On March 23, 1948, Kentucky won its first NCAA title by walloping Baylor, 58-42. Alex Groza was named Most Valuable Player.
Today Marks the 75th Anniversary of Kentucky’s First NCAA Title
Kentucky 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, passed away Sunday morning.
First 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 on March 18.
Kentucky 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 for executive director Rick Whobrey, this weekend can’t get here soon enough. “It’s been anticipated for so long,” Whobrey said. “I’m anxious in a good way for it to come. It’s something a lot…
Former 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 a mission of conveying the “essence” of the game to the state’s young people. The Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches made that announcement on Tuesday and named the Hall of Fame’s first inductees. The…
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…
On 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 portion of their schedule with an 86-21 victory over Switzerland. Four Kentucky players scored, including Alex Groza with 19, Wah Wah Jones with eight, Ralph Beard six and Cliff Barker with 5.
Kentucky 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 surprise birthday party, Jones was amazed by the turnout. Among the guests, former UK coach Joe B. Hall, himself a spry 81. “He’s one of the best that’s ever been to the University of…
A 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 great players that played under him: Dan Issel, Alex Groza, Cotton Nash, Larry Conley, Mike Pratt, Pat Riley, Vernon Hatton, John Crigler, Adrian Smith, Johnny Cox, Ed Beck, Tommy Kron, Thad Jaracz, Louie Dampier,…
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…