There is some sad news to report this morning as former Kentucky Wildcats center Mike Phillips died on Saturday. Phillips was a member of the 1978 National Championship team for Joe B Hall.
Sources have just informed LEX 18 that former UK center Mike Phillips, 59, has died.
A source tells LEX 18 that Phillips died from a fall in his home in Madisonville, Kentucky on Saturday. Details of the accident are not known at this time.
The 6’10” center, who was Mr. Basketball in Ohio in 1973 and 1974, was a big key in UK winning the NCAA Championship in 1978.