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History of Syllabus

Instructor

J. Scott Course Overview

Covers the history of the Men’s basketball program, from its Phone inception to the modern day. This includes important coaches, players, teams and games, [Telephone] which helped to create and sustain the winning Wildcat tradition. The course will consist of in-class lectures, including by guest speakers, videos, and short Email field trips. The class will meet once a week for two hours. [Email Address] Required Text

Office Location None [Building, Room] Suggested Reading

Office Hours Before Big Blue, Gregory Kent Stanley [Hours, Big Blue Machine, Russell Rice Days] The Rupp Years, Tev Laudeman

The Winning Tradition, Nelli & Nelli

Basketball The Dream Game in Kentucky, Dave Kindred

Course Materials

Course materials will be provided in class, in conjunction with lectures & videos. Each student will receive a copy of the current men’s basketball UK Media Guide

Resources

Available online and within the UK library

! UK Archives (M.I. King Library, 2nd Floor)

! William T. Young Library

! University of Kentucky Athletics website archives: http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m- baskbl/archive/kty-m-baskbl-archive.html

! Big Blue History Statistics website: http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/statistics.html

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Course Schedule

Week Subject Homework

1 Course Structure & Requirements (15 min.) Introductory Remarks – The List (15 min.) Video: The Sixth Man (90 min.)

2 Lecture: Kentucky’s 8 National Championship Teams Take home assignment on UK (60 min.) national championship teams [’48,’49,’51,’58,’78,’96,’98,’12] Guest Speakers: Joe B. Hall & [’78 team] (15 min.) Video: 100 Years of Kentucky Basketball – Teams (45 min.)

3 Lecture: Origins of UK Basketball (30 min.) [1903 to 1920, Buell Armory, Transylvania Rivalry, UK’s first undefeated team in 1912, World War I] Field Trip: Barker Hall, Buell Armory, Alumni Gym (60 min.) Lecture: 1920’s & The (30 min.) [, SIAA championship, Southern Conference tournament, rivalry, Lexington Sr. HS Champions, Alumni Gym, ]

4 Lecture: & the 1930’s (45 min.) Essay related to Early Basketball [Early years, innovations, popularization of the sport, (self-chosen theme) national scheduling, ] Guest Speaker: Dave Kindred [Basketball development in the state of Kentucky] (45 min.) Video: Game Video of Kentucky-NYU in 1935 (15 min.)

5 Lecture: The War Years & Postwar Boom (45 min.) Take home assignment on UK coaches [Wildkittens, National tournaments, Doubleheaders, 1946 NIT, Fast Break, Fabulous Five, 1948 & 1949 Championships, Olympic Games] Video: 100 Years of Kentucky Basketball – Coaches (45 min.) Guest Speaker: C.M. Newton (30 min.)

6 Lecture: Kentucky in the early 1950’s (45 min.) [, 1951 Championship, hosting integrated teams in Lexington, Scandals of ’51] Guest Speaker: (15 min.) Video: City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal (60 min.)

7 Lecture: Bounce Back in the Late 1950’s (30 min.) [Undefeated 1954 Team, & 1958 National Title]

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Guest Speakers: Vernon Hatton & Adrian Smith (30 min.) Field Trip: Tour of Memorial Coliseum (60 min.)

8 Lecture: 1960’s & Integration in (90 Take Home Assignment: View min.) “Adolph Rupp: Myth, Legend & Fact” [, & recruitment, Rupp’s Runts, , 1,000 wins race, Rupp retirement] Guest Speakers: Reggie Warford (Kentucky) & Merion Haskins (Kentucky) (30 min.)

9 Video: 1966 Texas Western: Championship of Change (60 min.) Lecture: Joe B. Hall Era (60 min.) [Super Kittens, Tom Payne & Integration, 1975 National Title Game, Opening of & the 1978 National Championship Team]

10 Guest Speakers: & James Lee (30 min.) Essay related to Post-War Basketball (self-chosen theme) Lecture: 1980’s & Era (45 min.) [Dream Game & Revival of Louisville series, Twin Towers & ’84 Final Four, Eddie Sutton hiring, , , Eric Manuel, Chris Mills & Emery, NCAA Scandal] Video: SEC Storied: Going Big – The Story of (45 min)

11 Lecture: The Era (60 min.) [Probation, Unforgettables, 1996 National Championship, The Air Pair, 1997 Runner-Up] Field Trip: Tour of Rupp Arena & Locker Room (60 min.)

12 Video: Red vs. Blue (90 min.) Take home assignment on UK All-Americans Guest Speakers: Derek Anderson and (15 min.) Lecture: Hiring of Orlando “Tubby” Smith and the 1998 Championship Team (15 min.)

13 Lecture: Kentucky in a New Century (45 min.) [John Stewart, & , 100 Years Celebration, 2003 Team, & Randolph Morris, leaving, Billy Gillespie era] Video: Bluegrass Kingdom (45 min.) Guest Speaker: Oscar Combs (30 min.)

14 Lecture: Era (45 min.) [, UK2K, 2012 National Champions, One and Done Recruiting, 2015 38-1 team] Field Trip: Tour of Joe Craft & Wildcat Coal Lodge Hosted by John Calipari (75 min.)

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Exam Schedule

Week Subject

Final Exam (end of semester) Multiple choice test with some free form questions

Homework Policy

All homework and essays must be received by the due date.

Additional Information

Grades assigned based on final exam (30%), attendance (20%), essays (40%) and homework assignments (10%)

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