Blast from the past : Kenny Higgs 40 yrs ago vs Vanderbilt

I know this isn't Thursday, "Wayback Wednesday?"



1974-1975 was Higgs' freshman year. He was from Owensboro,KY. Kentucky actually offered him a scholarship back when Kentucky recruited players from Kentucky. In fact, Higgs finished runner-up to Jack Givens for "Mr. Kentucky." (Kentucky was actually in a bit of transition the year he graduated HS. UK finished 13-13 in their second year under Joe Hall for their worst record since the 30's.That was short lived as UK played UCLA for the National Title that Spring).

Higgs wanted to be "part of something special" signing with Dale and LSU. He also helped 'recruit' Rudy Macklin from Louisiville --not sure if he helped recruit Ron Abernathy .

He helped lay the foundation for the great 1978-1981 teams. The Tigers struggled in 1975 and 1976 but improved dramatically in '77 and 1978-which included the win in Baton Rouge over #1 and eventual national champ Kentucky. That team really should have been offered an NIT bid--back when that was still valued. 18-9, 12-6 in league play in the SEC would be a 6 or 7 seed in the NCAA's toady. He made either first or second team All-SEC his SO-SR yrs.

As the photo indicates if you look closely at the court and notice the seating,this game was in Nashville vs Vanderbilt. The game was regionally televised on "TVS",not to be confused with Ted Turner's TBS ,which had none other than John Ferguson doing play by play and Joe Dean doing color.Hard to imagine now,but this was LSU's only appearance on television the entire season.