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CERTIFICATE
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BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
HAS BEEN ELECTED BY THE HONORS COMMITTEE OF THE HALL of FAME
 WILDCATS FIRST TO REACH 1,000
The cover pictures on this season's Basketball Facts capture two historic moments in the history of the University of Kentucky and collegiate basketball.
First, the front cover contains a picture of a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame plaque presented Wildcat coach Adolph Rupp during induction ceremonies last April in Springfield, Mass.
The "Baron of Basketball" has forged an amazing record of 810 victories and only 175 defeats during 39 years as head coach of the Wildcats and ranks as undisputed winning coach of all time.
His victories form the bulk of the cause for cake-blowing as displayed on the back cover.
The Wildcats, fresh from an 88-67 victory over Florida Jan. 11, 1969, in Memorial Coliseum, were feted for becoming the first collegiate basketball team to reach the magic Victory No. 1,000 mark.
According to UK count, the feat had been accomplished five days earlier, when Rupp's forces blasted Mississippi State, 91-72, at Starkville.
A small cake ceremony was held in the Wildcats' motel headquarters after that game, but the big blowout came after the Florida game, when players representing the different century victory milestones were special guests of honor.
The Wildcat claim to 1,000 games against "legitimate" competition had one drawback. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, which had sent Rupp's forces to an International Tournament in Tel Aviv in August, 1966, refused to recognize the Wildcats' five victories en route to the championship.
There was no argument about who was first to hit 1,000, however, after the Wildcats defeated Georgia, 104-73, Jan. 15, 1969, in the Coliseum, to satisfy the NCAA.
Victory No. 1,000 had its beginning 67 years ago, when physical education instructor Walter W. H. Mustaine called together some State College students, took up a collection totaling $3 for a ball, told them to elect a captain and start playing.
Thompson G. Bryant, now 85 and retired after an esteemed career with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, recalls that basketball didn't cause much of a stir on the Lexington sports scene.
Bryant was a member of the 1904-05-06 squads and played on the prep team during the first two years of basketball (1902-03) at State College, the forerunner of UK.
"We all chipped in and bought a ball," he recalls. "One of those you inflated with a foot pump and then laced. If something had happened to that ball, we couldn't have played."
Games were played on the Buell Armory floor. Spectators sat on a circular mezzanine track containing three rows of chairs.
Old newspaper files indicate basketball was a hit-and-miss proposition, with games being canceled if a couple of players were too ill to participate. Press reports of the games also are scanty, with practically no reference to records of games played. The 1906 schedule, for instance, listed 20 games. But records show a 5-9 won-lost record.
The explanation is simple, says W. B. Wendt of Louisville, who, as manager, ran a one-man operation in those days. . . . "You made the schedule and hoped to fill it."
Wendt not only made the schedule but also printed tickets, collected money, paid bills and was in charge of the team on the road.
Extensive research has filled most of the gaps in the illustrious Wildcat basketball history and the results are detailed in this 1969-70 edition of Basketball Facts. University of Kentucky Basketball Facts  1969-70
INDEX
Ail-Americans, All-NCAA 35
All-Conference................................34
Assts. Hall, Plain 19
Athletics At Kentucky......................7
Athletic Director Lancaster 8-9
Attendance Records..........................3
Background Briefs (Player
Sketches) ................................39-43
Coach Rupp................................10-14
Coaches Through Years 17
Coliseum ....................................46-47
Fabulous Five .................................77
Fame Comes To Wildcats 32-35 Frosh Record (All-Time) 18
Frosh Schedule ................................44
Frosh 1968-69 Results 44
Frosh Signees .................................45
Game By Game Rebounding ..........68
Game By Game Scoring ..................67
Helms' Selection ...........................60
Home Floor Losses ..........................25
UKIT ..........................................26-29
Kentucky In SEC ...........................23
Lettermen Through Years 77-78
Modern Record ..........................36-38
NCAA Titlists 17
Nickname, Origin Of.....................22
Offense-Defense ...........................96
Opponents' Highs and Lows 76
Outlook Story..................................21
Quick Facts ......................................5
Records (Varsity) ......................70-75
(Set in '68-69) Inside Back Cover Record vs. All Opponents 79-81 Rice, Parsons, Vaughan, Hukle 20
Rosters (Varsity-Frosh)..............48-49
Rupp Era Record ............................15
