All posts tagged "Fiddlin’ Five"
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 12 years agoJohn Crigler, member of UK’s 1958 championship Fiddlin’ Five squad, dies
John Lloyd Crigler, a starting forward for the University of Kentucky‘s Fiddlin’ Five 1958 basketball championship team and a longtime educator...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 13 years ago1958 National Champ Cats still having fun
Adolph Rupp was rough, especially on his 1958 team. Rupp said he had a collection of “fiddlers” when he needed violinists....
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 13 years ago1958: The Fiddlin’ Five make sweet music
This is a story about a brash young man who had the misfortune to run into the Old Master of tournament...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 14 years agoLike Rome, Kentucky basketball is a storied, flawed empire
Rick Pitino, upon taking the Kentucky job three coaches ago, called it the “Roman Empire of college basketball.” Which was correct,...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 15 years agoA video tribute to the Adolph Rupp Era
This is a video tribute to Adolph Rupp Era at Kentucky featuring the coach Adolph Rupp himself and many of the...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 15 years agoNicknames like the Fiddlin’ Five and “Dinner Bell” Mel Turpin are part of the top 25 things missed in college basketball
Sports illustrated brings us the “25 Things We Miss in College Basketball as part of it’s Nestle “Remember When” special. Read...