February 14, 201016 yr Kentucky basketball victories tainted Kentucky with its tainted history has registered 2,011 victories to sit atop the college basketball heap. Now North Carolina (1,997) and Kansas (1,993) are neck and neck in an exciting race to the 2,000 level. As we all know, there are countless, indelible KU-UK-UNC connections. It’s regrettable that KU grad Adolph Rupp factored so heavily in a shady Kentucky march to glory. Kentucky may have hit 2,000 first but KU and UNC will do so more honorably. The Wildcats got there with considerable assistance from cheating and NCAA criminal indifference and oversight. In his 1931-72 reign at Kentucky, the abrasive Rupp became noted for his ability to disregard and flaunt recruiting legality and remuneration limits for his players. As Ken Johnson, the incomparable KU court historian in Des Moines, points out: “In the 1930s and ’40s, 386 of the Wildcat wins were generated when there was virtually no oversight in college basketball. Transgressions never were penalized. Since then, though, the Kentucky basketball program has continuously been documented as one of the most criminal of all NCAA Division I schools.
February 14, 201016 yr One of the haters , I assume . UK2K we got there first and at this point continue to put distance between us and Carolina . GO BIG BLUE:dancingpa
February 14, 201016 yr Hasn't Kansas been more penalized over the years than Kentucky? Why don't they get off UK's back? :deadhorse: They've been clean since that package was planted in 1989. That's 21 years of clean living.:bunny:
February 14, 201016 yr Time were very different 60-80 years ago. Everyone was doing questionable things, which is why we have regulations now. Pointless article.
February 14, 201016 yr If this writer had this much fun with Rupp and Kentucky, he would be in 7th Heaven writing about what went on with John Wooden's UCLA championship years with the financial aid of booster Sam Gilbert. That's the most hush-hush period of time in college basketball. Everybody wants to concentrate on Kentucky. Bill Walton once stated that he took a pay cut when he left UCLA and went to the NBA. That may not be too much of a stretch.
February 14, 201016 yr If this writer had this much fun with Rupp and Kentucky, he would be in 7th Heaven writing about what went on with John Wooden's UCLA championship years with the financial aid of booster Sam Gilbert. That's the most hush-hush period of time in college basketball. Everybody wants to concentrate on Kentucky. Bill Walton once stated that he took a pay cut when he left UCLA and went to the NBA. That may not be too much of a stretch. Exactly... I was getting ready to post this myself.:thumb:
February 14, 201016 yr Until they take the wins out of the record books they are legit no matter what anyone thinks....
February 14, 201016 yr Hasn't Kansas been more penalized over the years than Kentucky? If not, they're right up there. And certainly more recent.
February 14, 201016 yr Kansas BBall, UK BBall, and Bama Football are probably the most I would think...
February 14, 201016 yr I honestly don't know why you guys go looking for this stuff. But all this tells me is that Kentucky is relevant enough to talk about again nationally.
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