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1971-72
Date Opponent Site 19 7 1
Dec.    1    NORTHWESTERN .......................................................................... Home
Dec.   4    KANSAS ........................................................................................ Away
Dec.   6    KANSAS STATE .............................................................................. Away
Dec. 11    INDIANA .................................................................................. Louisville
Dec. 13    MICHIGAN .................................................................................... Home
Dec. 17    UKIT (CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, PRINCETON) .............................. Home
Dec. 18    UKIT (CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, PRINCETON) .............................. Home
Dec. 28    NOTRE DAME .......................................................................... Louisville
19 7 2
Jan.    8    MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................... Home
Jan. 10    MISSISSIPPI STATE ........................................................................ Home
Jan.  15    FLORIDA ........................................................................................ Away
Jan. 17    GEORGIA ........................................................................................ Away
Jan. 22   TENNESSEE .................................................................................... Home
Jan. 24    VANDERBILT ................................................................................ Home
Jan. 29    LOUISIANA STATE ........................................................................ Home
Jan. 31    ALABAMA ...................................................................................... Home
Feb.    5    VANDERBILT .................................................................................. Away
Feb.   7   AUBURN ........................................................................................ Away
Feb. 12    MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................... Away
Feb. 14   MISSISSIPPI STATE ........................................................................ Away
Feb. 19    FLORIDA ........................................................................................ Home
Feb. 21    GEORGIA ........................................................................................ Home
Feb. 26    LOUISIANA STATE ........................................................................ Away
Feb. 28    ALABAMA ...................................................................................... Away
Mar.   6    AUBURN ........................................................................................ Home
Mar.   9    TENNESSEE .................................................................................... Away
KENTUCKY'S HOME ATTENDANCE
Year No. Games Attendance Average
1970-71 ........................ 13 ............................ 152,471 ............................ 11,728
1969-70 ........................ 15 ............................ 181,295 ............................ 12,086
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.
THE COVER: Artist Jack Coleman of Danville, Ky., commissioned by the Converse Rubber Co., captured Wildcat basketball coach Adolph Rupp in oil as "The Baron" served as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches during the 1970-71 term. John Mitchell, chief U.K. pfiDtographer, reproduced the painting on film for our cover. University of Kentucky Basketball Facts  1971-72
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All-Americans, All-NCAA ............35
All-Conference ..............................34
Athletic Director Lancaster 8-9 Athletics Association
Board of Directors ........................9
Staff Members ..............................4
Attendance Records       Inside Front
Award Winners (Annual) ..........32-34
Basketball Staff Coach Rupp 10-15
Rupp Era Record ........................15
Rupp Milestones............................5
Assts. Hall, Catlett ....................19
Asst. Parsons, Trainer
McCombs, Rollins ......................20
Equip. Mgr.Hukle....................21
Coaches Through Years 17
Coliseum ....................................46-47
Fabulous Five ..................................76
Freshman Basketball
Record (Ail-Time) ......................18
Results, 1970-71 43
Roster ........................................ 49
Schedule ......................................43
SigneesSketches 44-45
Statistics1970-71 ....................69
Helm's Selection ............................45
Home Floor Losses ..........................25
Lettermen Through Years 77-78 Modern Record (1946 to Date) 36-38
NCAA Titlists ................................17
Nickname, Origin of 22 Opponents Information
Highs and Lows 75-76
EX
Record vs. 1971-72
Opponents ..........................61-63
Record vs. All Opponents 79-81
Scouting Reports 50-60 Press-Radio-TV
Kentucky Outlets 3
Working Information 2 Southeastern Conference
Champions By Years ..................16
Composite Standing
Kentucky In SEC
Final SEC Standings1970-71 23
Television Series ........................22
Sports InformationRice, Perry 21
Tournament Trail ......................29-31
UKIT ................... 26-29
University of Kentucky
General Information ....................4
Dr. Singletary ................................6
Varsity Basketball
Background Briefs ................39-42
Game By Game Rebounding ......67
Game By Game Scoring ..............66
Quick Facts ..................................5
RecordsTeam, Individual, Misc., Memorial Coliseum .70-76
(Set in 1970-71) ..........................96
Roster ..........................................48
Schedule .................... Inside Front
ScorersTop Ail-Time ..............64
ScoresGame By Game 82-96 Season Record1970-71 16 Statistics1970-71 65
Time PlayedHigh Game ........68
Travel Plans................ Inside Back
Wildcats At A Glance..................7
Compiled By Jack Perry, Asst. Sports Information Director RUSSELL RICE, Director of Sports Information TO THE PRESS AND RADIO-TV
Here is your copy of the 1971-72 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 A.C. 606257-3838, 257-3839).