Rupp Milestones................................5
Schedule (Varsity) ............................3
Scores ........................................82-95
Scouting Reports........................50-59
Season Record1968-69 16
Series Results ............................61-63
SEC Cage Champs By Years 15
SEC Composite Standing ..............23
SEC Final Standings1968-69 23
Statistics ....................................65-66
Thousand
Victories Inside Front Cover
Time PlayHigh Games 69
To Press-Radio-TV .......................... 2
Team Travel Plans 24
Top All Time Scorers ....................64
Tournament Trail ......................29-31
Television Series.............................22
University of Kentucky ............... 6
UK General Information 4 Wildcats At A Glance......................7
Edited By:
RUSSELL RICE, Director of Sports Information TO THE PRESS AND RADIO-TV
Here is your copy of the 1969-70 facts booklet on Kentucky basketball which we sincerely hope will aid you in covering and answering questions on the Wildcats this season. If you desire additional information, special stories, pictures or have questions not answered herein, please feel free to contact the Sports Information Office in Memorial Coliseum (Telephone 258-9000, Ext. 3210, 321 1, Area Code 606).
WORKING TICKETSAddress requests to Sports Information Office as far in advance as possible. Tickets will not be mailed unless requested and will be held at the Information Window at the main entrance of Memorial Coliseum for pickup on game night.
PRESS DOOREntrance to the area set aside for press and radio should be via the Press Door located to the extreme left of the Coliseum entrance foyer.
FRESS ROOMLocated under west stands.  Entrance near press door.
COMPSNo individual game allotment.
WESTERN UNIONWire facilities are available at court side. Please advise if you will be filing from the Coliseum and also notify manager of Western Union in Lexington.
RADIO BROADCASTSBroadcasting rights to UK games are assigned exclusively to the G. H. Johnston Agency, 59 East 54th Street, New York, N. Y. 10022 (Telephone 421-8055). One free reciprocal outlet is guaranteed opponent schools visiting Lexington. Any additional stations must clear through the Johnston Agency and the UK Director of Broadcasting, Mr. Pete Manchikes (258-9000, Ext. 2175). Working passes will be supplied approved stations by Sports Information Office.
SERVICESWorking press and radio will be furnished game programs, brochures, running play-by-play, halftime quickie box and final statistics in the form of a complete, seven-column dittoed box score.
RUSSELL RICE Director of Sports Information
MRS. ANNE HARVEY SMITH Secreta ry
Information
2 KENTUCKY VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE  1969-70
Date Opponent Site 19 6 9
Dec.   1    WEST VIRGINIA .............................................................................. Home
Dec.   6    UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ................................................................ Home
Dec.   8   NORTH CAROLINA..........................................................................Away
Dec. 13    INDIANA ........................................................................................ Home
Dec. 19    UKIT (DUKE, DAYTON, NAVY) ...................................................... Home
Dec. 20    UKIT (DUKE, DAYTON, NAVY, ...................................................... Home
Dec. 27   NOTRE DAME ............................................................................ Louisville
Dec. 29    MIAMI (OHIO) ................................................................................ Home
19 7 0
Jan.   3    OLE MISS ........................................................................................ Home
Jan.   5    MISSISSIPPI STATE .......................................................................... Home
Jan. 10    FLORIDA .......................................................................................... Away
Jan. 12    GEORGIA .......................................................................................... Away
Jan. 17    TENNESSEE ...................................................................................... Home
Jan. 24    LOUISIANA STATE .......................................................................... Home
Jan. 26    ALABAMA ...................................................................................... Home
Jan. 31    VANDERBILT .................................................................................. Away
Feb.   2    AUBURN .......................................................................................... Away
Feb.   7    OLE MISS.......................................................................................... Away
Feb.   9   MISSISSIPPI STATE .......................................................................... Away
Feb. 14    FLORIDA ........................................................................................ Home
Feb. 16    GEORGIA ........................................................................................ Home
