Adolph Rupp Trophy?

[HoopsDavid]

Whatever happened to the Adolph Rupp Trophy given annually to the college basketball POY. Last awarded to Frank Kaminsky in 2015.
It just vanished with no announcement and I can not find any information on why it ended.

 

[NociHTTP]

Ask Keion, maybe?

 

[HoopsDavid]

Was canceled long before Keion and the cancel culture stuff of the last few years.
I assumed the reason, but wouldn’t an announcement have preceded or followed?

 

[BeaveUKGT]

Adolph.

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[Blueworld_3.0]

If the trophy named for Rupp was indeed yet another victim of cancel culture then it is bitterly shameful that no one associated with UK bothered to stand up and dispute such action.

 

[JonathanW]

Hmm... given the year you say it was last awarded, makes one wonder if it was PC that ended it, because 2016 would have been the 50yr anniversary of the Texas Western / UK championship game.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

If the trophy named for Rupp was indeed yet another victim of cancel culture then it is bitterly shameful that no one associated with UK bothered to stand up and dispute such action.

The UK administration wants to get as far away from Rupp as possible. Oh they like to brag about wins and titles but Adolph Rupp is a curse word in their world.

It has been like that a long time. He doesn't have a statute on campus but others do. That is all one needs to know about how they feel. They allowed his reputation to be lied about and smeared.

 

[rabbitTown]

Not giving Rupp any moral high ground... he obviously has his shortcomings. But, only within the context of today.
The fact is that Rupp (and his coach Allen) have advanced basketball from its beginnings, and to the betterment of all, more than every other coach combined.

 

[HoopsDavid]

It just seems that if cancel culture brought it down, the ones leading the charge to kill it would have been happy to crow about it.
Very odd that it just went away and I can’t find one article discussing its stoppage. It seems this would have been a big topic. It was recognized at the time as one of the 6 major and officially recognized POY trophies.
The official website of the award just ends with the Kaminsky announcement in 2015.

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

Not giving Rupp any moral high ground... he obviously has his shortcomings. But, only within the context of today.
The fact is that Rupp (and his coach Allen) have advanced basketball from its beginnings, and to the betterment of all, more than every other coach combined.

It would be interesting to see how Kansas celebrates Phog Allen in comparison to UK/Rupp. Allen would be from a generation prior to Rupp and I seriously doubt he would have been any more "enlightened" than Rupp was during his tenure at UK.

 

[rabbitTown]

It would be interesting to see how Kansas celebrates Phog Allen in comparison to UK/Rupp. Allen would be from a generation prior to Rupp and I seriously doubt he would have been any more "enlightened" than Rupp was during his tenure at UK.

He wasn't... or Naismith for that matter.
The point is, that it is only recognized as 'wrong' by the standards of today... just as future generations will shake their heads disapprovingly at us. It also doesn't recognize that people can be enlightened and act on that to change, but not if we hold them to single statements out of contemporary context.

 

[rivercatinfl]

The UK administration wants to get as far away from Rupp as possible. Oh they like to brag about wins and titles but Adolph Rupp is a curse word in their world.

It has been like that a long time. He doesn't have a statute on campus but others do. That is all one needs to know about how they feel. They allowed his reputation to be lied about and smeared.

That's pathetic on the part of the administration!

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

That's pathetic on the part of the administration!

Future generations are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. Right now, whole chapters of history are being rewritten or purged altogether because someone's delicate sensibilities are threatened. We literally have adults protesting, seeking counseling and "safe spaces" because a college campus lecturer dares to hold a view contrary to the mind-numbed masses. Every little insignificant detail can be a triggering mechanism all of a sudden. Any lessons that we learned by past mistakes will soon be forgotten. We're entering into a dangerous cycle.