xt7qbz616578 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qbz616578/data/mets.xml University of Kentucky 1955 Memorial Coliseum, Lexington (Ky.) athletic publications English University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. University of Kentucky Basketball Programs (Men) UKAW University of Kentucky Men's Basketball (1954-1955) programs players coaches Rupp, Adolph UK vs. University of Georgia (February 9, 1955) rosters schedules Memorial Coliseum Kentucky vs. Georgia, February 9, 1955 text Kentucky vs. Georgia, February 9, 1955 1955 2012 true xt7qbz616578 section xt7qbz616578 Again, ashland-aetna chooses WLAP RADIO And J. B. 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CONTENTS Page Meet A Wildcat .................................................................................... 4 Kentucky Basketball Schedule .............................................................. 4 Opponent Roster .................................................................................. 5 Memorial Coliseum ................................................................................ 6 Kentucky Coaches ................................................................................ 7 Scorecards ........................................................................................ 8 & 9 Review of 1953-54.............................................................................. 10 Kentucky Roster .................................................................................... 1 1 Kentucky Freshman Schedule and Roster .............................................. 15 WILDCAT TIPOFF Official Kentucky Basketball Program Published by U.K. Athletics Association B. A. SH1VELY, Athletic Director KEN KUHN, Sports Publicity Editor _ NEXT HOME GAME _ X A V I E R Monday, February 14 8:00 p.m. TICKETS $1.25 AND $2.25 Memorial Coliseum Ticket Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MEET A WILDCAT GAYLE ROSESeniorGuard Paris, Ky. A prize "darkhorse" who stepped into the gap as a starting guard to replace Linville Puckett when the latter's departure threatened to seriously threaten Kentucky's chances for the 1955 SEC title, Gayle Rose attests to the dependability and never-say-die attitude of Wildcat reserves. The likeable, six-foot, native Kentuckian from Paris, one of only two seniors on the current edition of Ruppmen, saw action as both starter and reserve in all but two of the team's games during the undefeated 1953-54 campaign and his contributions made him a likely candidate for regular duty this season. However, Gayle got "lost in the shuffle" somehow and saw only limited service as a substitute in the tough December-January portion of Kentucky's back-breaking schedule. He stuck it out, nevertheless, and was ready when the team needed his services. Now, the new Rose is classed by Coach Rupp as one of the best "team" players on the squad and has proved himself a very valuable addition to the starting lineup. Boosting his individual record with every game, Gayle in 15 games has scored an average of 5.1 points per game. Highlights in his career include selection as "Mr. Basketball" of the annual North-South High School All-Star game in 1950 and his performance in last season's SEC playoff game against LSU, when he demonstrated great dribbling artistry and ball-handling ability in the closing minutes to cinch a Kentucky victory. Although a senior, Rose has not completed requirements for graduation from his dentistry-major course of study and will be eligible should the Wildcats play in the NCAA Tournament. KENTUCKY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1954-55 1 9 5 4 UK Opp. Dec. 4Louisiana St. (H) .... 74 58 Dec. 1 1Xavier (A) ............ 73 69 Dec. 18Temple (H) ............ 79 61 UK INVITATIONAL TOURNEY Dec. 21Utah .................... 70 65 Dec. 22LaSalle .................. 63 54 Dec. 30St. Louis (H) ........ 82 65 19 5 5 Jan. 1Temple (A) ............101 69 Jan. 8Georgia Tech (H) .. 58 59 Jan. 10DePaul (H) ............ 