In honor of the late Frank Ramsey, let’s take look back at the 1950-51 season, which saw the Cats claim their 3rd national championship in just 4 years.
This was the pinnacle era of Adolph Rupp’s tenure in Lexington. UK had firmly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in college hoops, winning back to back NCAA titles in 1948 and 1949. Nevertheless, the 1951 team might have raised the bar even higher.
Here are just a few noteworthy stats, from bigbluehistory.net:
-The team went 14-0 in SEC play, a record at the time for wins in conference play.