RUSSELL RICE JACK PERRY
Director of Sports Information Asst. Director of Sports Information
MRS. NANCY HOPPER Secretary
Information
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 tha 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.
TELECOPIERSDue to the increasing use of Xerox Telecopiers and other copying devices, the Sports Information Office does not feel it should try to provide side-court telephone service for such devices. Persons planning to use such devices at the press table should make their own arrangements with General Telephone. Telephones in the Sports Information Office and in the Coliseum hallway will be available for Telecopier use.
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 (257-2655). 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.
2 KENTUCKY PRESS-RADIO-TELEVISION OUTLETS
Lexington:
Lexington Herald-Leader
Tom Easterling
John McGill
D. G. Fitzmaurice
David Reed
227 West Short Street
Lexington, Ky. 40507
WVLK Radio Ralph Hacker P.O. Box 1559 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WLAP Sports
177 North Upper Street
Lexington, Ky. 40507
WBLG Radio Sports 130 Barr Street Lexington, Ky. 40507
WLEX-TV
Tom Hammond, Director P.O. Box 1457 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WKYT-TV
Charlie Mastin, Director P.O. Box 655 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WBLG-TV Carl (Hoot) Combs P.O. Box 1748 Lexington, Ky. 40501
Bob Cooper Associated Press 227 West Short Street Lexington, Ky. 40507
UPI Sports
157 Market Street
Lexington, Ky. 40507
Kentucky Kernel Sports University of Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 40506
Louisville:
Louisville Courier-Journal
Earl Cox
Dean Eagle
Dick Fenlon
525 West Broadway
Louisville, Ky. 40202
Louisville Times Sports
Dave Kindred
Jim Terhune
Tev Laudeman
Marvin Gay
525 West Broadway
Louisville, Ky. 40202
WHAS & WHAS-TV Cawood Ledford Jack Koch P.O. Box 1984 Louisville, Ky. 40201
Associated Press 525 West Broadway Louisville, Ky. 40201
Bob Weston UPI Sports P.O. Box 537 Louisville, Ky. 40201
WAVE & WAVE-TV Sports Ed Kallay, Director 725 South Floyd Street Louisville, Ky. 40203
WLKY-TV Sports P.O. Box 6218 Louisville, Ky. 40216
WINN Radio Sports Third and Broadway Louisville, Ky. 40202
WAKY Radio Sports Bob Watson, Director 558 South Fifth Street Louisville, Ky. 40204
State:
Ashland Independent Sports Department 226 17th Street Ashland, Ky. 41 101
Park City News Sports Department 813 College Street Bowling Green, Ky. 42101
Tribune-Times Sports Ky. and Monroe Streets Corbin, Ky. 40701
Post & Times-Star Sports Bill Waltz, Editor 421 Mad'son Avenue Covington, Ky. 41011
Advocate-Messenger Sports Department Danville, Ky. 40422
State-Journal Sports 321 West Main Street Frankfort, Ky. 40601
The Times Sports
301 South Green Street
Glasgow, Ky. 42141
Gleaner-Journal Sports 216 North Elm Henderson, Ky. 42420
The Enterprise Sports Central Street Harlan, Ky. 40831
Kentucky New Era Sports 123 West 7th Street Hopkinsville, Ky. 42240
The Messenger Sports Department 221 South Main Street Madisonville, Ky. 42431
Messenger Sports 206 West Broadway Mayfield, Ky. 42066
Ledger-1 ndependent Sports Department 43 West Second Maysville, Ky. 41056
News Sports Chester Avenue Middlesboro, Ky. 40965
Messenger and Inquirer Sports Department 1401 Frederica Street Owensboro, Ky. 42301
