Get To Know the Kentucky Wildcats Team a Bit Better
The Kentucky Wildcats is an
athletic team of University of Kentucky. It got its name WildCat
after a 6–2 football road victory over Illinois on October 9, 1909.
Commandant Philip W. Corbusier, then head of the military department
at old State University told a group of students in a service that
the team played like wild cats and that where the name came into
existence.
Since then, Kentucky Wildcats
has bagged several laurels to its credit. After the glorious victory
of NCAA National Championship trophy in 2012, the team became the
kings of college basketball. No other team has achieved more on-court
success than the University of Kentucky for a very long period of
time.
The university adopted blue
and white as its official colors in the year 1892. Earlier the UK
students had decided on blue and light yellow prior to the
Kentucky-Centre College football game on December 19, 1887. The shade
of blue which is close to a royal blue was chosen. Since the jersey
has adopted a particular shade of blue. A year later in 1888, UK
students officially dropped the light yellow color over white because
the two colors did not look good together.
The team has many ‘largest’
to its credit whether it is in terms of fans, matches played or
victories. Keeping the huge fan following of the team, many
manufacturers specializes in producing these jerseys for its fans.
You can buy online Kentucky Wildcats scarf, t-shirts,
or caps to cheer up for the team. The trend of its glorious playing
history seems to stay for long.
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