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UK 2012 NCAA Basketball Champions
Post-Game Notes
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.
-- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was named the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player, while he,
Anthony Davis and Doron Lamb were all named to the Final Four All-Tournament team.
Individual game 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.
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