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...rules committee will have to take a serious look at this problem," says Kentucky's Adolph Rupp, who favors adoption of the pros' "24-sec. rule" that requires a team to shoot 24 sec. after it gets the ball. That would make the freeze thaw overnight. That is, unless folks get a kick out of the kind of game they had in Kentucky last week, when Adair County High beat Campbellsville by a score...
...after three years to play pro ball with the New York Knickerbockers, gave that up after three seasons to become a coach - at Lafayette, Hofstra, and then Princeton. In 16 seasons, his teams have won 294 games v. 106 losses-a record topped only by Kentucky's Adolph Rupp and U.C.L.A.'s Johnny Wooden. Van Breda Kolff insists that Princeton is "just a smalltime outfit trying to get along"-thereby provoking exasperated snorts from opposing coaches who are forever losing top prospects...
...Miners, it had been a long haul. Their impressive 27-1 season record had virtually demanded at least the No. 3 rank in the nation. Unconvinced outsiders claimed that the team had not really faced tough competition. Kentucky was certainly that. Coached by Old Master Adolph Rupp, the Wildcats were an impeccable, diligently honed unit. But the Miners, as one opposing coach observed, "don't let you play the way you want to." And they didn't let Kentucky. From the opening jump-off between Miner David Lattin and Wildcat Thad Jaracz, they had Kentucky off balance...
...Adolph Rupp was literally in tears with five minutes left in the game. This was the team Rupp said he loved best in his 36 years of coaching at Kentucky. The Wildcat fans affectionately called them "Rupp's Runts...
...Wildcats are seeking a record fifth national championship under Rupp. Now in his 36th year as Kentucky's coach, Rupp was named College Basketball Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers on Monday...