Adolph Rupp - photo by Merle Hunter | Stars and Stripes
Many basketball coaches around the country would gladly settle for a .500 season. But not Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp, the recognized Baron of Basketball and the winningest coach active on the collegiate scene today. Opponents naturally chortled when the Wildcats wound up their worst season ever back in March with a 13-13 record but the smile is wiped out quickly when they think back over the years and take a look at the school’s and Rupp’s overall record for the past 37 years — 765 victories against only 165 setbacks.