Feb. 21    LOUISIANA STATE .......................................................................... Away
Feb. 23    ALABAMA ...................................................................................... Away
Feb. 28    VANDERBILT .................................................................................. Home
Mar.   2   AUBURN ........................................................................................ Home
Mar.   7    TENNESSEE ...................................................................................... Away
KENTUCKY'S HOME ATTENDANCE
Year                        No. Games                      Attendance Average
1968-69 ........................                        13 ............................                           165,500 ............................ 1 1,821
1967-68 ........................                        16 ............................                           178,000 ............................ 1 1,333
1966-67 ........................                        13 ............................                            136,588 ............................ 10,502
1965-66 ........................                        13 ............................                            149,571 * .......................... 1 1,505
1964-65 ........................                        14 ............................                            151,000 ............................ 10,786
1963-64 ........................                        14 ............................                            165,650 ............................ 11,117
1962-63 ........................                        15 ............................                           153,132 ............................ 10,208
1961-62 ........................                        16 ............................                           165,495 ............................ 10,343
1960-61 ........................                        14 ............................                           129,978 ............................ 9,284
1959-60 ........................                        13 ............................                            138,995 ............................ 10,692
1958-59 ........................                        15 ............................                            177,824 ............................ 1 1,855
1957-58 ........................                        13 ............................                            124,461 ............................ 9,574
1956-57 ........................                        14 ............................                            129,733 ............................ 9,266
1955-56 ........................                        13 ............................                            126,104 ............................ 9,700
* Season high in the nation.
3 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
General Information
LOCATIONLexington, Ky., a community of 150,000 in the heart of Kentucky's famed Blue Grass region. Renowned as the world capital of the thoroughbred horse industry and known also as the world's largest loose-leaf tobacco market.
FOUNDED1865 EST. ENROLLMENT27,920 (On campus1 6,1 75)
PRESIDENTOr. Otis A. Singletary (At 14 Community Colleges10,129)
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENTDr. Alvin A. Morris
ACTING VICE-PRESIDENT, BUSINESS AFFAIRSGeorge J. Ruschell
VICE-PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY RELATIONSDr. Glenwood Creech
VICE-PRESIDENT, MEDICAL CENTERDr. William Willard
ACTING VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT AFFAIRSDr. Stuart Forth
VICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARCHDr. Lewis Cochran
FACULTY CHAIRMAN OF ATHLETICSDr. William Matthews (UK's faculty representative to Southeastern Conference)
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONSFred A. Woodress
CONFERENCESoutheastern (member since founding in 1933)
NICKNAME OF TEAMSWildcats COLORSBlue and White
MASCOT"Baby" (Live Bobcat)
BANDVarsity (DirectorWm. Harry Clarke)      FIGHT SONG"On, On, U. of K." STADIUMMcLean Stadium on Stoll Field (capacity 37,500) GYMNASIUMMemorial Coliseum (capacity 11,500)
Athletics Staff
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICSHarry C. Lancaster (Georgetown '28) ASSISTANT TO DIRECTORMrs. Louise Gilchrist HEAD BASKETBALL COACHAdolph Rupp (Kansas '23) ASSISTANT COACHESJoe Hall, T. L. Plain and Dickie Parsons
HEAD COACHES OTHER SPORTSFootball: John Ray, Baseball: Dickie Parsons, Track and Cross Country: Press Whelan, Tennis: Dick Vimont, Golf: Humzey Yessin, Swimming and Water Polo: Ron Huebner, Diving: Tom Paxton, Rifle: Maj. Paul Coston.
ATTACHED TO AD's OFFICEKen Kuhn
TICKET SALES MANAGERHarvey Hodges ACCOUNTANTJulien Harrison
SUPERVISOR OF STUDENT ADMISSIONSAl Morgan
CO-ORDINATOR OF FACILITIESClarence Underwood
BASKETBALL TRAINERClaude Vaughan
BASKETBALL EQUIPMENT MANAGERGeorge Hukle
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORRussell Rice (Kentucky '51) QUICK FACTS ON KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
NCAA CHAMPIONSFour Times (1948, '49, '51, '58) in 17 Appearances. Record 28 Victories.
