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In over 120 years of basketball, UK has had players from 37 of the 50 states (by hometown).

The 13 states that have yet to produce a UK player are:

Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Wyoming

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/playershometown.html (Thank you, Jon Scott!)

How have we never had a player from South Carolina? It just doesn't seem possible, but it's true.
 
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PopesReignOverCardinals said:
In over 120 years of basketball, UK has had players from 37 of the 50 states (by hometown).

The 13 states that have yet to produce a UK player are:

Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Wyoming

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/playershometown.html (Thank you, Jon Scott!)

How have we never had a player from South Carolina? It just doesn't seem possible, but it's true.
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Ray Allen was the miss from South Carolina. Pitino took Sheppard instead.

Worked out well for both programs. Allen put UConn on the elite map, and Sheppard helped UK win two national titles.
 
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PopesReignOverCardinals said:
In over 120 years of basketball, UK has had players from 37 of the 50 states (by hometown).

The 13 states that have yet to produce a UK player are:

Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Wyoming

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/playershometown.html (Thank you, Jon Scott!)

How have we never had a player from South Carolina? It just doesn't seem possible, but it's true.
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I would have loved to have had Devan Downey transfer here. He was such a slippery little guy. Hometown of Chester, South Carolina.

Perhaps the most notable game of his career occurred on January 26, 2010, when he scored 30 points in a victory over a previously undefeated University of Kentucky team which aired nationally on ESPN. The game was the first loss for John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, and John Calipari while at the University of Kentucky.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devan_Downey
 
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PopesReignOverCardinals said:
In over 120 years of basketball, UK has had players from 37 of the 50 states (by hometown).

The 13 states that have yet to produce a UK player are:

Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Wyoming

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/playershometown.html (Thank you, Jon Scott!)

How have we never had a player from South Carolina? It just doesn't seem possible, but it's true.
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Alabama & Indiana were relatively recently knocked off the list

Marvin Stone was the first Alabama player i knew fm there - i may be wrong

Kyle Macy , James Blackmon then Walter McCarty were the only ones from Indiana for a while right? Teague later -
 
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Seems like Alabama and Indiana were relatively recently knocked off the list
CastleRubric said:
Marvin Stone was the first Alabama player i knew fm there - i may be wrong

Kyle Macy , James Blackmon then Walter McCarty were the only ones from Indiana for a while right? Teague later -
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Kentucky has had platoons of players from Indiana, from Cliff Barker and Roger Harden and Tommy Kron, to Mike Flynn, Louis Dampier, Sean Woods, Jim Master, Larry Steele, etc. etc. etc...
 
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Roger Harden!!!!!
Loved him & his assists to Skywalker
Didn't realize S Woods was fm Indiana!
 
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CastleRubric said:
Seems like

Alabama & Indiana were relatively recently knocked off the list

Marvin Stone was the first Alabama player i knew fm there - i may be wrong

Kyle Macy , James Blackmon then Walter McCarty were the only ones from Indiana for a while right? Teague later -
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Believe Mike Flynn or Jimmy Dan Conner were from Indiana. Played on the 75 runner up team.

It was Mike Flynn. He was from Jeffersonville Indiana. Jimmy Dan Conner was from Anderson Co Ky
 
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We need to start a list by county.

Fayette has to be 1.
. We went forever with no Jefferson.
 
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Maybe I'm completely wrong and dint feel like looking it up. But wasn't pope born in Nebraska, Then moved to Washington?
 
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CastleRubric said:
Seems like

Alabama & Indiana were relatively recently knocked off the list

Marvin Stone was the first Alabama player i knew fm there - i may be wrong

Kyle Macy , James Blackmon then Walter McCarty were the only ones from Indiana for a while right? Teague later -
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Think Tommy Kron was from Iniana. Rupps Runts
 
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PopesReignOverCardinals said:
In over 120 years of basketball, UK has had players from 37 of the 50 states (by hometown).

The 13 states that have yet to produce a UK player are:

Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Wyoming

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/playershometown.html (Thank you, Jon Scott!)

How have we never had a player from South Carolina? It just doesn't seem possible, but it's true.
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Wasn’t Stacey Poole from South Carolina
 
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Blue_belly said:
Maybe I'm completely wrong and dint feel like looking it up. But wasn't pope born in Nebraska, Then moved to Washington?
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You are correct that he was born in Omaha. The list uses locations based on the player's "hometown" though, which is something that can be discretionary based on the person.

Pope is the only representative from the state of Washington, so if we bumped him from Washington to Nebraska, then it would open up the state of Washington for the purposes of this list.
 
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CastleRubric said:
Seems like

Alabama & Indiana were relatively recently knocked off the list

Marvin Stone was the first Alabama player i knew fm there - i may be wrong

Kyle Macy , James Blackmon then Walter McCarty were the only ones from Indiana for a while right? Teague later -
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Jim Master and Roger Harden.
 
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OliverSimmonstwinbrother said:
With Canada being our 51st state soon, who is the best Canadian UK player and why is it Benard Cote?
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Others from Ontario:

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderG6-51802017-18Hamilton (Hamilton Heights Christian (Chattanooga, TN))
Jamal MurrayG6-42072015-16Kitchener (Grand River Collegiate Institute)
Shaedon SharpeG6-62002021-22London
Jamaal MagloireC6-102601999-00Toronto (Eastern Commerce)
Mychal MulderG6-41852016-17Windsor (Catholic Central)
 
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CastleRubric said:
Seems like

Alabama & Indiana were relatively recently knocked off the list

Marvin Stone was the first Alabama player i knew fm there - i may be wrong

Kyle Macy , James Blackmon then Walter McCarty were the only ones from Indiana for a while right? Teague later -
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First player from Indiana was 1930, so that one was knocked off a few years ago. First Alabama player was 1943.
 
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