Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men?s basketball assistant coach
Sean Woods was one of 88 members of the first-ever class inducted
into the University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame. The group
was honored at halftime of the Kentucky/Idaho State game last
weekend.
Woods is known to college basketball fans as one of the
"Unforgettables" (along with Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus, and
John Pelphrey) on Kentucky?s 1992 East Regional final team which
lost to Duke in what many experts consider the greatest college
basketball game ever
played. Woods hit an improbable running 10-footer with 2.9 seconds
left to give the Wildcats a 103-102 advantage before Christian
Laettner?s buzzer-beater propelled the Blue Devils to the Final
Four and the 1992
national title.
Woods led the Wildcats in assists in each of his three seasons,
ranks fifth on UK?s all-time assist list with 482, and his No. 11
jersey was retired by the school and hangs in the Rupp Arena
rafters.
?Being inducted into the first-ever hall of fame is a tremendous
honor,? Woods said. ?To go back and see your old teammates was
amazing. It was the most magnificent weekend I have had my entire
life.?
After graduating from Kentucky in 1992, Woods played for the NBA's
Indiana Pacers and ran a popular basketball camp for collegiate and
professional players for several seasons. Attendees included
college and
NBA standouts Derek Anderson, Tony Delk, and Antoine Walker.
?Having coach Petino there was big for me. All I can say is that
it was a tremendous honor and I am thankful to be apart of the
charter class inducted into the Kentucky Hall of Fame.?
Others inducted into the hall were George Blanda, who played for
the Wildcats from 1945-48, Sam Bowie, men?s basketball player
from1980-81 as well as in 1984, Paul ?Bear? Bryant, head football
coach from 1946-1953, Rick Pitino, head men?s basketball coach from
1990-1997 and Valerie Still, the school?s all-time leading
basketball scorer.
