Monday, December 21, 2009

Kentucky Makes History

A couple hours ago, UK (the one on this side of the Atlantic) made history by becoming the first program to make it to 2000 wins. This feat is definitely an amazing one, there should no absolutely doubt about it. Yes, UK had a lot of its success before 1960 under Adolf Rupp, which came in a segregated conference as Pat Forde of ESPN pointed out in a column a few months ago. However, it had a great streak of NCAA tournament appearances which was just snapped as well as having the 2 National Championships in the 1990's under two different coaches. As a Bruin, I feel like am obligated to say that 11 > 7, especially when all 11 came since 1965, but that's enough of that. Congrats to Kentucky and its supportive fan base (which honestly seems more dedicated at times than UCLA's or any other school).

1 comment:

  1. They sank low enough to hire John Calipari, quite possibly the dirtiest coach in the game today. Bobby Knight was the only public figure with enough guts to call him out.

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