2008-09 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

NCAATeamSeason
Mode=Basketball
Year=2008-09
Prev year=2007-08
Next year=2009-10
Team=Kentucky Wildcats


Conference=Southeastern Conference
Division=Eastern
ShortConference=SEC
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=0-0
ConfRecord=0-0
HeadCoach=Billy Gillispie
AsstCoach1=Tracy Webster
AsstCoach2=Glenn Cyprien
AsstCoach3=Jeremy Cox
StadiumArena=Rupp Arena
Champion=
BowlTourney=
BowlTourneyResult=The 2008-09 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the college basketball season of 2008-2009. The team's head coach is Billy Gillispie. This is his 2nd year as Kentucky's head coach. The Wildcats play their home games at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

Preseason

2008-09 Schedule and Results

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 14, 2008
time = 7:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link |year=2008-09|team=Virginia Military Institute Cadets|school=Virginia Military Institute|title=VMI
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 18, 2008
time = 9:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=North Carolina Tar Heels|school=University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill|title=North Carolina
opprank = 1
site_stadium = Dean Smith Center
site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 22, 2008
time = 12:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Delaware State Hornets|school=Delaware State University|title=Delaware State
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename = 2008 Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 24, 2008
time = 7:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Longwood Lancers|school=Longwood University|title=Longwood
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename = 2008 Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 28, 2008
time = 11:59
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Kansas State Wildcats|school=Kansas State University|title=Kansas State
opprank =
site_stadium = Orleans Arena
site_cityst = Las Vegas, NV
gamename = 2008 Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational
tv = ESPNU
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 29, 2008
time = 7:30/10:30
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=West Virginia Mountaineers|school=West Virginia University|title=West Virginia/cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Iowa Hawkeyes|school=University of Iowa|title=Iowa
opprank =
site_stadium = Orleans Arena
site_cityst = Las Vegas, NV
gamename = 2008 Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational
tv = ESPN
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 3, 2008
time = 7:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Lamar Cardinals|school=Lamar University|title=Lamar
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 6, 2008
time = 5:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Miami Hurricanes|school=University of Miami-Florida|title=Miami-FL
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 7, 2008
time = 3:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils|school=Mississippi Valley State University|title=Mississippi Valley State
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 13, 2007
time = 4:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Indiana Hoosiers|school=Indiana University|title=Indiana
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = CBS
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 20, 2008
time = 12:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Appalachian State Mountaineers|school=Appalachian State University|title=Appalachian State
opprank =
site_stadium = Freedom Hall
site_cityst = Louisville, KY
gamename =
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 22, 2008
time = 7:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Tennessee State Tigers|school=Tennessee State University|title=Tennessee State
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 27, 2008
time = 3:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Florida Atlantic Owls|school=Florida Atlantic University|title=Florida Atlantic
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 29, 2008
time = 7:00
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Central Michigan Chippewas|school=Central Michigan University|title=Central Michigan
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 4, 2009
time = 4:30
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Louisville Cardinals|school=University of Louisville|title=Louisville
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = FSN South
score =
overtime =
record = CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 10, 2009
time = 2:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Vanderbilt Commodores|school=Vanderbilt University|title=Vanderbilt
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = Raycom
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 13, 2009
time = 9:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Tennessee Volunteers|school=University of Tennessee|title=Tennessee
opprank =
site_stadium = Thompson-Boling Arena
site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 18, 2009
time = 9:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Georgia Bulldogs|school=University of Georgia|title=Georgia
opprank =
site_stadium = Stegeman Coliseum
site_cityst = Athens, GA
gamename =
tv = Raycom
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 21, 2009
time = 9:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Auburn Tigers|school=Auburn University|title=Auburn
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = Raycom
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 24, 2009
time = 3:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Alabama Crimson Tide|school=University of Alabama|title=Alabama
opprank =
site_stadium = Coleman Coliseum
site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
gamename =
tv = Raycom
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 27, 2009
time = 7:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Ole Miss Rebels|school=University of Mississippi|title=Ole Miss
opprank =
site_stadium = Tad Smith Coliseum
site_cityst = Oxford, MS
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 31, 2009
time = 3:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=South Carolina Gamecocks|school=University of South Carolina|title=South Carolina
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = Raycom
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 3, 2008
time = 7:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs|school=Mississippi State University|title=Mississippi State
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = Raycom
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 10, 2009
time = 9:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Florida Gators|school=University of Florida|title=Florida
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 14, 2009
time = 1:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Arkansas Razorbacks|school=University of Arkansas|title=Arkansas
opprank =
site_stadium = Bud Walton Arena
site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR
gamename =
tv = CBS
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 17, 2008
time = 9:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Vanderbilt Commodores|school=University of Vanderbilt|title=Vanderbilt
opprank =
site_stadium = Memorial Gymnasium
site_cityst = Nashville, TN
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 21, 2008
time = 1:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Tennessee Volunteers|school=University of Tennessee|title=Tennessee
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = CBS
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 25, 2008
time = 7:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=South Carolina Gamecoks|school=University of South Carolina|title=South Carolina
opprank =
site_stadium = Colonial Center
site_cityst = Columbia, SC
gamename =
tv = Raycom
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 28, 2009
time = 2:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=LSU Tigers|school=Louisiana State University|title=LSU
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename =
tv = CBS
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 4, 2008
time = 8:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Georgia Bulldogs|school=University of Georgia|title=Georgia
opprank =
site_stadium = Rupp Arena
site_cityst = Lexington, KY
gamename = Senior Night
tv = Raycom
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 7, 2008
time = 2:00
w/l =
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank =
opponent = cbb link|year=2008-09|team=Florida Gators|school=University of Florida|title=Florida
opprank =
site_stadium = O'Connell Center
site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
gamename =
tv = CBS
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 12-15, 2009
time =
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nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank =
opponent =
opprank =
site_stadium = St. Pete Times Forum
site_cityst = Tampa Bay, FL
gamename = SEC Tournament
tv = Raycom/CBS
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

