John's (NY)

SEC Reg Season Champ
SEC Tourney Champ

AP Poll Summary

1951-52 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
Kentucky	1	2	1	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 8, 1951	REG		Washington & Lee	Southern	-14.90	W	96	46		1	0	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
2	Mon, Dec 10, 1951	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	-2.63	W	97	72		2	0	W 2	Schmidt Fieldhouse
3	Thu, Dec 13, 1951	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	8.90	L	57	61		2	1	L 1	Williams Arena
4	Mon, Dec 17, 1951	REG		St. John's (NY) (1)	Metro NY	11.37	W	81	40		3	1	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
5	Thu, Dec 20, 1951	REG		DePaul	Ind	8.38	W	98	60		4	1	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
6	Wed, Dec 26, 1951	REG		UCLA (16)	PCC	9.37	W	84	53		5	1	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
7	Fri, Dec 28, 1951	REG	N	Brigham Young	MSAC	4.29	W	84	64		6	1	W 4	Municipal Auditorium
8	Sat, Dec 29, 1951	REG	N	Saint Louis (12)	MVC	12.14	L	60	61		6	2	L 1	Municipal Auditorium
9	Thu, Jan 3, 1952	REG	N	Mississippi	SEC	1.36	W	116	58		7	2	W 1	Owensboro Sportscenter
10	Sat, Jan 5, 1952	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	6.77	W	57	47		8	2	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
11	Mon, Jan 7, 1952	REG		Xavier	Ind	-2.63	W	83	50		9	2	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 12, 1952	REG	@	Florida	SEC	-5.86	W	99	52		10	2	W 4	Florida Gymnasium
13	Mon, Jan 14, 1952	REG		Georgia	SEC	-21.50	W	95	55		11	2	W 5	Jefferson County Armory
14	Sat, Jan 19, 1952	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	-1.64	W	65	56		12	2	W 6	Alumni Memorial Gymnasium
15	Mon, Jan 21, 1952	REG	@	Georgia Tech	SEC	-13.01	W	96	51		13	2	W 7	Heisman Gymnasium
16	Sat, Jan 26, 1952	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	0.08	W	71	67		14	2	W 8	Foster Auditorium
17	Mon, Jan 28, 1952	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	1.06	W	88	51		15	2	W 9	McQuiddy Gymnasium
18	Wed, Jan 30, 1952	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	-9.07	W	88	48		16	2	W 10	Auburn Sports Arena
19	Sat, Feb 2, 1952	REG	N	Notre Dame	Ind	6.15	W	71	66		17	2	W 11	Chicago Stadium
20	Mon, Feb 4, 1952	REG		Tulane	SEC	-0.75	W	103	54		18	2	W 12	Memorial Coliseum
21	Wed, Feb 6, 1952	REG		Mississippi	SEC	1.36	W	81	61		19	2	W 13	Memorial Coliseum
22	Sat, Feb 9, 1952	REG		Georgia Tech	SEC	-13.01	W	93	42		20	2	W 14	Memorial Coliseum
23	Mon, Feb 11, 1952	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	-6.11	W	110	66		21	2	W 15	Memorial Coliseum
24	Sat, Feb 16, 1952	REG		Tennessee	SEC	-1.64	W	95	40		22	2	W 16	Memorial Coliseum
25	Thu, Feb 21, 1952	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	1.06	W	75	45		23	2	W 17	Memorial Coliseum
26	Sat, Feb 23, 1952	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	8.38	W	63	61		24	2	W 18	Chicago Stadium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Feb 28, 1952	CTOURN		Georgia Tech	SEC	-13.01	W	80	59		25	2	W 19	Jefferson County Armory
28	Fri, Feb 29, 1952	CTOURN		Tulane	SEC	-0.75	W	85	61		26	2	W 20	Jefferson County Armory
29	Sat, Mar 1, 1952	CTOURN		Tennessee	SEC	-1.64	W	81	66		27	2	W 21	Jefferson County Armory
30	Sat, Mar 1, 1952	CTOURN		Louisiana State	SEC	6.77	W	44	43		28	2	W 22	Jefferson County Armory
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 21, 1952	NCAA	N	Penn State	Ind	6.89	W	82	54		29	2	W 23	Reynolds Coliseum
32	Sat, Mar 22, 1952	NCAA	N	St. John's (NY) (10)	Metro NY	11.37	L	57	64		29	3	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum