After All These Years...

[Bluesbrother]

...not much has changed, except the technology used to follow the Cats, the final scores, teams of All-Americans, and Louisville is still Louisville.

From the Archives in the UK website, I found these tidbits that made me chuckle.


March 1, 1921
Kentucky upsets Tulane, Mercer, Mississippi A&M and Georgia to win the first Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball championship. Hundreds of Wildcats fans await "play-by-play" via telegraph, and greet the team's train with a celebration and parade in downtown Lexington. It is believed to be the first college basketball tournament ever played.

Spring, 1921
Basil Hayden becomes UK's first All-America basketball player.

January 21, 1922
The Wildcats beat Louisville, 29-22, for their 100th victory.

 

[Smashcat]

I think Oscar Combs manned the telegraph.

 

[W2R]

Originally posted by Smashcat:
I think Oscar Combs manned the telegraph.

Tipton translated and wrote the article

 

[We-Todd-Did]

Originally posted by W2R:

Originally posted by Smashcat:
I think Oscar Combs manned the telegraph.

Tipton translated and wrote the article

Nah. ESPN had already bought broadcast rights.