Sun-Democrat Sports Jerry Atkins, Editor 408 Kentucky Avenue Paducah, Ky. 42001
Paris Daily Enterprise Leo Brauer, Editor 23 East 4th Street Paris, Ky. 40361
Register Sports South Second Street Richmond, Ky. 40475
Commonwealth-Journal 102 North Maple Street Somerset, Ky. 42501
The Winchester Sun Sports Department Wall and Cleveland Streets Winchester, Ky. 40391 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
General Information
LOCATIONLexington, Ky., a community of 180,000 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 ENROLLMENT(On campus19,434)
PRESIDENTDr. Otis A. Singletary (At 13 Community Colleges1 1,244)
VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATIONDr. Alvin A. Morris VICE-PRESIDENT, BUSINESS AFFAIRSLawrence E. Forgy, Jr. VICE-PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY RELATIONSDr. Glenwood Creech VICE-PRESIDENT, MEDICAL CENTERDr. Peter Bosomworth VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT AFFAIRSDr. Robert G. Zumwinkle VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRSDr. Lewis Cochran VICE-PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY COLLEGESDr. Maurice Stanley Wall
FACULTY CHAIRMAN OF ATHLETICSDr. William Matthews (UK's faculty representative to Southeastern Conference)
ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONSPete Manchikes
CONFERENCESoutheastern (member since founding in 1933)
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 '33) ASSISTANT TO DIRECTORMrs. Louise Gilchrist HEAD BASKETBALL COACHAdolph Rupp (Kansas '23) ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARYMrs. Jane Rollins ASSISTANT COACHESJoe Hall, Gale Catlett and Dick Parsons
HEAD COACHES OTHER SPORTSFootball: John Ray, Baseball: Dick Parsons, Track and Cross Country: Press Whelan, Tennis: Dick Vimont, Golf: Dan McQueen, Swimming and Water Pole: Ron Huebner, Rifle: Capt. David Phillips.
TICKET SALES MANAGERHarvey Hodges ACCOUNTANTJan Smits
SUPERVISOR OF STUDENT ADMISSIONSAl Morgan
CO-ORDINATOR OF FACILITIESClarence Underwood
BASKETBALL TRAINERWalt McCombs
BASKETBALL EQUIPMENT MANAGERGeorge Hukle
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORRussell Rice (Kentucky '51)
ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORJack Perry
4 QUICK FACTS ON KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
NCAA CHAMPIONSFour Times (1948, '49, 51, '58) in 19 Appearances. 29 Victories.
NIT CHAMPIONS1946. SUGAR BOWL CHAMPIONSFive Times.
UK INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSTwelve Times in 18 Tournaments. SEC CHAMPIONSRecord 26 Times Since 1933.   (Last in 1971.) WORLD CHAMPIONS1948 Olympic Games.
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS1966.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BY POLLSSix Times Since 1949.
ALL-TIME RECORDWon 1,063, Lost 329, Tied 1 in 68 Seasons.
ADOLPH RUPP41 Years As Head Coach (Nation's WinningestWon 858, Lost 18382.4%).
KENTUCKY ALL-AMERICANS25 Players Honored 37 Times.
ALL-SOUTHEASTERN51   Players Honored 89 Times.
PROFESSIONALS30 Players Entered Ranks.
MEMORIAL COLISEUM  (11,500)  Home  Floor  Since   1950  (Won 252, Lost 31).
RECORD HIGH POINTS143 vs. Georgia (Neutral Site) '56At Home 121 vs. Mississippi '71.
INDIVIDUAL HIGH53 By Dan Issel in 1970 vs. Mississippi at Oxford.
BIGGEST VICTORY MARGIN77 vs. Georgia in  1956At Home, 53 vs. Georgia Tech '56, Georgia '59.
