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1967: Adolph Rupp not ready to retire

Adolph Rupp

Many basketball coaches around the country would gladly settle for a .500 season.   But not ‘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.

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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 21, 1930, a Freeport, Ill., high school coach named Adolph Rupp is named head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

 

On March 21, 1958, in the Wildcats’ first game in Freedom Hall and in front of 18,586 spectators, Vernon Hatton’s layup with 17 seconds left pushed the Wildcats past Temple, 61-60, and into the NCAA Championship game.

 

On March 21, 1976, UK wins its second NIT Championship by defeating North Carolina-Charlotte, 71-67 in New York.

 

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