UK INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSEleven Times in 16 Tournaments. SEC CHAMPIONSRecord 24 Times Since 1933. (Last in 1969.) WORLD CHAMPIONS1948 Olympic Games.
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS1966.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BY POLLSFive Times Since 1949.
ALL-TIME RECORDWon 1,018, Lost 322, Tied 1 in 66 Seasons.
ADOLPH RUPP39 Years As Head Coach (Nation's WinningestWon 810, Lost 17582.2%).
KENTUCKY ALL-AMERICANS25 Players Honored 83 Times.
ALL-SOUTHEASTERN48 Players Honored 83 Times.
PROFESSIONALS26 Players Entered Ranks.
MEMORIAL  COLISEUM   11,500)  Home   Floor  Since   1950   (Won 223, Lost 30).
RECORD HIGH POINTS143 vs. Georgia (Neutral Site) '56At Home 115 vs. Auburn '66; 1 1 5 vs. Xavier '68.
INDIVIDUAL HIGH51 By Cliff Hagan in 1953 vs. Temple.
BIGGEST VICTORY MARGIN77 vs. Georgia in  1956At Home, 53 vs. Georgia Tech '56, Georgia '59.
NIT CHAMPIONS1946.
SUGAR BOWL CHAMPIONSFive Times.
MILESTONES IN THE RUPP RECORD
Victory No. 100  December 9, 1936 Victory No. 200  January 9, 1943 ... Victory No. 300  January 25, 1947 Victory No. 400  February 4, 1950 .
Georgetown (Ky.) (H) 46-21
Xavier (A) 43-38
.. Xavier (H) 71-34
Mississippi (A) 61-55
Victory No. 500  December 22, 1954
La Salle (H) 63-54
Victory No. 600  January 29, 1959 .. Victory No. 700  February 3, 1964 .. Victory No. 772  December 30, 1967
Georgia (H) 108-55 Georgia (A) 103-83
Notre Dame (N) 81-73
Victory No. 800  January 27, 1969
Alabama (A) 83-70
5 DR. OTIS A. SINGLETARY President, University of Kentucky
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY . . . The State Is Our Campus
Located in Lexington, an urban community of over 140,000 population in the heart of Kentucky's famed Blue Grass region, University of Kentucky is a state-supported, land-grant institution which celebrated its centennial year in 1965.
The present school, which this fall enrolled 27,920 students and now offers instruction in 10 academic colleges plus a Graduate School and a Community College system of 14 centers, had its beginnings in 1865 when it was established as a part of old Kentucky University. This action by the State Legislature united sectarian and public education under one organization for the first time. Federal funds authorized under the Morrill Act were used to develop agriculture and mechanical arts within KU and, in 1878, A&M College was separated from KU to become a separate state institution on the general site of what is now the 706 acre main campus. Name changes in 1908 and 1916 resulted in the title by which the school is now known.
It is fully accredited in its respective colleges and departments by all of the ijor professional societies and educational organizations.
President of the University if Dr. Otis A. Singletary, 47, who came to Lexington this year from the University of Texas, Austin, where he was executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Dr. Singletary, who is eighth president of the University, served a total of eight years at Texas, progressing during seven (1954-61) of those years from instructor to professor, associate dean of Arts and Sciences and assistant to the president. Then for five years (1961-66), he was chancellor of the University of North Carolina, although he was on leave from October 1964 to January 1966 to serve as director of the Job Corps, Office of Economic Opportunity.
6 1969-70 WILDCATS AT A GLANCE
LETTERMEN LOST FROM 1968-69 TEAM (2) Phil Argento (6-1 G)Team Captain, started all games, 281 points and 92 assists.