CBB Schedule Entry
date = April 4-6, 2009
time = TBA
w/l =
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank =
opponent = TBA
opprank =
site_stadium = Ford Field
site_cityst = Detroit, MI
gamename = NCAA Tournament Final Four
tv = CBS
score =
overtime =
record =
conference =

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Game notes

VMI

Longwood

Miami-FL

Appalachian State

Central Michigan

Tennessee

Alabama

Mississippi State

Vanderbilt

LSU

Rankings

2008-09 Roster

* * - Denotes walk-on
* x - Pilgrim transferred from Hampton College and by NCAA rules he must sit out the 2008-09 season.

Projected Starters

* bold - Denotes returning starter.
* ↑ - Denotes number of games started by the player at the listed position during the 2009 season.

Class of 2009 Commitments/Signees

College Athlete Recruit Entry
recruit = Jon Hood
position = SG
hometown = Madisonville, Kentucky
highschool = North Hopkins
feet = 6
inches = 6
weight = 185
40 =
commitdate = 2008-05-25
rivals stars = 4
scout stars = 4
espn grade = 78College Athlete Recruit Entry
recruit = GJ Vilarino
position = PG
hometown = McKinney, Texas
highschool = McKinney
feet = 6
inches = 0
weight = 170
40 =
commitdate = 2007-04-10
rivals stars = 3
scout stars = 3
espn grade = 67College Athlete Recruit End
40 =
year = 2009
rivals ref title = Kentucky 2009 Basketball Commitments
scout ref title = 2009 Kentucky Basketball Commits
espn ref title = ESPN
rivals school = 35
scout s = 572
espn schoolid = 96
scout overall = N/A
rivals overall = N/A
accessdate = 2008-08-11
bball = yesPF