When Was the Last Time Kentucky Missed the NCAA Tournament?

When Was the Last Time Kentucky Missed the NCAA Tournament?

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The Kentucky Wildcats are sitting in a rather unfamiliar position this March, as head coach John Calipari's 2021 squad has an unorthodox 9-15 record heading into the SEC Tournament as the No. 8 seed.

That being said, the Wildcats also have quite the mountain ahead of them as far as making this year's 2021 NCAA March Madness Tournament. In fact, they're all but certainly eliminated without a magical run to win the automatic bid with an SEC Tournament victory.

When Was the Last Time Kentucky Missed the NCAA Tournament?

Kentucky hasn't missed the NCAA March Madness Tournament since the 2008-09 season, when then-head coach Billy Gillispie's Wildcats finished with an 8-8 SEC record and a 22-14 overall record. Despite missing the Big Dance that year, Kentucky did make it to the quarterfinals of the NIT.

For a program as historically successful in so many aspects of college basketball as Kentucky, missing the tournament has become a pure rarity. However, as we've seen this season, it's still not an impossibility.

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