MVP in Notre Dame game. Mike Casey (6-4 G-F)Repeating as All-SEC, Casey averaged 19.1 points, grabbed
205 rebounds and was credited with UK record 129 assists last season. Played
1,054 minutes; All-UKIT.  Broke leg in auto accident; will miss season. RETURNING LETTERMEN (9) Bill Busey (5-10 G)Limited action past two seasons with scoring totals of 21 in
each. Lettered as soph. Jim Dinwiddie (6-4 G)Scored 23 points as reserve with action in 20 games. Dan Issel (6-814 C)All-America, set such records as most points, best season average
and most field goals and moved to No. 10 as top UK scorer; 26.6 ppg with high
of 41 against Vanderbilt at Nashville. All-Mideast, All-UKIT, Olympic alternate
and repeater as All-SEC. Art Laib (6-10 C-F)Lettered as soph, logged only 42 minutes time last season,
scoring 10 points and 17 rebounds. Bob McCowan (6-2 G)Top reserve, saw 200 minutes action in 20 games, averaging
3.8 pts., including 1 6-point production against Georgia at Athens. Terry Mills (6-3 G)Started first two games at guard, then played 13 as reserve,
averaging 3.2 pts.
Randy Pool (6-7 F-C)Top-flight reserve credited with action in 22 games last season. Scored 59 points and 49 rebounds.
Mike Pratt (6-4 F)All-SEC performer who missed first two games due to broken finger. Third scorer with 16.9 average; also credited with 230 rebounds.
Larry Steele (6-5 F)Broke into starting lineup and earned SEC soph honors. Averaged 8.6 pts., gathered 192 rebounds last season.
UP FROM FRESHMAN TEAM (5) Kent Hollenbeck (6-4 G)Averaged 20 ppg while hitting 53 percent from field. Stan Key (6-3 G)Ave. 1 1.9 pts. in 22 starts. Randy Noll (6-714 F)Ave. 16 pts., grabbed 270 rbs. Tom Parker (6-6 F)Led frosh with 20.3 ppg. Credited with 237 rbs. Mark Soderberg (6-8 C)Tied Noll with 270 rbs. Scored 15.9 ppg.
OTHERS
Clint Wheeler (6-8 C-F)Scored 24 pts. in 12 games.
ATHLETICS AT KENTUCKY
Kentucky's athletic, program, a well-balanced and ambitious activity featuring intercollegiate competition in ten different sports, is organized under the Department of Athletics and a corporation known as the University of Kentucky Athletics Association.
The program is conducted without overemphasis or sacrifice of educational objectives and in strict compliance with the rules of the University, the Southeastern Conference and the National Collegiate Athletics Association.
A board of directors, headed by the President of the University in the capacity of chairman, maintains overall policy supervision of the athletic program.
Supervising the steady growth and balanced development of one of the nation's top athletic programs is Athletic Director Harry C. Lancaster.
The Association's Board of Directors is composed of the following: Chairman (President) Dr. Glen Creech Dr. Donald C. Leigh
Vice Chairman (V.-P. Stu. Affairs)    Dr. Stephen Diachun Dr. J. L. Massie
Dr. W. L. Matthews, Jr., Secretary    Tim Futtrell (Student) James H. Pence
Dr. Ralph Angelucci J. T. Frankenberger Dr. N. J. Pisacano
Dr. Thomas Brower Dr. Lyman Ginger Dr. W. C. Royster
Albert B. Chandler Dr. A. D. Kirwan Floyd Wright
7 HARRY C. LANCASTER
Director of Athletics
The University of Kentucky basketball team starts a season for the first time in more than two decades without the familiar figure of Harry C. Lancaster on the bench.
After stepping up to athletic director late last season, the long time assistant to Coach Adolph Rupp handed over his coaching duties to concentrate on the complex job of running the entire Wildcat athletic program.
Basketball's loss was the University's gain over-all as Lancaster quickly moved to pick up the reins of leadership which has been relegated in an "acting" capacity first to Robert L. Johnson and then to Lancaster since the death of Bernie A. Shively Dec. 10, 1967.
Lancaster remained with the squad until season's end, but relinquished his freshman coaching duties to Joe Hall and silently began giving up other coaching duties.
