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Adolph Rupp liked to get Sweet 16 stars for Wildcats

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Adolph Rupp

The Sweet 16 and Adolph Rupp are a good fit because the great coach always tried to get at least one standout player from each State Tournament, preferably from the championship team, for his University of Kentucky team.  “Coach Rupp’s thinking,” said Guy Strong, who played two years for him, “was that he wanted  proven winners.”

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On April 5, 2014, against No. 12 Wisconsin in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Final Four, freshman guard Aaron Harrison hit his third straight Big Dance game-winner when he buried a contested three-pointer from the deep left wing with 5.7 seconds left to send UK to the NCAA finals before 79,444 in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

 

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