xt7sj38kdz4j https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7sj38kdz4j/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 (1955-1956) programs players coaches Rupp, Adolph UK vs. University of Tennessee (March 5, 1955) Memorial Coliseum rosters schedules Kentucky vs. Tennessee, March 5, 1955 text Kentucky vs. Tennessee, March 5, 1955 1955 2012 true xt7sj38kdz4j section xt7sj38kdz4j Again, ashland-aetna chooses WLAP RADIO And J. B. FAULCONER, Kentucky's favorite sportscaster, to originate all U.K. WILDCATS BASKETBALL for their big, state-wide 25-station sport network for the 7TH STRAIGHT YEAR Sponsored by Sears-Roebuck and Co. and Ashland-Aetna Another WLAP RADIO Exclusive RUPP on the AIR TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS at 7:00 p.m. >WLAP RADIO-630 Sponsored by Thompson-King-Tate and Marlowe Tire Co. CONTENTS Page Opponent Roster .................................................................................. 5 Memorial Coliseum ................................................................................ 6 Kentucky Coaches ................................................................................ 7 Scorecards ........................................................................................ 8 & 9 Review of 1953-54 .............................................................................. 10 Kentucky Roster .................................................................................... ' ' Kentucky Freshman Schedule and Roster .............................................. 1 5 wildcat tipoff Official Kentucky Basketball Program Published by U.K. Athletics Association B. A. SHIVELY, Athletic Director KEN KUHN, Sports Publicity Editor Mid-West Preliminary Round NCAA TOURNAMENT Tuesday, March 8 Memorial Coliseum 2 GAMES 7:30 AND 9:30 P.M. Tickets on sale now through the mail and at the UK Athletics Ticket Office Kemucky Cage Chief Adolph Frederick Rjpp poses amidst some of the "hardware" won by the Wildcats during his 25-year tenure as a maker of champions. Among the many awards represented by the trophies are 13 Southeastern Conference Tournament championships, three NCAA Tournament titles, an NIT first, Olympic Trials championship, and five National Champion designations by Helms Athletic Foundation. Tonight's game climaxes (but possibly does not complete) Coach Rupp's Silver Anniversary season as basketball coach at the University of Kentucky. It has been a long and sometimes rocky road since May 22, 1930, but the famed "Man In The Brown Suit" can look back on an honor-studded career that has seen his Wildcats rise to the pinnacle of a perennial power in the basketball world and his own name heralded to the four corners of the globe. Rupp's Raiders, going into tonight's game, have won 517 and lost only 84 for a winning average of better than 86 percent and this stamps their coach as the game's greatest victory producer of all time and deserving of the finest tribute that can be paid to one who is due so much. page four Left to rightLewis Neyland, J. D. Byington, Herman Thompson, Bill Cate, Bob Gipe, Captain Ed Wiener, Carl Widseth, Kyle Testerman, Bill Hall, Dick Kellar, Bill Lovelace. Not pictured is Bill Jarvis. TENNESSEE ROSTER No. Name Pos. Class Age Ht. Wt. Hometown 11 Tom Tracy (g) Jr. 20 5'9" 185 Birmingham, Mich. 12 Bill Lovelace (g) Sr. 21 6'1" 177 Knoxville, Tenn. 13 Bill Hall (g) Sr. 21 6' 165 Knoxville, Tenn. 15 Herman Thompson (g) Soph. 19 5'11" 150 Alcoa, Tenn. 16 Bob Gipe (f) Soph. 19 6'5" 188 Kingsport, Tenn. 17 Lewis Neyland (f) Jr. 20 6'3" 165 Knoxville, Tenn. 18 Bill Cate (g) Soph. 19 6'3" 180 Cleveland, Tenn. 19 Ed Wiener (f) Sr. 21 6'3" 185 Brooklyn, N. Y. 21 Carl Widseth (c) Jr. 20 6'3" 180 Minneapolis, Minn. 22 J. D. Byington (f-c) Sr. 22 6'6" 190 Knoxville, Tenn. 24 Bill Jarvis (c) Sr. 21 6'8" 210 Greensboro, N. C. 25 Dick Kellar (f) Jr. 21 6'3" 179 Kokomo, Ind. COACHEmmett Lowery CAPTAINEd Wiener (19) page five MEMORIAL COLISEUM Only a little more than a quarter century ago, the UnivtVt'ity 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 Donovrn 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 sucl strides that even