August 30, 201214 yr Seen it on KSR. Not really sure why they would have approved this shirt, of they didn't and Addidas ran with it then just pitiful.
August 30, 201214 yr I don't know the back story here, but I'm pretty sure the 1948 UK team is one of the school's most accomplished squads. They later helped win a gold medal, I believe.
August 30, 201214 yr Gotcha....makes sense why this is being mentioned. They took UK's title. Interesting.
August 30, 201214 yr Author Gotcha....makes sense why this is being mentioned. They took UK's title. Interesting. U shoulda known it had to do something with UK. Haha
August 30, 201214 yr Calm down, big blue nation. No one is trying to cheat you and not everything is about you. Louisville won and has always claimed the 1948 NAIB title. That organization has since expanded beyond basketball and is now called the NAIA. Louisville joined the NCAA the following season.
August 30, 201214 yr :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That's downright pitiful. Come on Cards. Have a little more respect for yourself than that. On the bright side, UK now has 12 titles!!! 1933, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1976, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012 :thumb:
August 30, 201214 yr Calm down, big blue nation. No one is trying to cheat you and not everything is about you. Louisville won and has always claimed the 1948 NAIB title. That organization has since expanded beyond basketball and is now called the NAIA. Louisville joined the NCAA the following season. I understand that.
August 30, 201214 yr It's really no different than UNC of all people. When Duke had won three National Titles (at the time the same as UNC had), the Tar Heel sports department began marketing their 1924 Helms Foundation championship as part of their total of National Titles. I called more than a few UNC fans on that one and told them if we are going to count Helms then UK has 9, not 7 National Titles. (at the time that was the count)
August 30, 201214 yr Is this one of those NCAA/NIT significance moments? That's what's going on with 1956. I'd be lying if I said I understood that distinction and when that switch really started to happen. I do know that Louisville beat Dayton in that NIT final... that would have been rough on me...
August 30, 201214 yr In truth, I'd be a little more sympathetic to this if UK's official athletic site didn't claim a football championship in 1950 that they didn't win.
August 30, 201214 yr It's not something to get fired up about, but I do think there should be a distinction made about what championships they are counting. If those banners on the back said NAIA and NIT for 1948 & 1956 respectively, it'd be different. If the Helms Athletic Foundation had recognized them as champs, even that would be different. The NIT was still a big deal in 1956, but the NCAA champ that year was undefeated San Francisco with Bill Russell.
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