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Rupp coached at Freeport High School (Illinois) and was hired as HC at Kentucky
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:20 am
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:20 am
His record at Freeport from 1926-1930 was 66-21 and he was coming off a third place finish at the state tournament when UK made the call to bring him to Lexington. Let's look at how that hire of an "unproven" coach turned out! Mark Pope's college experience beats Rupp's by a mile.
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Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:25 am to BigBlue8Titles
Rupp made UK right? This was before blue bloods every was a thing. Anyway I think you guys made a good call and it will take some time to be SEC ready.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:26 am to BigBlue8Titles
Dumb dumb post of the century!
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:43 am to BigBlue8Titles
It took rupp 14 years to win a national championship. He would have been fired in todays world
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:49 am to pioneerbasketball
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It took rupp 14 years to win a national championship. He would have been fired in todays world
While technically correct, it's important to note that no NCAA or NIT tourney existed in the 1930s. Rupp won the Southern Conference regular season championship in his second season (1931-32) and was given the honorary Helms national championship in his third season (1932-33) and the Premo-Poretta national championship in 1933-34. His teams won the Southern/SEC title five straight years from 1931-1936. Although he didn't win the NIT until 1946 and the NCAA tourney until 1948, I think it's fair to say he got off to a very fast start at Kentucky.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:56 am to BigBlue8Titles
The program Rupp took over was entirely different than the program y’all have now. It was also nearly a century ago.
Pope being hired is nothing short of a disaster
Pope being hired is nothing short of a disaster
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:57 am to pioneerbasketball
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It took rupp 14 years to win a national championship. He would have been fired in todays world
Between the lack of nattys, point shaving, and pay for play bit, fired he would be.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:59 am to BigBlue8Titles
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While technically correct, it's important to note that no NCAA or NIT tourney existed in the 1930s. Rupp won the Southern Conference regular season championship in his second season (1931-32) and was given the honorary Helms national championship in his third season (1932-33) and the Premo-Poretta national championship in 1933-34. His teams won the Southern/SEC title five straight years from 1931-1936. Although he didn't win the NIT until 1946 and the NCAA tourney until 1948, I think it's fair to say he got off to a very fast start at Kentucky.
I stand corrected. Ty for the informative post.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 9:15 am to BigBlue8Titles
A good coach is a good coach. Kirby hadn’t led as much as a grade school team as a head coach until Georgia. Besides, it’s not as much about the coach anymore as it is what you can pay. Talent trumps everything. Kirby said himself. I win because I have better players.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 9:22 am to Bulldogblitz
quote:Kind of impressive that UK basketball got the death penalty while Rupp was coach and they kept him through that.
Between the lack of nattys, point shaving, and pay for play bit, fired he would be.
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