		MILESTONES IN THE RUPP RECORD	
Victory No.	100	 December 9, 1936 ..............	............ Georgetown (Ky.) (H) 46-21
Victory No.	200	 January 9, 1943 .................	............................ Xavier (A) 43-38
Victory No.	300	 January 25, 1 947 ...............	............................ Xavier (H) 71-34
Victory No.	400	 February 4, 1950 ................	...................... Mississippi (A) 61-55
Victory No.	500	 December 22, 1954 ............	.......................... La Salle (H) 63-54
Victory No.	600	 January 29, 1959 ...............	........................ Georgia (H) 108-55
Victory No.	700	 February 3, 1964 ...............	........................ Georgia (A) 103-83
Victory No.	772	 December 30, 1967 ............	................... Notre Dame (N) 81-73
Victory No.	800	 January 27, 1969 ...............	........................ Alabama (A) 83-70
 DR. OTIS A. SINGLETARY
President, University of Kentucky
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY . . . The State Is Our Campus
Located in Lexington, an urban community of 1 80,000 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 30,678 students and now offers instruction in 10 academic colleges plus a Graduate School and a Community Col lege system of 13 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 major professional societies and educational organizations.
President of the University is Dr. Otis A. Singletary, 49, who came to Lexington in 1969 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 1971-72 WILDCATS AT A GLANCE
LETTERMEN LOST FROM 1970-71 TEAM (6)
Mike Casey (6-4)Three time All-SEC guard, rounded out career with 1,525 points, making him fifth top scorer in UK history. Assumed team leadership role after missing '69-70 season with broken leg. Hit 50.4 pet. from the field as a senior, averaging 17.0 points a game. Drafted by ABA Kentucky Colonels and NBA Cleveland Cavaliers.
Jim Dinwiddie (6-4)Started 10 games late in season, averaged 5.4 points, hitting 52.5 pet. from the field. Provided solid floor leadership as playmaker. Scored 277 career points, average of 3.9.
Terry Mills (6-2)Top reserve at guard, scored 139 points. Good defensive player and fine outside shot. Averaged 6.5 points per game as a senior. Scored 424 career points.
Larry Steele (6-5)Three-year starter at forward, "Mr. Hustle" scored 314 points, hitting 51 per cent from the field and leading the team in assists with 93. Scored 781 career points and hauled down 499 rebounds.
Clint Wheeler (6-8)Reserve forward, saw light action but provided valuable opposition in practice.
Tom Payne (7-2)All-Conference, leading scorer with 17.6 points, second in scoring with 16.9, who joined the professional ranks under the hardship clause.
RETURNING LETTERMEN (6)
Jim Andrews (6-11 C-F)Team's sixth top scorer with 156 points, ave. of 6.5 and 5 rebounds. Played 306 minutes in 24 games, hitting 52.5 per cent from the field.
Kent Hollenbeck (6-4 G)Missed last six games of season with severe groin injury and was sub-par for NCAA. Fifth in scoring with 308 points, ave. of 14.0. Led in shooting percentages from field (53.3) and free throw line (88.2).
Stan Key (6-3 G)Played 154 minutes in 20 games, averaged 3.4 points.
Bob McCowan (6-2 G)Returns for final year of eligibility after layoff of year-and-a-half.  Averaged 7.6 points in 16 games.  MVP of 1969 UKIT.
Tom Parker (6-7 F)All-Conference, leading scorer with 17.6 points, second in rebounding with 8.2. Led in minutes played with 1,020.
Larry Stamper (6-6 F)Played 212 minutes in 20 games, started four games. Averaged 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds.
UP FROM FRESHMAN TEAM (4) Rick Drewitz (6-7 F-C)Leading rebounder (10.8) and third in scoring (19.3). Ray Edelman (6-2 G)Second in scoring (21.6) and fourth in rebounding (5.4). Ronnie Lyons (5-10 G)Leading scorer (24.3) and assists (60). Wendell Lyons (6-5 F)Averaged 1 1.8 points in 13 games before bout with mono.
 HARRY C. LANCASTER Director of Athletics
Administration of the University of Kentucky athletics program is under the guidance of Harry C. Lancaster, who was named acting A.D. in September 1968 and permanent A.D. three months later.
One of the first challenges facing Lancaster during his "acting" tenure was to obtain John Ray as football coach to replace Charlie Bradshaw, who resigned unexpectedly.
