LEXINGTON, Ky. _ Long before John Calipari arrived, Kentucky basketball became synonymous with star turns by Wildcats (Ralph Beard, Cliff Hagan, Dan Issel, Jamal Mashburn) and opponents (Bobby Joe Hill, Pete Maravich, David Robinson, Christian Laettner). The method to the March Madness is to have more players capable of memorable performances than the opponent.
As suggested by recruiting classes annually ranked among the best and Calipari's track record of "coaching up" players, the past 10 years have shown no shortage of standout performances that continued to echo in the collective mind of the Big Blue Nation.
Ranking the best single-game individual performances of the Calipari era at Kentucky:
