Jerry Tipton on UK basketball

The University of Kansas plans to honor former Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp on Saturday. Rupp will be one of the persons inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Of course, Rupp was a Kansas graduate.

Here’s the news release distributed by Kansas. It lists the honorees.

Several Olympians and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers will be among those inducted Feb. 9 into the University of Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame. Fifteen teams and 33 individuals will be inducted during the men’s basketball game that evening against Baylor. 

At 11 a.m. that same day, to honor the achievements of the previous inductees and these storied individuals and teams, Kansas Athletics will unveil a new Hall of Fame exhibit in the Booth Family Hall of Athletics, complete with nearly 300 images of its rich history. 

To find a biography for each inductee, please visit the Kansas Athletics Web site at www.kuathletics.com, click on Inside Athletics and visit the Booth Family Hall of Athletics page.

The following is the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame induction class of 2008:

Individuals (33)

Name (Sport, Year, Achievement[s])

Leon Bauman (Wrestling-Coach, 1930, National Championship [8^th])

Thorn Bigley (Men’s Track and Field, 1969, World Record Distance Medley Relay)

Leo Bookman (Men’s Track and Field, 2003, Indoor and Outdoor NCAA champion- 200 meters; 2004, Indoor NCAA champion- 200 meters)

Everette Bradley (Men’s Track and Field, 1920, Olympian- Pentathlon [2^nd]

John Bunn (Special Admittance, 1964, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee)

Wilbur Coen (Men’s Tennis, 1928, Davis Cup team member)

Clyde Coffman (Men’s Track and Field, 1932, Olympian- Decathlon [7^th])

Art Dalzell (Men’s Track and Field, 1953, American Record 4-Mile Relay)

Bill Dotson (Men’s Track and Field, 1962, World Record 4-Mile Relay)

Kent Floerke (Men’s Track and Field, 1964, Olympian- Triple Jump [did not place])

Merwin Graham (Men’s Track and Field, 1924, Olympian- Triple Jump [did not place])

Curtis Grindal (Men’s Track and Field, 1967, World Record Distance Medley Relay)

Charlie Hoag (Men’s Basketball, 1952, Olympic Champion)

Bill Hougland (Men’s Basketball, 1952, Olympic Champion; 1956, Olympic Champion)

Randy Julian (Men’s Track and Field, 1969, World Record Distance Medley Relay)

John Keller (Men’s Basketball, 1952, Olympic Champion)

Al Kelley (Men’s Basketball, 1960, Olympic Champion)

Dean Kelley (Men’s Basketball, 1952, Olympic Champion)

Bob Kenney (Men’s Basketball, 1952, Olympic Champion)

Lloyd Koby (Men’s Track and Field, 1953, American Record 4-Mile Relay)

Bill Lienhard (Men’s Basketball, 1952, Olympic Champion)

John McClendon (Special Admittance, 1978, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee)

Richard McGlinn (Men’s Track and Field, 1953, World Record Sprint Medley Relay)

Ralph Miller (Special Admittance, 1988, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee)

Ray Moulton (Men’s Track and Field, 1904, Olympian- 60 meters [3^rd], 100/200 meters [did not place])

Ben Olison (Men’s Track and Field, 1967, World Record Sprint Medley Relay)

John Outland (Special Admittance, 1923, “Father of the Kansas Relays” and namesake of the Outland Trophy)

Dwight Peck (Men’s Track and Field, 1967, World Record Sprint and Distance Medley Relays)

Adolph Rupp (Special Admittance, 1969, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee)

Dean Smith (Special Admittance, 1982, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee)

Don Smith (Men’s Track and Field, 1953, World Record Sprint Medley Relay)

Dick Wilson (Men’s Track and Field, 1953, American Record 4-Mile Relay)

Tom Yergovich (Men’s Track and Field, 1967, World Record Distance Medley Relay)

Teams (15)

Sports (Year, Achievement)

Wrestling (1930, National Championship [8^th])

Men’s Basketball (1958, No. 7 Final AP Poll)

Men’s Basketball (1960, NCAA Regional Finals)

Men’s Basketball (1967, No. 3 Final AP Poll)

Men’s Basketball (1978, No. 10 Final AP Poll)

Men’s Outdoor Track and Field (1980, NCAA Outdoor Championship- 8th Place)

Women’s Basketball (1981, No. 10 Final AP Poll)

Softball (1983, No. 7 Final Ranking)

Softball (1985, No. 9 Final Ranking)

Softball (1986, No. 6 Final Ranking)

Men’s Basketball (1990, No. 5 Final AP Poll)

Men’s Basketball (1992, No. 2 Final AP Poll)

Men’s Basketball (1995, No. 5 Final AP Poll)

Men’s Basketball (1997, No. 1 Final AP Poll)

Men’s Basketball (1998, No. 2 Final AP Poll)

A limited number of tickets remain for Kentucky’s game against South Carolina on Saturday and the Feb. 9 game against Alabama. Fans can order tickets by calling the UK Ticket Office (1.800.928.2287), the Rupp Arena Box Office (859.233.3535) or by going to UKathletics.com or Ticketmaster.com.
UK plans to honor its 1948 team at halftime of the South Carolina.
There will be an autograph session earlier in the day at the Kentucky Basketball Museum. One hundred fans will have an opportunity to get autographs from team members that participated in the 1948 NCAA championship season. The autograph session will take place Saturday, at 11:00 a.m. at the museum. Tickets will be distributed to the first 100 fans at the entrance of the museum on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. One ticket will be given per person and fans will be allowed one item to be autographed.

Kentucky also plans to use Saturday’s game to recognize the 2007 football team, which won a second straight Music City Bowl on Saturday. The ceremony will be after the national anthem at about 12:45 p.m. EST.

The return of UK’s 1958 national champions Saturday night marked the first of three such reunions the program plans for this season. UK also plans to recognize its national championship teams of 1948 and 1978 later this season.

In all, Kentucky has won national championships in years ending in the No. 8 four times. The 1998 champs have too many players still active in the NBA to have a reunion just yet.
Only one other program has won national championships three times in years ending in the same numeral: UCLA in 1965, 1975 and 1995.