this splendid arena may someday be outgrown. page six ADOLPH RUPP 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 1954 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 Ail-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! of Paris, light of ment in Ky., and his career Greece as 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 ones they are in the Kentucky stable. He also handles the gruel'mg 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 graduate of Georgetown College, came to Kentucky in 1942. A high-came in the summer of 1951 when he served the U. S. State Depart -a consultant to the Greek Basketball Federation. page seven TENNESSEE'S SCORECARD VOLUNTEERS FG FT PF TP 17 Neyland, Lewis (f) 19 Wiener, Ed (f) /Iff 11/ 21 Widseth, Carl (c) /!/> < f I- m 12 Lovelace, Bill (g) IF =- w M- 15 Thompson, Herman (g) i/ 11 Tracy, Tom (g) t- 13 Hall, Bill (g) i Mi 16 Gipe, Bob (f) t 18 Cate, Bill (g) 22 Byington, J. D. (f-c) 24 Jarvis, Bill (c) 25 Kellar, Dick (f) i /i lit! ! TOTALS (Complete Roster on Page 5) OFFICIALS FRED WA ER For new car power! .. For q Get Ethyl with ICA Get pictures of your favorite Kentucky Basketball All-Stars from your friendly Ashland or Aetna dealer, who brings you all major Kentucky College Games over a state-wide network. Brand of Ignition Control Additive. page eight KENTUCKY'S SCORECARD i (Complete Roster on Page 11) D WA, !ERS and H. R. WILSON WILDCATS FG FT PF TP 22 Bird, Jerry (f-c) J 1 1 1 Hi- / 80 Brewer, John (g) ill ll1 XT'3- 50 Burrow, Bob (c) g0i, nfl 20 Rose, Goyle (g) r mill Hll w 42 Evans, Bill (g-f) ?1 v mini. af-f-- it 10 Chandler, Dan (g) 40 Adkins, Earl (f-g) 55 Mills, Ray (f) i/i f\ 60 Calvert, Gerry (g) >y i 5 1 77 Hurst, Harold (c) iii(- / 88 Corum, Paul (g) r 9- TOTALS For quick starts in cold weather! WHERE YOU SEE THESE SIGNS... page nine LAUNDERERS BECKERS CLEANERS MEMBER MDE) NATIONAL institute OF CLEANING AND DYEING Thirty-eight years of experience. This combination has proven unbeatable in good cleaning standards. REVIEW OF 1953-54 (Won 25, Lost 0) Ky. 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 ........... 74 59 ........... 77 71 Georgia Tech ......... ...........105 53 DePaul ................... ........... 81 63 ........... 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 Louisiana SEC PLAYOFF 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 FRONT ROW (left to right)Coach Adolph Rupp, Paul Corum, Gayle Rose, Bill Evans, Gerry Calvert, Dan Chandler, and Asst. Coach Harry Lancaster. BACK ROWTrainer John Payne, Earl Adkins, Ray Mills, Jerry Bird, Bob Burrow, Phil Grawemeyer, Harold Hurst, John Brewer, and Manager Bill Surface. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ROSTER No. Name Pos. Class Age Ht. Wt. 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. 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. 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 THE RUPP ERA 1930-54 Season Kentucky Opponents Percent Cha-npionship 1930-31 ...................... 15 3 .833 1931-32 ...................... 15 f ' .882 1932-33 ...................... 20 3 .870 SEC 1933-34 ...................... 15 1 .938 1934-35 ...................... 19 2 .905 1935-36 ...................... 15 6 .714 1936-37 ...................... 17 5 .774 SEC 1937-38 ...................... 13 5 .722 1938-39 ...................... 16 4 .800 SEC 1939-40 ...................... 15 6 .714 Sugar Bowl, SEC 1940-41 ...................... 17 8 .680 1941-42 ...................... 19 6 .760 SEC 1942-43 ...................... 18 5 .783 1943-44 ...................... 19 2 .905 SEC 1944-45 ...................... 22 4 .846 SEC 1945-46 ...................... 28 2 .933 SEC, NIT 1946-47 ...................... 34 3 .918 SEC 1947-48 ...................... 36 3 .923 SEC, NCAA, Olympics 1948-49 ...................... 32 2 .941 SEC, NCAA 1949-50 ...................... 25 5 .833 Sugar Bowl, SEC 1950-51 ...................... 32 2 .941 SEC, NCAA 1951-52 ...................... 29 3 .906 SEC 1952-53 (No schedu le played) 1953-54 ...................... 