Don Haskins died yesterday at age 78. He was one of the biggest social pioneers in the history of college basketball. I’m writing about him because of his obvious link to Kentucky basketball. In 1966, Haskins led Texas Western to the national championship game against Kentucky. It was five black players vs. five white players. [...]
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How to Fix the UK Basketball Museum
Posted: 6th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Adolph Rupp, Bill Keightley, Kentucky Basketball, Mr. Wildcat, UK basketball, UK Basketball MuseumAlmost a week ago, news leaked that the UK basketball museum was closing due to a large debt it couldn’t overcome. The museum wasn’t part of the University, but UK did donate up to $100,000 a year to help the museum out. Before closing, the museum was housed in the Lexington Center, which connects to [...]
Recruiting: The Past and Present.
Posted: 23rd June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Adolph Rupp, Kentucky Basketball, Recruiting, UK basketball, UK Elite CampEveryone knows that recruiting in today’s sports world is almost a sport itself. Fans foam at the mouth for even the smallest bit of knowledge (Daniel Orton’s facebook page said he loved the Elite Camp! YAY!). So when I ran across the SI.com article talking about the history of recruiting and some of the silly [...]