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Matt Heissenbuttel

Guard-Forward6'4"2000–04

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An independent project documenting the lives and careers of Kentucky basketball players, from their road to Lexington to where they are now.

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Eras

I. The Rupp Dynasty (1930–72)II. The Hall Years (1972–85)III. The Sutton Era (1985–89)IV. The Pitino Resurrection (1989–97)V. The Tubby Smith Years (1997–07)VI. The Gillispie Interlude (2007–09)VII. The Calipari Era (2009–24)VIII. The Pope Era (2024–)

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