re: Anyone recall the Louisville fan talking trash on this site?

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Well to be fair, the entire SEC was probably racist as hell back then.

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I've heard this excuse before and to that I say, NOT GOOD ENOUGH, STILL NO EXCUSE! Rupp could've used his influence to change the south but he didn't. If the argument is he didn't want black players because he couldn't protect them in the SEC then that's not only being racist but it's being a coward. In that case you leave the SEC.

UK could've said "we're bring in black players and you will protect them at the other schools or we won't show up." UK could've left the SEC and played northern and midwestern schools that already had black players. UK could've been a leader in the movement to have black players in college basketball, instead they were at the heart of the problem.

Doing the right thing is usually not the easiest thing, in fact it's the hardest thing. Rupp had a change to exert his influence and instead tried to protect racism instead of ending it.

UK fans can believe whatever they want about Adolph Rupp, but for the rest of the country Adolph Rupp will always be remembered by his racism and cheating as much as he is by his wins and championships (many of which were won by cheating, such as the massive cheating scandal involving the 49 and 51 Championship teams that led to the NCAA creating the death penalty). Rupp will always have a tarnished legacy.