1948 Championship Team to be Honored

Posted: Thu 3:13 PM, Jan 24, 2008

The 1948 Kentucky men’s basketball team will be honored at halftime of the Wildcats’ game against South Carolina.

There will be an autograph session earlier in the day at the Kentucky Basketball Museum. One hundred fans will have an opportunity to get autographs from team members that participated in the 1948 NCAA championship season. The autograph session will take place Saturday, at 11:00 a.m. at the museum. Tickets will be distributed to the first 100 fans at the entrance of the museum on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. One ticket will be given per person and fans will be allowed one item to be autographed.

Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. with the game being broadcast on Raycom Sports, formerly Lincoln Financial.

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