2004–05 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

2004–05 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
SEC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 7
Record28–6 (14–2 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaRupp Arena
2004–05 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 7 Kentucky 14 2   .875 28 6   .824
No. 16 Florida 12 4   .750 24 8   .750
Vanderbilt 8 8   .500 20 14   .588
South Carolina 7 9   .438 20 13   .606
Tennessee 6 10   .375 14 17   .452
Georgia 2 14   .125 8 20   .286
West
No. 21 Alabama 12 4   .750 24 8   .750
LSU 12 4   .750 20 10   .667
Mississippi State 9 7   .563 23 11   .676
Arkansas 6 10   .375 18 12   .600
Ole Miss 4 12   .250 14 17   .452
Auburn 4 12   .250 14 17   .452
2005 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004–05 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Tubby Smith. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Rupp Arena. For the season the Kentucky finished with an overall record of 28–6 (14–2 SEC).

In the 2005 NCAA Tournament the Wildcats advanced all the way to the Elite 8. In the opening round Kentucky defeated Eastern Kentucky 72–64. The second round Kentucky took care of Cincinnati 69–60 and in the Sweet Sixteen easily defeated Utah 62–52. But their season came to an end with a tough loss to Michigan State in double overtime 94–89.