Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats can boast an unequaled record of 71 victories against 15 defeats in major tournament competition over the past 20 years, including participation in 14 national classics. The Bluegrass cagers were the first team in basketball history to win two NCAA titles and a National Invitation crown. Coach Rupp and his "Fabulous Five" represented the United States as a unit at the 1948 Olympic Games.
Kentucky Colonel Rupp is the author of a best-seller, "Championship Basketball," which is already being translated into foreign languages. During the past season, he was made an honorary citizen of New Orleans and received the first plaque of appreciation ever awarded by the Sugar Bowl basketball committee. He was honored in 1949 as the outstanding citizen of Lexington, and holds high office in the Oleika Temple of the Shrine. In 1945, Rupp was named to the Kentucky Hall of Fame, the second man to be so honored in the history of the state.
Coach Rupp is a native of Halstead, Kansas, where he captained the high school cage team. Later, at the University of Kansas, he played under the tutelage of Dr. Forrest (Phog) Allen, a noted basketball mentor. As a high school coach at Freeport, Illinois, his teams won 71 out of 82 games prior to his entry on the Kentucky scene in 1930.
Baron Rupp's capable assistant is genial Harry Lancaster, former Georgetown college athlete.

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