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.

 

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Kansas was on probation when the won the title a couple of years ago. For the record Kansas has committed 5 major violations, UK has 4.

Kansas BBall, UK BBall, and Bama Football are probably the most I would think...

 

Might want to throw SMU football in there.

That's just a pathetic article. I mean WOW!!! It was so so so so so obvious that it was biased reporting. Pathetic.

I am not a UK fan and even I can't believe that an article like this was even allowed to be published. That is taking hate to another level right there. Wow.

Might want to throw SMU football in there.

 

Add USC in all sports these days too.

Add USC in all sports these days too.

 

They are still "officially" clean aren't they? I'm not sure how, but I haven't seen anything come down yet. And yeah, I forgot about SMU.

Time were very different 60-80 years ago. Everyone was doing questionable things, which is why we have regulations now. Pointless article.

 

I agree with you!

 

Add USC in all sports these days too.

 

Good stuff! :thumb:

MLB should probably omit 25 of the Yankees titles because they had to much money to spend on players. Thats poor oversight on the yankees checkbook.

 

When you are on top people will try to bring you down.

What a stupid article. Compare apples to apples. EVERY program operated under the same rules in the 30s and since. UKs success wasn't only under Rupp as we all know and as has already been pointed out, we're far from the most penalized team although we have been probably the most scrutinized team in America. Jealousy is such an ugly creature.

Time were very different 60-80 years ago. Everyone was doing questionable things, which is why we have regulations now. Pointless article.

This post explains it pretty good. Most schools operated in shady areas in basketball and football many years ago. It's just that the higher profile schools were usually the ones that got all the attention if something did turn up. I suppose most schools were lucky to avoid detection. The NCAA didn't really clamp down and enforce their rules until the 1970's.

Just a KU fan upset that UK got there first. Mean's nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Just a KU fan upset that UK got there first. Mean's nothing in the grand scheme of things.

 

^ True. :thumb:

Jealousy breeds contempt.

That's just a pathetic article. I mean WOW!!! It was so so so so so obvious that it was biased reporting. Pathetic.

 

Well, it was a Kansas University site. I doubt they were going after journalistic integrity. Why would you expect it to be anything different from what you find on KSR or similar sites?