Closer Look: Kentucky’s New Basketball Jersey
Earlier this week before the Kentucky/Mississippi State game, we showed you a short clip put together by the Nike design team that produced Kentucky’s new Nike HyperElite basketball uniforms this season. Explaining every nuance and bit of inspiration that went into the creation of the Wildcats’ new look, we thought we’d come back today with a picture of the back of the jersey, just to show you how detailed it is.
Here are some of the design inspirations:
- Checkered “pattern of excellence” inspiration from racing silks worn by Secretariat; contains Wildcats national championship years.
- Roses symbolize Kentucky Derby
- Illustration represents Lexington campus’s historical Memorial Hall.
- The wildcat school mascot is a design focal point
What do you think?
Other Kentucky Basketball Articles:
– The Secrets Of Kentucky’s Basketball Uniforms
– Kentucky’s Untouchables: The Greatest College Basketball Team Ever
– LeBron At Kentucky: Gimme A “Y”
– Nike Air Max LeBron VII – Kentucky SMU
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February 19th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
ENEW says:
What year does it say to the right of his spin below the neck?
Can’t make it out
February 19th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
rockets says:
These are the years they won the NCAA Championship.
1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998
February 19th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
AirGordon says:
Why the crush on UK around here dime? A lot of college teams have been wearing the HyperElite jerseys…maybe all of the Nike teams (definitely UConn and Syracuse)
February 19th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
SaggyWheels says:
lots of teams have um
texas, cuse, st. johns, Gtown, duke, etc.
but uk’s just came out and may be the only ones with the new tech stuff in there. or at least maybe they were the first that they publicly released with the new materials.
February 19th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
SaggyWheels says:
they are sick, though. lots of ppl in KY hate the ed hardy look, but the images depicted are nice and rep the state well.
February 19th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
PN says:
UConn wore theirs against Syracuse:
http://soxanddawgs.com/2010/02/10/uconn-men-to-wear-new-nike-uniforms-against-syracuse/
February 19th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
PN says:
…and it looks like 8 schools will unveil their HyperElite uniforms this year.
February 21st, 2010 at 9:37 pm
SaggyWheels says:
the number 120 that is inside the image of the state represents all of the counties in the commonwealth.
April 2nd, 2010 at 2:29 am
JJ says:
These look an awful lot like what they’re wearing in tournament play. (or at least their away version).
MSU is wearing similar jerseys