92 59 Jan. 15Tulane (A) ............ 58 44 Jan. 17L.S.U. (A) .............. 64 62 Jan. 22Tennessee (A) ........ 84 66 Jan. 29Vanderbilt (A) ...... 75 71 Jan. 31Georgia Tech (A) .. 59 65 Feb. 3Florida (H) ............ 87 63 Feb. 5Mississippi (N) ........84 61 Feb. 7Miss. State (A) ...... 61 56 Feb. 9Georgia ........................ Home Feb. 14Xavier ........................ Home Feb. 19DePaul ........................ Away Feb. 21Vanderbilt .................. Home Feb. 26Auburn ........................ Home Feb. 28Alabama ...................... Home Mar. 5Tennessee .................... Home page four ALLEN PARRISH HARBIN (RED) LAWSON LAMAR POTTS Center Head Coach Forward UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ROSTER No. Name Pos. Class Age Ht. Wt. Hometown 4 Virgil Mills (g) Soph. 20 6'2" 185 Palmetto, Ga. 12 W. C. Jones (g) Soph. 19 6' 195 Oglethorpe, Ga 21 Ronald Bradley (f) Soph. 19 6' 185 Avondale, Ga. 22 John Cummings (f) Soph. 19 6'1" 145 Canton, Ga. 23 George Bell (f) Jr. 20 6'4" 180 Cuthbert, Ga. 24 Bill Ensley (c) Soph. 20 6'5" 200 Chatsworth, Ga 31 Lamar Potts (f) Sr. 21 6'4" 200 Newman, Ga. 32 Allen Parrish (f) Sr. 21 6'6" 205 Adel, Ga. 50 Morris Dinwiddie (g) Jr. 19 5'10" 160 Scottsville, Ky. 51 Horace Knight (f) Jr. 19 6'2" 185 Stillson, Ga. 52 Murphy McManus (g) Sr. 20 6' 175 Rosemont, Ga. COACHHarbin "Red" Lawson CAPTAINLamar Potts (31) page five MEMORIAL COLISEUM Only a little more than a quarter century ago, the University of Kentucky provided its basketball team with its second home a magnificent new Alumni Gymnasium seating 2,800 spectators. A great many persons freely suggested that the arena would prove to be a "white elephant" which would never be crowded to anywhere near capacity by the sport that then was considered little more than an innocuous winter-month's pastime. But the hardwood game blitzed the nation and Kentucky's teams forged to the national forefront in such a crowd-pleasing manner that the "huge" hall soon could not begin to accommodate the large number of fans seeking to whet their new-found interest. In fact, the situation soon developed to the point where only the student body and faculty were admitted and for several years about all that Kentuckians at large knew of their state university's famed cage teams consisted of information gleaned from the press and radio. In 1941, when Dr. H. L. Donovan became president of the University, one of his first recommendations was for a building "that will properly take care of our athletics, our health service, physical education, and recreation." From this beginning came the plan that culminated in the construction of 12,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, an unparalleled edifice costing $3,925,000 by the time it was completed in 1950. The huge building, which serves as a memorial to the nearly 10,000 Kentucky heroes who lost their lives in World War II and the Korean conflict, covers an entire city block and contains as much space as a seven-story office building. Situated along Avenue of Champions, the Coliseum is used primarily for basketball games but also serves as the site of a sellout community concert and lecture series as well as numerous physical education classes and conventions. In sharp contrast to the early days in Alumni Gym, the present hall plays host to more than 100,000 Kentuckians annually for appearances ,of the famous Wildcat cage teams alone and interest is increasing with such strides that even this splendid arena may someday be outgrown. page six ADOLPH RUPP I The world's poorest prophet, but a coaching genius with a rare talent for consistently winning national championships. That's the University of Kentucky's fabulous cage mentor Adolph Rupp who this year celebrates his Silver Anniversary at the helm of Wildcat basketball with an incomparable career winning average of 85.6 percent for 496 victories out of 578 starts. Amazing as his coaching success has been, the usually astute Baron Rupp found himself on the losing end