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Kentucky Basketball: Ranking the top 25 Wildcats through 2010

By Frank Spencer

LEXINGTON, KY - NOVEMBER 09: A basketball with a Kentucky Wildcats logo sits on the floor during the game against the Georgetown College Tigers at Rupp Arena on November 9, 2014 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LEXINGTON, KY - NOVEMBER 09: A basketball with a Kentucky Wildcats logo sits on the floor during the game against the Georgetown College Tigers at Rupp Arena on November 9, 2014 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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Louie Dampier is on of the premier players in Kentucky Basketball history. He played for Adolph Rupp from 1964-1967. Dampier averaged nearly 20 points per game in his three year Kentucky career. The Indiana native scored 1,575 points in his career at Kentucky. Dampier averaged 17 points in the 1964-1967 season. The next year, he led his team in scoring with 21.1 points per game. Following his junior season, Dampier average 20.7 points for Adolph Rupp’s Kentucky Wildcats.

In 1966, Adolph Rupp’s Cats would win their way to the National Championship game agains the Texas Western Minors. (Now UTEP). The famous season by the Texas Western team was adapted into the movie Glory Road.

  • 1,575 Career points (12th All-time)
  • 10th all time in free throw percentage (83.43 percent)
  • 3x First Team All-SEC
  • 2x Consensus 2nd team All-American (1966)
  • Multi Sport Athlete (Baseball)
  • Retired number 10 jersey in Rupp’s Rafters
  • Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
  • University of Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame
  • State of Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame
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