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UK great Mike Pratt passes away

Mike Pratt, a University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer and UK Sports Network men’s basketball radio color analyst, passed away Thursday. He was 73.

Pratt, who played at UK from 1967-70, has since been inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009, the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, and the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019. He was a second-team All-America selection in 1970 with the Wildcats and finished his career with 1,359 points and 718 rebounds.

“Mike Pratt has been part of the fabric of UK Athletics for more than a half-century,” said UK AD Mitch Barnhart in a press release.