6/24/2023 0 Comments Dateline the man who wasnt thereThe article basically talks about some of the early days in UK basketball history, and interviews three people: former player Dr. While looking through some archives at the UK library, I ran across an article published on Januin the Louisville Courier-Journal weekly magazine entitled "Birth of the Big Blue." This was written by the Courier-Journal's Lexington correspondant Gerald Griffin. Hope you enjoy them.ĭateline January 1918 - Old Man Winter 1, Wildcats 0 or The Curse of the Miami Big Redsĭateline January, 1926 - Scouting Goes High Techĭateline JanuKentucky's First Action Photoĭateline DecemWe're Here, Where's the Gym ?ĭateline JanuDonkey Basketball at its finestĭateline FebruSometimes you have to leave some behindĭateline DecemIn Remembrance of a (Chump)ionĭateline MaNot a whole lot new under the sunĭateline ApBe Careful of First Impressionsĭateline January 1969 - The Race to 1000 Victories Some of the information is interesting, some important points in history (whether it was known at the time or not) and some is just goofy. I try to note this type of information when I see it, and in the past have taken a few of them and written them up as posts to on message boards to provide a different dimension to the topics (and to help pass away the dog days of summer.) Below I've taken some of these posts and put them together in one place and with some additional links and graphics. Often there are some interesting bits of information which do relate to UK basketball in some way or things which are not well known but turn out to be significant in some way. ![]() While searching through old microfilm looking for information on past Kentucky games, it's hard to not be distracted by all the other tidbits of information which catch your eye, both inside and outside sports.
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