Lancaster has applied his energies in other areas, hiring coaches Ron Huebner, swimming; Dick Parsons, baseball, and Dan McQueen, golf, all outstanding in their sports as UK undergraduates, thus placing the accent on a youthful staff.
Capital improvements under Lancaster include a new roof for the Coliseum, new surface on the all-weather running track, plus a press box and additional seating at track events.
The latest achievement is a proposed new football stadium to be completed in 1973.
From 1946 until 1970, Lancaster was known primarily as the No. 1 assistant to Coach Adolph Rupp. His freshman teams compiled 204 victories against only 57 losses. He served 17 years as head baseball coach and gave the school its winningest seasons in history by compiling identical 18-8 marks in 1959-60.
A native of Paris (Ky.) High School, he lettered in football, basketball and baseball under Coach Blanfon Collier. At Georgetown College, he lettered in football, basketball and baseball for three years and twice captained the football and basketball
8 teams. He was Student Body president and president of Kappa Alpha Social Fraternity his senior year.
He 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).
Lancaster earned his master's degree in 1943 while serving as a part-time assistant in basketball and full-time instructor in Physical Education from Sept. 1942 until March 1944, when he entered the U.S. Navy as a Seaman 2/c. He advanced to lieutenant (SG) and returned to the University in March, 1946, in time to assist Rupp in winning UK's four NCAA basketball championships of 1948-49-51 and '58.
Traveled To Greece In 1951
In his own right, Lancaster has traveled extensively and received a signal honor when he was invited to prepare the Greek National Basketball Team for the 1968 Olympics. A return six-week tour in Athens was cancelled when Lancaster was asked to stay home and serve as acting athletics chief of staff.
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 1966 and a clinic in Germany in the summer of 1967.
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.
In addition to the UK President, board officers include the Vice-President for Student Affairs as vice-chairman and Dr. W. L. Matthews in the capacity of secretary. Fourteen other men, drawn from the University faculty and the general public, also serve on the board as appointees of the president as does a student representative.
Supervising the steady growth and balanced development of the athletic program is Athletic Director Harry C. Lancaster.
The Association's Board of Directors is composed of the following:
Faculty Members
Dr. Donald C. Leigh, '72 Dr. Daniel R. Reedy, '72 Dr. A. D. Kirwan, '73 Dr. Thomas Brower, '73 Dr. N. J. Pisacano, '74 Dr. Stephen Diachun, '74 Dr. W. C. Royster, '74
Trustee Members
James H. Pence, '72 Albert B. Chandler, '73
Members-at-Large L. E. Forgy, Jr., V.P.,
P. A. B. Widener, '72 Bus. Aff.
Robert H. Hillenmeyer, '74 Dr- R- G- Zumwinkle,
V.P., Stud. Aff.
Alumni Members Dr. W. L. Matthews, Jr., Dr. Ralph Angelucci, '72 Sec, Fac. Rep.
Floyd H. Wright, '73 John Griggs (K-Men)
Ex Officio Members
Dr. Otis A. Singletary,
Student Members
Scott Wendelsdorf Chairman (UK President) Baxter Schilling Dr. G. L. Creech, V.P., U. Rel.
9  ADOLPH FREDERICK RUPP
"World's Winningest Collegiate Basketball Coach" 41 Years  Won 858, Lost 183  82.4%
In the storied land of Kentucky Colonels, there dwells but one Baron, a man of consummate pride and a molder of powerful teams which for more than four decades have made the name of the University of Kentucky synonymous with the game of basketball.
He is Adolph Frederick Rupp, who was born Sept. 2, 1901, at Halstead, Kansas, where at a tender age he picked up a homemade basketball and shot it through a barrel hoop nailed to a barn door.
From that moment to the present, Adolph Rupp has been associated with basketball, progressing through a starring role as Halstead High School's top scorer and unofficial coach for two years, and playing on two national collegiate championship teams at the University of Kansas.
As a Jayhawk, Rupp was tutored by the famous Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, "father" of basketball coaching, and was a student under Dr. James A. Naismith, who invented the game at Springfield, Mass., and later served as coach and physical education instructor at Kansas.
