Since ESPN’s College Basketball GameDay kicked off in 2005, the Kentucky Wildcats have been part of the event in 12 of 14 total years. They have come to Lexington in seven of those years. In several instances, like they will likely do this year, they have visited Kentucky games twice in the same year.
In 2010, Calipari’s first year at Kentucky, the Rupp Arena crowd piled in a record 22,144 fans for the morning show prior to the UK vs. Tennessee game, a number that has yet to be broken.
Needless to say, GameDay has been a big fan of the Wildcats over the years.