as a prophet last season. The Wildcats of 1 954 made a clean sweep through a 25-game schedule and disproved their coach's prophecy of some years ago that "no major school playing a major schedule can go through a season undefeated." The "impossible" feat of last year's Kentucky team in becoming the biggest-winning, perfect-record unit of all time climaxed an un-paralled honor roll of coaching successes that have stamped Rupp as the nation's most winning cage mentor. In the 24 years he has been at Kentucky, he's won the Southeastern Conference title 15 times, the NCAA Tournament championship three times, and the National Invitation Tournament once as well as Olympic Trials collegiate bracket laurels and a nominal world's championship through participation with the AAU Phillips Oilers as the USA entry in the 1948 Olympic Games. Coach Rupp is the first coach to guide his teams to three NCAA and one NIT titles. Besides the distinction of an even 100 victories against only 21 defeats covering action in 21 national classics (NCAA, NIT, UK Invitational and Sugar Bowl Tournament) plus 21 conference meets and the '48 Olympics, Rupp has guided his Wildcat teams to national championships in the Associated Press Poll four times in the last six years and produced no less than 24 All-Americans. Furthermore, the UK mentor goes into the current season in possession of another record that no other coach or school comes even close to threatening124 consecutive wins on the home floor. No Rupp-coached Kentucky team has been beaten at home since Ohio State turned the trick on Jan. 2, 1943approximately twelve years ago! HARRY LANCASTER Baron Rupp's capable right hand man is Harry Lancaster. As the first full-time assistant basketball coach in Kentucky's history and one of the few aides of this type in the country, he is in charge of convincing the best schoolboy cagers to cast their lot with the Wildcats and is responsible for their development as yearlings once they are in the Kentucky stable. He also handles the gruelling assignment of scouting future opponents. The success that he has shown in his endeavors is reflected in Kentucky's phenomenal success as a team respected and feared the world over. Coach Rupp is the first to give his assistant much credit for past developments, particularly the coaching assistance that Lancaster provided last season. Coach Lancaster, a native of Paris, Ky., and graduate of Georgetown College, came to Kentucky in 1942. A highlight of his career came in the summer of 1951 when he served the U. S. State Department in Greece as a consultant to the Greek Basketball Federation. page seven GEORGIA'S SCORECARD BULLDOGS FG FT PF TP 31 Potts, Lamar (f) 32 Parrish, Allen (f) 24 Ensley, Bill (c) 50 Dinwiddle, Morris (g) 52 McManus, Murphy (g) 4 Mills, Virgil (g) 12 Jones, W. C. (g) 21 Bradley, Ronald (f) 22 Cummings, John (f) 23 Bell, George (f) 51 Knight, Horace (f) TOTALS (Complete Roster on Page 5) OFFICIALS JACK KEYS ; For new car power! . 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Opp. Temple .............................. 86 59 Xavier .............................. 81 66 Wake Forest ......................101 69 St. Louis ............................ 71 59 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT LEXINGTON, KY. Duke ................................ 85 69 LaSalle .............................. 73 60 Minnesota .......................... 74 59 Xavier .............................. 77 71 Georgia Tech ....................105 53 DePaul .............................. 81 63 Tulane .............................. 94 43 Tennessee .......................... 97 71 Ky. Vanderbilt .......................... 85 Georgia Tech .................... 99 Georgia ..............................106 Georgia ..............................100 Florida .............................. 97 Mississippi ........................ 88 Mississippi State ................ 81 Tennessee .......................... 90 DePaul .............................. 