During long conversations with Naismith and personal contact with the coaching techniques of Allen, Rupp picked up much of the basketball philosophy that was to carry him to great heights. However, the young farm lad from Halstead had no idea of entering the field of sport in any capacity when he received his degree in business and started beating the streets of Wichita and Topeka. He discovered quickly during that period immediately before the depression that jobs were scarce, especially in the banking business.
Returning to K.U., Rupp got back his job at the Jayhawk Cafe, where he had worked throughout his undergraduate years. He worked on an advance degree, and served as an assistant instructor.
When he heard of an opening at Burr Oak, Kansas, he applied and got the job of history teacher and coach of all sports. One of his first discoveries was that there was no place to play basketball; the only facility available was a renovated old barn that had been made into a skating rink. Basketball was played only when there was no skating scheduled. Rupp got his fill of that situation quickly and eagerly accepted a position as instructor and head coach at Marshalltown High School in Iowa. Once again, disappointment greeted the eager young coach; he had been hired to coach wrestling, not basketball, as he had been led to believe.
Totally unfamiliar with the sport, he purchased a book on wrestling and coached his team to the state championship.
Rupp moved the following year to Freeport, III., where he compiled a 67-16 won-lost record, and won two district championships, one sectional title and a third-place finish among 756 teams in the state.
He also developed nine all-conference players as members of the "Big 7" loop; produced the high scorer in the league three times and a second-place scorer once.
During the four summers of his tenure at Freeport, he attended Columbia University in New York City, receiving his degree of Master of Arts and the Teacher's College diploma Jan. 17, 1930. Rupp, teaching five classes in U.S. and world history at the time, was ready to embark on an administrative career in education.
When John Mauer decided to leave Kentucky and accept the head coaching job at Miami of Ohio, Rupp indicated an interest and was recommended by Craig Ruby, head coach at Missouri.
Rupp, appointed coach in May 1930, was chosen over approximately 70 other applicants for the job. One of his first moves after arriving on the campus for the fall semester was to call Carey Spicer, team captain, and tell him of the wide-open, controlled fast-break offense and man-to-man defense the Wildcats would use. Spicer and the other returning Wildcats, accustomed to the slowdown, deliberate style of
1 1 Mauer, became the talk of the South after they won their first 10 games under the new coach and then advanced to the finals of the Southern Conference Tournament before losing to Maryland, 27-29, on a last-second shot.
Since that opening season, which began with a 67-19 victory over Georgetown a week before Christmas in 1930, Rupp teams have been noted for their fast, exciting play and for never having experienced a losing season. Along the way during the ensuing 40-odd seasons at the University, Rupp has garnered just about every honor in the game of basketball.
One of his most important titles is that of the winningest coach in basketball, with 858 victories and 183 losses, a mark which has no immediate challengers, entering the 1971-72 season.
Rupp's road to fame has been paved by the performance of many fine players and teams. All told, 22 All-Americans have played for the "Baron of the Blue Grass." He also has developed more material (30 players) for the professional ranks than any other coach.
Rupp hesitates to name his greatest teams, which include winners of four NCAA titles, one NIT championship, five Sugar Bowl and 12 UKIT trophies, 26 SEC championships since the league was formed in 1933, and the 1948 Olympic crown.
As an outstanding author, lecturer, teacher and outspoken critic, he has been an important voice in basketball throughout the years. In addition to serving in various capacities on selection and rules committees, he spent an eventful year1970-71 as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
He is a full-fledged member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, having been inducted into that shrine at Springfield, Mass., in the spring of 1969, and has been named national "Coach of the Year" four times. He also boasts membership in the Kentucky, Kansas, and Helms halls of fame, and in 1970 was recipient of his alma mater's Distinguished Service Citation, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Kansas and its Alumni Association.
Rupp's accomplishments last season included a conference championship and a record 19th appearance in the NCAA playoffs. Four members of that teamcenter Tom Payne, forwards Larry Steele and Tom Parker, and guard Mike Caseywere named to All-Conference squads.
Although Rupp's honors are legendary and too numerous to be listed in their entirety in the space allotted in this publication, it seems apropos to single out a few of the major ho