Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball

The **Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball** team is an American college basketball team. The team plays for the University of Kentucky. The team plays in Division I of the NCAA. As of 2023, Kentucky is the most successful NCAA Division I basketball team. The team has the highest percentage of wins in NCAA Division I.

## National championships

The following is a list of Kentucky's 8 National Championships:
|style="background:#00407a;"|<span style="color:white;">Year</span>|style="background:#00407a;"|<span style="color:white;">Coach</span>|style="background:#00407a;"|<span style="color:white;">Opponent</span>|style="background:#00407a;"|<span style="color:white;">Score</span>|style="background:#00407a;"|<span style="color:white;">Record</span>|
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|1948|Adolph Rupp|Baylor|58–42|36–3||||||
|1949|Adolph Rupp|Oklahoma State|46–36|32–2||||||
|1951|Adolph Rupp|Kansas State|68–58|32–2||||||
|1958|Adolph Rupp|Seattle|84–72|23–6||||||
|1978|Joe B. Hall|Duke|94–88|30–2||||||
|1996|Rick Pitino|Syracuse|76–67|34–2||||||
|1998|Tubby Smith|Utah|78–69|35–4||||||
|2012|John Calipari|Kansas|67–59|38–2||||||
|colspan="3"|**National Championships**|colspan="2"|**8**|}||||||

## Infobox (college basketball team)

- **name**: Kentucky Wildcats
- **logo**: Kentucky Wildcats logo.svg
- **logo size**: 200
- **university**: University of Kentucky
- **athletic director**: Mitch Barnhart
- **conference**: Southeastern Conference, SEC
- **location**: Lexington, Kentucky
- **coach**: John Calipari
- **tenure**: 13th
- **arena**: Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
- **capacity**: 20,545
- **nickname**: Kentucky Wildcats, Wildcats
- **studentsection**: eRUPPtion Zone
- **firstseason**: 1903
- **ncaachampion3**: 1934
- **ncaachampion2**: 1933
- **ncaachampion**: 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012
- **ncaarunnerup**: 1966, 1975, 1997, 2014
- **ncaafinalfour**: 1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1966, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
- **ncaaeliteeight**: 1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
- **ncaasweetsixteen**: 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988*, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
- **ncaatourneys**: 1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988*, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
- **conference tournament**: 1921, 1933, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- **conference season**: 1926, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
vacated by NCAA