The Rupp-Lancaster association, begun after the latter was discharged from the Navy as a lieutenant (s.g.) in 1946, has been one of mutual respect and harmony. Rupp, who always prides himself as one who "surrounds myself with the best people for the job at hand," made Lancaster a full assistant in 1948. During the two previous years, the youthful Navy veteran had busied himself by serving as part-time assistant while carrying on teaching duties and studying for a master's degree.
8 The dual duties, plus extra studies, were second nature to Lancaster, who had served as assistant football and basketball coach at Georgetown College (1932-33) and Paris High School (1933-34), head basketball coach at Bagdad High School (1934-36) and principal and coach at Gleneyrie High School (1936-42) and physical education instructor at UK in 1 942. He was to continue that trend of carrying extra loads, serving as UK's baseball coach for 17 seasons prior to relinquishing the post following the 1965 campaign and teaching a physical education class during the past 18 years.
Basketball was his forte, however, and he became recognized as one of the game's master strategists and designer of offenses and defenses to fit certain situations. In addition to coaching Rupp's freshman teams, he has always been at the side of the "baron" during the heat of battle. In his own right, Lancaster has traveled extensively and received a single honor when he was invited to prepare the Greek National Basketball Team for the 1968 Olympics. A six-week tour in Athens was cancelled when Lancaster was asked to stay home and serve as acting athletics chief of staff.
Traveled To Greece In 1951
Lancaster had traveled to Greece in the summer of 1951 on a special athletic assignment for the U.S. State Department. The mission called for him to act as an advisor to Greek Basketball Federation officials in Olympic procedures and other matters. He also conducted numerous clinics and coaching schools and gave public lectures on the cage sport. During the summer of 1962, he helped Coach Rupp conduct clinics for Army personnel in the Far East Theater and worked with Rupp on the team's Middle East Tour in 1 966 and a clinic in Germany in the summer of 1 967.
It is ironic that Lancaster gained greatest fame in basketball, since he always considered himself a better football player. He was an all-conference halfback for three straight years and captain during his last two seasons at Georgetown College and also played semi-pro ball in Louisville and Cincinnati. His success on the basketball court was equally great, however, as he earned three all-conference nominations and two team captaincies. As a coach, he has guided Kentucky yearlings to 204 victories, against only 57 losses, against formidable competition that included the more elite junior college clubs and top-notch service teams during the past 1 8 seasons. He posted respectable records as a baseball coach and gave the school its winningest seasons in history by posting identical 18-8 marks in 1959-1960.
A native of Paris, Ky., Lancaster attended Paris High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball under Coach Blanton Collier. At Georgetown College, he was president of Kappa Alpha Social Fraternity and the Student Body during his senior year. He is one of four persons named honorary life members by the organization of sports letter winners at the University.
He was married to.the late Mrs. Katherine Louise Wright of Christiansburg. A daughter, Mrs. Dan Spain Jr. and two grandchildren, Kevin, 6, and Dana, 4, live in Rockville, Md.  His father, U. F. Lancaster, resides at Richmond, Ky.
UK RECORD 20-GAME WINNERS
Kentucky lives up completely to its billing as the all-time champion of major college basketball with its run of 14 straight 20-victory seasons beginning in 1945, according to Boston sports authority Bill Mokray. The Wildcats were not permitted to field a team in 1953, but made up for it with a perfect record (25-0) the following season and continued their streak through 1959. Baron Adolph Rupp's warriors also achieved the magic circle with a 20-3 record in 1 933 and posted a 23-3 mark in 1962, 21-6 in 1964, 32-2 in 1965, 22-5 in 1968 and 23-5 in 1969. Only other major teams to boast of as many as ten straight 20-victory campaigns are North Carolina State and Western Kentuckyeach showing 10-year runs.
9 HALL OF FAME CEREMONIESHall of Famer Howard Hobson (Oregon & Yale) unveils Honors Court Plaque of inductee Adolph Rupp as program chairman Edward Sfeitz (Springfield) looks on during ceremonies at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame April 13, 1969. In bottom photo, Rupp is flanked by John Bunn (left), chairman of the Honors Committee, and Clifford B. Fagan, executive secretary of the National H. S. Federation, Chicago, and president of the Hall of Fame Board of Trustees.
