To a lot of fans, it’s the biggest game of the year for college basketball in the state of Kentucky. That’s right Kentucky fans, we’re talking about the Kentucky Wildcats vs. Louisville Cardinals rivalry. The Battle of the Bluegrass is a 41 game series dating back to 1913. Kentucky, as you could guess, is the leader in the series (27-14) including last years 9 point victory in Rupp Arena.
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A few of the games played weren’t regular season games, but times when the two teams met in the NCAA tournament. That series is tied at 2 wins each.
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That’s been the common theme for the last 13 years. Louisville wins two game and Kentucky wins three. If recent history is any indication on the outcome of Friday’s game, Kentucky’s got this one wrapped up.
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Date Site Winning team Losing team Series Notes [/TR]
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[TD]1913-02-15[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky”][COLOR=white]Lexington, KY[/COLOR][/URL][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] [/TD]
[TD][B]34[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]UK 1-0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1914-02-07[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]22[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]UK 2-0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1914-03-03[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky”][COLOR=white]Louisville, KY[/COLOR][/URL][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]26[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]UK 3-0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]1915-01-23[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]18[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]UK 4-0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1915-02-27[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]26[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky [/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]UK 4-1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1916-02-12[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]28[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]UK 4-2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1916-02-22[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]32[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]UK 5-2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1922-01-17[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]38[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]UK 6-2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1922-01-21[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]29[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]UK 7-2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1948-03-27[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City”][COLOR=white]New York City, NY[/COLOR][/URL][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]91[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD]UK 8-2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD]1951-03-20[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina”][COLOR=white]Raleigh, NC[/COLOR][/URL][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (1)[/TD]
[TD][B]79[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]68[/TD]
[TD]UK 9-2[/TD]
[TD]NCAA Tournament First Round[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1959-03-13[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois”][COLOR=black]Evanston, IL[/COLOR][/URL][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]76[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky (2)[/TD]
[TD]61[/TD]
[TD]UK 9-3[/TD]
[TD]NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]1983-03-26†[/TD]
[TD][URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee”][COLOR=black]Knoxville, TN[/COLOR][/URL][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B] (2)[/TD]
[TD][B]80[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky (12)[/TD]
[TD]68[/TD]
[TD]UK 9-4[/TD]
[TD]NCAA Tournament Elite Eight[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]1983-11-26[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (1)[/TD]
[TD][B]65[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (6)[/TD]
[TD]44[/TD]
[TD]UK 10-4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1984-03-22[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (3)[/TD]
[TD][B]72[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]67[/TD]
[TD]UK 11-4[/TD]
[TD]NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1984-12-15[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B] (14)[/TD]
[TD][B]71[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]64[/TD]
[TD]UK 11-5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1985-12-28[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (13)[/TD]
[TD][B]69[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (15)[/TD]
[TD]64[/TD]
[TD]UK 12-5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1986-12-27[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (18)[/TD]
[TD][B]85[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]51[/TD]
[TD]UK 13-5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1987-12-12[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (1)[/TD]
[TD][B]76[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]75[/TD]
[TD]UK 14-5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]1988-12-31[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B] (14)[/TD]
[TD][B]97[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]75[/TD]
[TD]UK 14-6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1989-12-30[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B] (8)[/TD]
[TD][B]86[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]79[/TD]
[TD]UK 14-7[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1990-12-29[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (18)[/TD]
[TD][B]93[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]85[/TD]
[TD]UK 15-7[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]1991-12-28[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (17)[/TD]
[TD][B]103[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (21)[/TD]
[TD]89[/TD]
[TD]UK 16-7[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1992-12-12[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (3)[/TD]
[TD][B]88[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (9)[/TD]
[TD]68[/TD]
[TD]UK 17-7[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1993-11-27[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (2)[/TD]
[TD][B]78[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (7)[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]UK 18-7[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1995-01-01[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]88[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky (5)[/TD]
[TD]86[/TD]
[TD]UK 18-8[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1995-12-23[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (4)[/TD]
[TD][B]89[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (25)[/TD]
[TD]66[/TD]
[TD]UK 19-8[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1996-12-31[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (3)[/TD]
[TD][B]74[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (16)[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]UK 20-8[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1997-12-27[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]79[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky (4)[/TD]
[TD]76[/TD]
[TD]UK 20-9[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1998-12-26[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]83[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky (3)[/TD]
[TD]74[/TD]
[TD] UK 20-10 [/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1999-12-18[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]76[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]46[/TD]
[TD]UK 21-10[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2001-01-02[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]64[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]UK 22-10[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2001-12-29[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]82[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (6)[/TD]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]UK 23-10[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]2002-12-28[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]81[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky (14)[/TD]
[TD]63[/TD]
[TD]UK 23-11[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2003-12-27[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B] (20)[/TD]
[TD][B]65[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky (2)[/TD]
[TD]56[/TD]
[TD]UK 23-12[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2004-12-18[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (9)[/TD]
[TD][B]60[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (13)[/TD]
[TD]58[/TD]
[TD]UK 24-12[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2005-12-17[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (23)[/TD]
[TD][B]73[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville (4)[/TD]
[TD]61[/TD]
[TD]UK 25-12[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2006-12-16[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]61[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]49[/TD]
[TD]UK 26-12[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2008-01-05[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]89[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]75[/TD]
[TD]UK 26-13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]2009-01-04[/TD]
[TD]Louisville, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Louisville[/B] (18)[/TD]
[TD][B]74[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]71[/TD]
[TD]UK 26-14[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2010-01-03[/TD]
[TD]Lexington, KY[/TD]
[TD=”align: left”][B]Kentucky[/B] (3)[/TD]
[TD][B]71[/B][/TD]
[TD=”align: left”]Louisville[/TD]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]UK 27-14[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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