The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that John Calipari will present Eddie Sutton as a Class of 2020 inductee.
John Calipari to present Eddie Sutton as 2020 Hall of Fame Inductee at Enshrinement Ceremony
Kentucky is 8-1 against Louisville under Calipari plus boxscore and other game notes
John Calipari is the fifth coach to win 200 games at Kentucky, joining Adolph Rupp (876), Joe B. Hall (297), Orlando “Tubby” Smith (263) and Rick Pitino (219).
On this date in Kentucky basketball history (hint @rexchapman)…
Big Brother, indeed. Eddie Sutton proclaimed Kentucky the “Big Brother” of this rivalry and, as in the Orwellian vision, “Big Brother” was everywhere yesterday in smashing Louisville 85-51. How all-encompassing was it? The defeat was Louisville’s worst since Feb. 13, 1956 (Xavier 99, U of L 59). It was Louisville coach Denny Crum’s worst, period.…
Former Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton has had a country song kind of basketball life
At 6 a.m. Friday, Eddie Sutton got word that Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant Miranda Serna had died in an airplane crash, and the familiar grief returned. “It brings back a flood of bad memories,” Sutton said. Memories of that snowy night nearly 11 years ago when a small plane carrying…
More than a century of glorious Kentucky basketball sights and sounds…
When one sport, one school, one supreme program so dominates a state, you can take its measure with sounds alone. Cock an ear to the sound track of more than a century of basketball in the Bluegrass State and you’ll hear: The buzz of the Hyatt lobby in advance of a game at Rupp…
Former Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton part of 2011 college basketball hall of fame class
Bob Knight, who coached Indiana to three national titles and had 902 wins in 41 seasons, and Virginia great Ralph Sampson are among the eight members of the Class of 2011 of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Also in the class announced Monday are coach Eddie Sutton, players James Worthy, Cazzie Russell and Chris Mullin and contributors Joe Vancisin and Eddie Einhorn. Induction will take place at the Hall of Fame on Nov. 20 as part of a three-day celebration that includes the CBE Classic at Sprint Center featuring Missouri, California, Georgia and Notre Dame.
Former Cat Sean Sutton is in for the battle of his life
We should keep the Sutton family in our thoughts as they go through a very tough time. A very humbling story from the Tulsa World: “A streak was broken here Saturday that added to the overwhelming feeling of sadness surrounding former Oklahoma State basketball coach Sean Sutton. The Sutton family’s roots go deep when it…
Former Cat Sean Sutton arrested on drug complaints
Former Oklahoma State basketball coach Sean Sutton was arrested by Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents on Thursday in Stillwater on complaints of attempting to possess controlled dangerous substances, officials said. OBNDD spokesman Mark Woodward said Sutton remained jailed this morning. It was not certain when Sutton might be arraigned in court. Read full article here.
Former Cat Travis Ford has 2nd highest winning percentage by a coach in OSU history
Only Eddie Sutton (70.9 percent), a former Kentucky coach, had a higher winning percentage than Coach Ford has (69.2 percent). Read article.
December 27, 1986: Kentucky ‘3-for-all’ gives Denny Crum his worst loss
[singlepic id=500 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=left]Big Brother, indeed. Eddie Sutton proclaimed Kentucky the “Big Brother” of this rivalry and, as in the Orwellian vision, “Big Brother” was everywhere yesterday in smashing Louisville 85-51. Read article.