Kentucky trades it's "rich" tradition.....

[Reno]

Again, I could not agree with you more. I mean what's the big deal? A whole season's efforts washed away as if never happened - who cares? Really, they could just go out and do again the next year, right? I sort of feel badly for the seniors but if they were any good they'd have a shot a success in the NBA anyway. You got to be smoking the "mary jane" if you think that there's something wrong that.

I'm sure those seniors really felt bad when the NCAA went and erased their memories.

 

[cohenzone]

I think it is clear from all reports that Rupp was very racist. But seriously -- what does that have to do with kentucky's success in basketball. And even if it had anything to do with Kentucky's success in basketball, I'm not a big fan of judging someone outside the context of their times because it's worthless drivel. Goodness knows, two hundred years in the future some part of our lives that we never think twice about will be looked at in horror by future generations. So what.

Gee, you are sanguine. There were actually Germans who hated the Nazis and protected the Jews. There were actually white southerners who were not racist and stood up for what's right. Excusing someone's outright discrimination because a lot of other people in the neighborhood discriminated is pretty generous. Obviously, it doesn't correct the past wrong to dwell on someone's bad behavior long after the fact. But it isn't all that inappropriate to point out that UK's proud hoop tradition started under a person who had the chance to rise above it all, but was understandably as bad as the next guy because, gosh, it's the way it was then.

If I recall correctly the university that started the demise of the racist regime in southern college ball was also a southern team, Texas Western. The coach, Don Haskins was a white man from a state, Oklahoma, that practiced segregation during his formative years. His all black team's NCAA championship victory over , um, all-white Rupp's UK team has the virtual status of Jackie Robinson in the history of college hoops. Haskins was a far bigger man than Adolph Rupp.

 

[businesslawyer]

Gee, you are sanguine. There were actually Germans who hated the Nazis and protected the Jews. There were actually white southerners who were not racist and stood up for what's right. Excusing someone's outright discrimination because a lot of other people in the neighborhood discriminated is pretty generous. Obviously, it doesn't correct the past wrong to dwell on someone's bad behavior long after the fact. But it isn't all that inappropriate to point out that UK's proud hoop tradition started under a person who had the chance to rise above it all, but was understandably as bad as the next guy because, gosh, it's the way it was then.

If I recall correctly the university that started the demise of the racist regime in southern college ball was also a southern team, Texas Western. The coach, Don Haskins was a white man from a state, Oklahoma, that practiced segregation during his formative years. His all black team's NCAA championship victory over , um, all-white Rupp's UK team has the virtual status of Jackie Robinson in the history of college hoops. Haskins was a far bigger man than Adolph Rupp.

Of course he was. Sheesh.

 

[CTFIRERETIRED]

Unfortunately, we're the ones who got caught.

Yeah it got a little old for the NCAA to go after Calipari so many times. But seriously folks, do we really rate up there with the group of notorious coaches and programs, like Tarkainan and his 2 stints (Long Beach St., UNLV), Kentucky, (During the Rupp era of the 50's, Joe B. Hall era, and eventually the Calipari era). I could go on maybe naming Kelvin Sampson, and his time at Oklahoma and Indiana, BC's point shaving scandal in the late 80's, early 90's, but what is the point. In the matter of degree, Uconn is not even close in the scandal department to any of these Class acts. As one poster said.......................we just got caught.............sort of.

 

[CL82]

I'm sure those seniors really felt bad when the NCAA went and erased their memories.

I know right. What does it matter that NCAA struck your greatest season from the record books? They'll still remember the game. Frankly, I'm surprised that anyone even keeps score. What's the point? I mean everyone remembers their own personal effort and isn't that more important?

 

[CL82]

Yeah it got a little old for the NCAA to go after Calipari so many times. But seriously folks, do we really rate up there with the group of notorious coaches and programs, like Tarkainan and his 2 stints (Long Beach St., UNLV), Kentucky, (During the Rupp era of the 50's, Joe B. Hall era, and eventually the Calipari era). I could go on maybe naming Kelvin Sampson, and his time at Oklahoma and Indiana, BC's point shaving scandal in the late 80's, early 90's, but what is the point. In the matter of degree, Uconn is not even close in the scandal department to any of these Class acts. As one poster said.......................we just got caught.............sort of.

Well wait there was excessive texting. There's no denying that. If that isn't equivalent to point shaving, I don't know what is.

 

[Alexmia]

What rich tradition? That the father of their basketball program was a racist named "Adolph"?

Be careful of what you say about the single greatest Men's Basketball coach after John Wooden. You know people who live in glass houses.