Former Wildcats player Casey dies at 60
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Former Kentucky basketball player Mike Casey has died of heart complications. He was 60.
Casey died Thursday at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, said John Shannon, owner of Shannon Funeral Home in Shelbyville, Ky.
Selected Mr. Basketball in 1966, Casey was the leading scorer at Kentucky as a sophomore in the 1967-68 season. He averaged 20 points and led the team in field-goal and free-throw percentages.
He was chosen to the All-NCAA Mideast Regional team in 1968 and the All-SEC team three times.
Casey sat out the 1969-70 season after breaking a leg. He returned the next year to finish his Kentucky career with 1,535 points, making him the school's 13th all-time scorer.
Casey lived in Shelbyville and was retired from a company that makes class rings and graduation products.
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