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Adolph Rupp and the rise of Kentucky basketball /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bolin, James Duane, 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2019]
Subjects:
Rupp, Adolph, > 1901-1977.
Kentucky Wildcats (Basketball team) > History.
Basketball coaches > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Halstead years, 1901-1919
  • The University of Kansas and the Jayhawk CafĂ©, 1919-1923
  • Before Big Blue, 1923-1930
  • Building a tradition, 1930-1941
  • World War II and the games march on, 1941-1945
  • The fabulous five
  • The golden era, 1946-1951
  • Scandal
  • The businessman at home
  • From a canceled season to the fiddlin five, 1952-1958
  • Rupp and race
  • Rupp's runts and runners-up
  • Transitional times, 1966-1972
  • Forced retirement and post-UK years.