25 0 1.000 UKIT, SEC, National 24-Year Total 496 82 .858 Total Points Kentucky 33,183; Opponents 22,665 Game Average Kentucky 57.6; Opponents 39.2 page twelve ^unbaH Jjfralft-Cpabf r Published by LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER Lexington, Ky. 1954-55 KENTUCKY VARSITY BASKETBALL STATISTICS (Twenty-three Games Won 21, Lost 2) REB. Name Pos. G. FGA FG PCT. FTA FT PCT. REB. AV. PF TP AV. Burrow, C ...... 23 414 173 .418 134 84 .627 407 17.7 57 430 18.7 Evans, G ........ 23 322 117 .363 100 73 .730 191 8.3 65 307 13.4 Grawemeyer,'F 20 303 104 .343 74 52 .703 270 13.5 63 260 13.0 Bird, F .......... 23 280 105 .375 67 36 .537 248 10.8 58 246 10.7 Rose, G .......... 21 138 47 .341 65 36 .554 52 2.5 56 130 6.2 Brewer, F ...... 15 72 28 .389 15 1 1 .733 45 3.0 23 67 4.5 Mills, C .......... 20 79 20 .2=3 31 17 .548 83 4.2 23 57 2.9 Adkins, G ...... 12 60 19 .3.7 17 10 .588 23 1.9 17 48 4.0 Calvert, G ...... 13 25 8 .32J 18 9 .500 14 1.1 13 25 1.9 Corum, G ...... 7 6 4 .666 4 2 .500 4 .6 2 10 1.4 Chandler, G .... 4 2 1 .503 4 1 .250 2 .5 4 3 .8 Hurst, C ........ 2 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 .5 1 2 1.0 Others ............ 161 52_62 39_79_47 143 Kentucky Totals ........ 23 1863 679 .365 591 370 .629 1495* 65.0 329 1728 75.1 All Opps. Totals ........ 23 1515 461 .304 730 467 .639 977 42.5 352 1389 60.4 1 InjuredLost for season. * Includes Team Rebounds. Average Scoring Margin14.7 CURRENT SEASON'S SINGLE-GAME RECORDS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS _Player_Opponent Date No._ Total Points Scored Burrow_Vanderbilt Feb. 21 31 (FG: 12; FT: 7) Field Goals Scored Grawemeyer L.S.U. Dec. 4 12 (No. Atts: 32) Burrow Temple Dec. 18 12 (No. Atts: 30) Burrow Miss. Feb. 5 12 No. Atts: 23) _Burrow_Vanderbilt Feb. 21 12 (No. Atts: 20)_ Free Throws Scored_Grawemeyer Florida_Feb. 3 12 (No. Atts: 12)_ Free Throws Attempted Grawemeyer Florida Feb. 3 12 (No. by Team: 33) __Burrow_DePaul Jan. 10 12 (No. by Team: 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. BASKETBALL EVERY GAME HOME AND AWAY WITH CLAUDE SULLIVAN TED GRIZZARD PRESENTED BY STANDARD OIL /.- ~~tke Kentucky Colonel on. WENNEKER'S "Shoes of Champions" You don't have to be a champion to wear fine shoes from WENNEKER'S but you can rest assured that any shoe purchased at this friendly store will be of champion quality and appearance. Save 25 to 50 percent on FAMOUS NAME BRAND SHOES for both men and women. For years WENNEKER'S has brought you FAMOUS BRANDS at LOWEST PRICES. Featured at Wenneker's THE EDWIN CLAPP SHOES America's Finest Shoes 153 EAST MAIN STREET in LEXINGTON page fourteen KENTUCKY FRESHMEN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1954-55 Dec. 4Campbellsville Junior College .............................................................. Home Dec. 8Campbellsville Junior College .................................................. Campbellsville Dec. 1 1Xavier Frosh .................................................................................. Cincinnati Dec. 14Georgetown "B" ........................................................................ 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. 12Armed Forces All-Stars ................................................................ Owensboro Feb. 14Xavier Frosh ........................................................................................ Home Feb. 16Sue Bennett Jr. College ...................................................................... London Feb. 21Cumberland Jr. College ........................................................................ Home Feb. 23Ashland Jr. College .......................................................................... Ashland KENTUCKY FRESHMEN BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Age Ht. Wt. Hometown 7 Hatton, Vernon (g) 18 6'4" 190 Lexington, Ky. 20 Butcher, John (g) 18 5'11" 160 Pikeville, Ky. 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 67" 200 Ft. Valley, Ga. 66 Johnson, Phil (f) 18 6'5" 185 Lexington, Ky. COACHHarry C. Lancaster (Georgetown '32) CAPTAINEd Beck page fifteen Laundry Dry Cleaning DzBoor One Day Service Monday thru Friday No Added Cost 15 Per Cent Discount and Curb Service AT 265 EUCLID AVE. 880 E. HIGH ST. 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