1 0
18 ADOLPH FREDERICK RUPP
"Nation's Winningest Basketball Coach" 39 Years  Won 810, Lost 175  82.2%
The induction of Adolph Rupp into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last spring in Springfield, Mass., was fitting tribute to a man whose name is synonymous with college basketball.
Known as Der Baron of Basketball, "The Man in a Brown Suit," and various other names of distinction, Rupp has reaped honor upon honor during 39 years as coach of the world famed Wildcat cage teams.
He is the undisputed winningest coach of all time with 810 victories against only 175 defeats and is one of basketball's most popular clinic and after-dinner speakers.
The name of Rupp, feared and respected in opponents' hearts and beloved by the millions who have witnessed the remarkable success of his Wildcat cage teams, has become synonymous with the game of basketball.
Such unprecedented recognition for the fabulous mentor is only natural since his success in the past 39 years as head man of the fabled Kentucky cage thoroughbreds has been nothing short of phenomenal. It would take a book longer than his own technical best-seller, "Championship Basketball," to recite the record completely. Briefly, however, that record, in addition to Hall of Fame membership, includes:
An amazing 810 victories out of 985 starts for an unparalleled winning percentage of better than 82.2 percent against major competition.
Certification by the NCAA Service Bureau as the nation's most successful collegiate basketball coach, both for the decade ending in 1961 and at the 20-year level.
Selection as the unanimous national "Coach of the Year" in 1966 for the fourth time in his career and runner-up for the 1957 and 1964 seasons.
Honored in 1967 by Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club as "Coach of the Century."
Four NCAA Tournament championships picked up by his Wildcats who hold the all-time record of 17 appearances in the national classic and can claim more victories in NCAA play (28) than any other team.
Coach of the International Universities Tournament champions in 1966.
A nominal world championship as co-coach of the successful USA entry in the 1948 Olympic Games which included members of Kentucky's NCAA champions.
Producer of more Olympic gold medallion winners (7) than any other cage coach.
An all-time record total of 24 Southeastern Conference titles since the league was organized in 1933.
Election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959 and previous selection (in 1946) by Helms Athletic Foundation as a member of their exclusive Hall of Fame.
Trustee and member of selection and honors committees of Basketball Hall of Fame. Also chairman NABC Hall of Fame Committee and heads the group that selects players to appear in East-West All-Star Game benefitting the Hall of Fame.
Recipient of the Governor's Medallion in 1959 for meritorious service to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and plaques of appreciation from the U.S. Air Force (1959) and Sugar Bowl committee (1951).
1 1 Election to the Kentucky Hall of Fame (1945), outstanding citizen of Lexington (1949) and twice honorary citizen of the City of New Orleans. Enrolled in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1965.
Chosen "Deltasig of the Year" for 1966 by the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Phi, professional fraternity in commerce and business administration.
Development of more All-Americans (25 players honored 36 times) and more material for the pro ranks (26) than any other coach.
Five Sugar Bowl Tournament championships, a National Invitation Tournament title and 1 1 trophies from the 16 previous UK Invitational Touranments.
Membership on the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee.
More overseas clinic trips (seven to Europe, three to the Far East, and one to the Near East) for U.S. Government than any other coach. Also visited Alaska in 1968.
Selected as an official goodwill ambassador to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City
representing the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Election to Kansas Hall of Fame. SEC coach-of-the-year again in 1968.
Honored as Outstanding Kentuckian by Southeastern Kentucky Homecoming Committee at Booneville, Ky., in 1969.
Rupp's Teams Play In Most Tournaments
Tournament invitations in pre-Rupp years were almost unheard ofKentucky played in only eight sectional eliminations. In contrast, the Rupp-led Wildcats have the distinction of playing in more tournaments of all types than any other team. All told, his Blue Grass fives have achieved the unequalled feat of 149 victories against only 36 defeats, covering action in 35 national classics plus 21 conference meets, the '48 Olympics and the International Universities Tournament of 1966.
Al