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Dave Kindred About Coach Rupp
The Sporting News, June 2, 1999

I'll remember him as the proud old warrior who, at age 69, explained to me why he was displeased by Kentucky's requirement that he retire the next year.

"I'd just as soon die on the bench," he said. "Retire? Why, what would I do? Time would hang heavy on my hands. It's the competitiveness I like -- taking a bunch of boys and seeing what I can do with them. These young squirts come in as coaches at other places and they say they're going to put an end to Rupp and Kentucky. Well, we'll see about that."

 

 

 

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"If it doesn't matter whether you win or lose,
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I'm not engaged in a popularity contest,
I want to win!"
Adolph Rupp

Since Adolph Rupp arrived in Lexington in 1930, University of Kentucky Basketball established standards of excellence that bred success on a national scale for many decades.  Coach Rupp demonstrated that superior talent will prevail when that talent can utilize its superior athleticism and training in an up-tempo, fast break style of play. 

When Coach Rupp retired, he passed the baton on to Joe B. Hall.  In his farewell address, Coach Rupp said,

I have a worthy successor, and I told him that after 42 years, if the basketball program fails at the University of Kentucky, then I have built it on a sand foundation

Joe B. provided the oversight and care for the program for 13 seasons.  His successor guided this great program to probabion, but Rick Pitino established for all to see that Coach Rupp had indeed build the program upon a solid foundation.

Pitino's successor has overseen a steady, gradual decline in the program, and the program must put that strong foundation to the test again.

This site is dedicated to the preservation of the excitement, traditions, history, and style of play that has become synonomous with Kentucky Basketball.  Our goal is to provide a single source for fans of the past, present, and future to learn about that history, these traditions, and the true essence of Kentucky Basketball

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