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Basketball was more than a sport for Adolph F. Rupp, the "Baron of the Bluegrass"; it became his lifelong career. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas under Dr. Forrest "Phog" Allen. He coached in Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois before beginning a 42-season coaching career with the University of Kentucky, where he won 82% of his games. He retired with 876 wins, 27 Southeastern Conference titles, one NIT, and four NCAA crowns. Rupp was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959.
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