76 Vanderbilt ..........................100 Auburn ..............................109 Alabama ............................ 68 SEC PLAYOFF Louisiana State .................. 63 Opp. 63 48 55 68 55 62 49 63 61 64 79 43 56 2187 1508 "KENTUCKY CARDINAL" Guaranteed Sox A Man's Best Buy In Hosiery Fancy Designs - Colorful Patterns On Sale Now at Your Favorite Retail Store55c a pair or six pairs for $3 Ades-Lexingron Dry Goods Company WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS LEXINGTON, KY. page ten Gayle Rose, Jerry Bird, Bob Burrow, Coach Adolph Rupp, Phil Grawemeyer, Bill Evans, and Linville Pucketr. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ROSTER No. Name Pos. Class Age Ht. Wr. Hometown 10 Dan Chandler (g) Jr. 19 5'11" 160 Versailles, Ky. 20 *Gayle Rose (g) Sr. 22 6' 170 Paris, Ky. 22 Merry Bird (f-c) Jr. 19 6'6" 200 Corbin, Ky. 33 *)_inville Puckett (g) Jr. 21 6' 165 Winchester, Ky. 40 Earl Adkins (f-g) Soph. 21 6'3" 190 Ashland, Ky. 42 *Bill Evans (g-f) Sr. 22 6'1" 170 Berea, Ky. 44 *Phil Grawemeyer (f) Jr. 20 67" 180 Louisville, Ky. 50 Bob Burrow (c) Jr. 20 6'7" 215 Wells, Texas 55 Ray Mills (f) Soph. 21 6'4" 185 Manchester, Ky. 60 Gerry Calvert (g) Soph. 19 5'11" 165 Maysville, Ky. 66 *Bill Bibb (f) Jr. 20 6'4" 190 Owensboro, Ky. 77 Harold Hurst (c) Jr. 20 67" 190 Waltersville, Ky. 80 John Brewer (g) Soph. 19 6'3" 170 Anchorage, Ky. 88 Paul Corum (g) Soph. 19 5'10" 160 Midway, Ky. * 1953-54 Lettermen. COACHAdolph Rupp (24 yrs.won 496, lost 82) CAPTAINBill Evans (42) page eleven ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS, 1926-54 (Players must have earned at least one first team berth on recognized selection) Name Year Paul Jenkins.......................................................... 1926 Louis McGinnis .................................................... 1931 Carey Spicer .................................................... 1929-31 George Yates ........................................................ 1931 Ellis Johnson.................................................... 1932-33 Forrest Sale...................................................... 1932-33 John DeMoisey ................................................ 1933-34 LeRoy Edwards...................................................... 1935 Dave Lawrence...................................................... 1935 Ralph Carlisle.................................................. 1936-37 Warfield Donohue ................................................ 1937 Bernard Opper ................................................ 1938-39 Layton Rouse ........................................................ 1940 Lee Huber ............................................................ 1941 James King .......................................................... 1941 Marvin Akers .................................................. 1941-43 Ermal Allen .......................................................... 1942 Melvin Brewer ...................................................... 1943 Bob Brannum ........................................................ 1944 Jack Parkinson .......................................... 1944-45-46 Jack Tingle ............................................ 1944-45-46-47 Kenton Campbell .................................................. 1945 Ralph Beard .......................................... 1946-47-48-49 Wallace Jones ...................................... 1946-47-48-49 Joe Holland .......................................................... 1947 Kenneth Rollins .............................................. 1947-48 Alex Groza .................................................... 1948-49* Jim Line................................................................ 1950 Walt Hirsch .......................................................... 1951 Bill Spivey ...................................................... 1950-51* Bobby Watson ................................................ 1951-52 Shelby Linville .................................................... 1951 * Frank Ramsey ............................................ 