All posts tagged "Wallace Jones"
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 2 years agoToday Marks the 75th Anniversary of Kentucky’s First NCAA Title
On March 23, 1948, Kentucky won its first NCAA title by walloping Baylor, 58-42. Alex Groza was named Most Valuable Player.
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 11 years agoKentucky legend Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones passes away
News broke this afternoon that Kentucky great Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones passed away. Jones, who had just celebrated his 88th birthday,...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 11 years agoFirst ever Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones Award to be handed out March 18
The first ever Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones Award will be presented during the 2014 Mr. and Miss Kentucky Basketball Awards Ceremony...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 13 years agoKentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony set for Saturday
The newly established Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame has planned its first induction ceremony for nearly three months, and...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 13 years agoFormer Cats named to inaugural Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame class
Kentucky high school basketball is getting its own Hall of Fame. It will not only have a brick-and-mortar structure, but also...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 14 years agoMore 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...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 14 years agoOn this date in Kentucky basketball history…
From The Season Never Ends 2011 Calendar: “On July 30, 1948, the United States Olympic team kicked off the round robin...
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Kentucky Basketball
/ 15 years agoKentucky great Wallace ‘Wah Wah’ Jones still going strong at 84
Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones still draws a crowd, even at age 84. Entertaining a large group of well-wishers recently, during a...
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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
/ 16 years agoAdolph 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...