History of Kentucky Basketball Syllabus Instructor J. Scott Course Overview Covers the history of the University of Kentucky 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 Fall Semester Page 1 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 & Kyle Macy [’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 Southern Conference (30 min.) [Basil Hayden, SIAA championship, Atlanta Southern Conference tournament, Centre College rivalry, Lexington Sr. HS Champions, Alumni Gym, John Mauer] 4 Lecture: Adolph Rupp & the 1930’s (45 min.) Essay related to Early Basketball [Early years, innovations, popularization of the sport, (self-chosen theme) national scheduling, Leroy Edwards] 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, New York City 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.) [Bill Spivey, 1951 Championship, hosting integrated teams in Lexington, Scandals of ’51] Guest Speaker: Cliff Hagan (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, Johnny Cox & 1958 National Title] Fall Semester Page 2 Guest Speakers: Vernon Hatton & Adrian Smith (30 min.) Field Trip: Tour of Memorial Coliseum (60 min.) 8 Lecture: 1960’s & Integration in College Basketball (90 Take Home Assignment: View min.) “Adolph Rupp: Myth, Legend & Fact” [Cotton Nash, Wes Unseld & Butch Beard recruitment, Rupp’s Runts, Dan Issel, 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 Rupp Arena & the 1978 National Championship Team] 10 Guest Speakers: Jack Givens & James Lee (30 min.) Essay related to Post-War Basketball (self-chosen theme) Lecture: 1980’s & Eddie Sutton Era (45 min.) [Dream Game & Revival of Louisville series, Twin Towers & ’84 Final Four, Eddie Sutton hiring, Kenny Walker, Rex Chapman, Eric Manuel, Chris Mills & Emery, NCAA Scandal] Video: SEC Storied: Going Big – The Story of Sam Bowie (45 min) 11 Lecture: The Rick Pitino 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 Jeff Sheppard (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, Tayshaun Prince & Keith Bogans, 100 Years Celebration, 2003 Team, Rajon Rondo & Randolph Morris, Tubby Smith leaving, Billy Gillespie era] Video: Bluegrass Kingdom (45 min.) Guest Speaker: Oscar Combs (30 min.) 14 Lecture: John Calipari Era (45 min.) [John Wall, UK2K, 2012 National Champions, One and Done Recruiting, 2015 38-1 team] Field Trip: Tour of Joe Craft Center & Wildcat Coal Lodge Hosted by John Calipari (75 min.) Fall Semester Page 3 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%) Fall Semester Page 4 .