1951-52, 54 Cliff Hagan .................................................. 1952, 54* * Chosen on All-NCAA Tournament Team page twelve 1 1954-55 KENTUCKY VARSITY BASKETBALL STATISTICS (Seventeen Games Won 15 Lost 2) REB. Name Pos. G. FGA FG PCT. FTA FT PCT. REB. AV. PF TP AV. Burrow, C 17 299 125 .419 89 56 .629 282 16.6 46 306 18.0 Evans, G ........ 17 241 91 .378 73 53 .726 131 7.7 46 235 13.8 Grawemeyer, F 17 253 87 .344 72 50 .694 229 13.5 55 224 13.2 Bird, F .......... 17 199 78 .392 56 32 .572 172 10.1 44 1 88 11.1 Rose, G .......... 15 82 26 .317 40 24 .600 25 2.1 32 76 5.1 Mills, C .......... 15 56 15 .268 22 1 1 .500 52 3.5 17 41 2.7 Adkins, G . 8 26 8 .308 7 3 .429 7 0.9 7 19 2.4 Brewer, G 10 28 8 .286 4 3 .750 14 1.1 1 1 19 1.9 Calvert, G 7 11 5 .455 10 3 .300 8 0.7 5 13 1.9 Corum, G 3 1 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 0.7 1 0 Chandler, F .... 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 0 Others ............ 161 52 62 39 79 47 143 Kentucky Totals 17 1357 495 .365 435 274 .630 1059* 62.3 312 1264 74.9 All Opps. Totals 17 1 128 356 .316 531 340 .640 699 41.1 261 1052 61.9 * Includes team rebounds. Average Scoring Margin 13.0 CURRENT SEASON'S SINGLE-GAME RECORDS Individual Highs Player Opponent Date No. Total Points Scored Grawemeyer L.S.U. Dec. 4 28 (FG: 12; FT: 4) Field Goals Scored Grawemeyer L.S.U. Dec. 4 12 Burrow Temple Dec. IS 12 Burrow Miss. Feb. ; 12 (No. Atts: 32, 30, 23) Free Throws Scored Grawemeyer Florida Feb. 3 12 (No. Atts 12) Free Throws Attempted Grawemeyer Florida Feb. 3 & Burrow & DePaul Jan. 10 12 (No. by Team: 33, 27) Most Rebounds Burrow Temple Dec 1 8 34 (No. by Team: 108) FOR AFTER THE GAME ENJOYMENT VISIT THE Phoenix Hotel BLUE GRASS ROOM and have you tried the new Phoenix Coffee Shop? LEXINGTON'S LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL page thirteen HEAR PLAY-BY-PLAY BROADCAST OF U.ofK. 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Georgetown Dec. 18Sue Bennett Jr. College ........................................................................ Home Jan. 8Georgetown "B" .................................................................................. Home Jan. 10Ashland Jr. College .............................................................................. Home Jan. 12Cumberland Jr. College ................................................................ Manchester jan. 19Cumberland Jr. College ........................................................... Williamsburg Feb. 11Ky. Wesleyan Frosh.* .................................................................. Owensboro Feb. 14Xavier Frosh ........................................................................................ Home Feb. 16Sue Bennett Jr. College ...................................................................... London Feb. 21Cumberland Jr. College ........................................................................ Home Feb. 23Ashland Jr. College .......................................................................... Ashland * Tentative. KENTUCKY FRESHMEN BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Age Ht. Wt. Hometown 7 Hatton, Vernon (g) 18 6'4" 190 Lexington, Ky. 19 Phelps, Phil (f) 18 6'2" 185 Hamilton, Ohio 20 Butcher, John (g) 18 5'11" 160 Pikeville, Ky. 22 Sczepanski, Leon (c) 18 67" 228 Chicago, Illinois 25 Collinsworth, Lincoln (g) 18 6'3" 190 Salyersville, Ky. 32 Ross, Harold (f) 18 6'2" 175 Hickman, Ky. 34 Cassady, Billy (g) 18 6'2" 185 Inez, Ky. 35 Smith, Bill (f) 18 6'5" 195 Walton, Ky. 37 Howe, Dick (c-f) 18 6'6" 220 Carbondale, III. 42 Crigler, John (f) 18 6'2" 185 Hebron, Ky. 44 Beck, Ed (c) 18 6'7" 200 Ft. Valley, Ga. 66 Johnson, Phil (f) 18 6'5" 185 Lexington, Ky. COACHHarry C. Lancaster (Georgetown '32) FRESHMAN MANAGERChris Kitchen page fifteen Laundry Dry Cleaning DeBoor One Day Service Monday thru Friday No Added Cost 15 Per Cent Discount and Curb Service AT 265 EUCLID AVE. 880 E. 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