Tag: Adolph Rupp

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Hartford

Go here for boxscore.   Kentucky is 14-0 while Hartford is 2-10. Kentucky’s 14-0 start is its best since the 1977-78 squad opened with 14 consecutive wins. This is the seventh time in school history that the Wildcats have begun a season with at least 14 straight wins. John Calipari is the only coach to…

Here we go again: Was Adolph Rupp a rascist?

This question has been raised countless times over the years and The Onion has decided to bring it up again today as part of their piece Our Annual Year: The Top 10 Stories Of The Last 4.5 Billion Years.  I have no idea where they came up with these Rupp quotes or whether these is…

Adolph Rupp reached 600 wins faster than Roy Williams

Roy Williams, who is in his 22nd season as a head coach, becomes the 33rd coach in Division I history to reach 600 wins and is the eighth active head-coach to reach the mark. Williams is also the third fastest to reach 600, doing it in 739 games. Only Adolph Rupp (704 games) and Jerry…

Adolph Rupp and Ghosts of the Bluegrass

As Halloween draws closer, University Press of Kentucky hopes to haunt readers with two new spooky offerings, “Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes” and “Ghosts of the Bluegrass.”   One even focuses on the University of Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp and William Funkhouser.  Read article.

Adolph Rupp: Man in the Brown Suit, February 28, 1949

This article about Adolph Rupp was published in Time magazine on February 28, 1949 and begins with the following,  “The University of Kentucky has its own special brand of Southern hospitality. When visiting basketball squads arrive in Lexington, they get full red-carpet treatment (which often includes a tour of nearby horse farms). Then, like condemned…