Adolph Rupp built Kentucky basketball into a powerhouse and managed to keep his job through various scandals and should’ve-been-scandals, but when he threatened to fight Kentucky’s mandatory retirement age for public employees, he lost.

Source: https://slate.com/culture/2023/03/jim-boeheim-syracuse-fired-retired-pushed-out.html?via=rss

He loved to watch sports and was an avid fan of basketball, most notably, University of Kentucky basketball.

Source: https://www.wcluradio.com/2023/06/04/robert-dean-bob-hughes/

Kentucky basketball programs hold a highly respectable reputation in the basketball community, with the Wildcats being ranked No. 16 in the preseason and the Norse being ranked No. 1 in the Horizon league preseason poll.

Source: https://www.thenortherner.com/sports/2023/10/20/truist-arena-to-host-the-uk-wildcats/