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KENTUCKY vs. MINNESOTA
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY SEASON
The University of Kentucky and the sport of basketball are celebrating their Golden "Wedding" Anniversary this season. Although details of the ceremony uniting the school and cage game are clouded in history, it is a matter of record that Kentucky fielded its first basketball team back in 1904-05 and thus will be solemnizing a 50th year of association during the present 1953-54 campaign. Kentucky's first recognized varsity hoop team, according to available records, played only two games and broke evendropping their initial contest to Cincinnati YMCA and topping old Kentucky University (now Transylvania) in the second and last court struggle. The decades since that modest beginning have seen the cage Wildcats grow in national stature, mainly under the guidance of famed mentor Adolph Rupp, to the point where Kentucky and basketball supremacy are virtually synonymous in most peoples' minds today. WILDCAT TIPOFF
Official Kentucky Basketball Program
Published by U.K. Athletics Association
A. SHIVELY, Athletic Director KEN KUHN, Sports Publicity Editor
- NEXT HOME GAME -
XAVIER
Monday, January 4  8:00 p.m.
Tickets$1.50 and $2.50 Coliseum Ticket Office Hours9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (open noon hour) KENTUCKY ALL-AMERICANS
Name Position Year
Basil Haydon...............Forward............................ 1921
Burgess Carey ............Guard .............................. 1925
Carey Spicer .............. Forward ...................... 1929-31
Paul McBrayer............Guard .............................. 1930
Forrest Sale ................Center-Forward............ 1932-33
Ellis Johnson ..............Guard .............................. 1933
John DeMoisey ..........Center.............................. 1934
LeRoy Edwards ..........Center.............................. 1935
Bernard Opper ............Guard .............................. 1939
Lee Huber ..................Guard ........................ 1940-41
Bob Brannum..............Center.............................. 1944
Jack Parkinson ..........Guard .............................. 1946
Ralph Beard................Guard .................... 1947-48-49
Alex Groza..................Center.................... 1947-48-49
Wallace Jones ............Forward............................ 1949
Bill Spivey ..................Center.............................. 1951
Cliff Hagan .................Center .............................. 1952
Frank Ramsey.............Guard .............................. 1952
1953-54 KENTUCKY BASKETBALL ROSTER
(Freshmen)
COACH  Harry C. Lancaster (Georgetown '32)
Name	Pos.	Age	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
	...................... G	20	6'3"	190	Ashland, Ky.
	.................... F	18	6'3"	170	Anchorage, Ky.
	.............. F	19	6'3"	160	Louisville, Ky.
	...................... G	18	5'1 1'	160	Maysville, Ky.
	...................... G	18	5'1 0'	165	Midway, Ky.
	...................... F	19	6'3"	180	Owensboro, Ky.
	...................... G	18	6'1"	183	Prestonsburg
Mills, Ray .............	...................... C	20	6'4"	1 85	Manchester, Ky.
Mitchell, Billy	...................... F	18	6'2"	180	Georgetown, Ky.
	...................... F	24	6'1"	175	Lexington, Ky.
	...................... G	17	5'i r	155	Lexington, Ky.
(Freshmen are eligible	under Southeastern Conference		rules for varsity competition, but will not be		
used by Kentucky this	year in order to preserve	their	NCAA elig	ibility.)	
page four FRONT ROW (left to riaht)_Ron Smith, Dave Noack, Dave Garmaker, Charles Gurtler   Ed  Kalafat, Bill
s'mTnov.crGlen'Reed/'goug BolsVrff, Virgil Miller Buzz Bennett. SECOND ROW p Cowles Coach; Chuck Mencel, Bob McNamara, Mickey Bearman, Richard Paulson, George Reynolds, Milt Papke, Andy Snyder, Ron Craven, Manager Milton Rosenberg.
MINNESOTA ROSTER
No.      Name Pos.	Class	Age	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
12 Craven, Ronald (f)	Soph.	19	6'	185	Huntley (Fairmont)
14 Paulson, Richard (f)	Soph.	19	6'1"	180	Princeton
15 Smith, Ronald (f)	Jr.	21	6'2"	185	Canby
21 Papke, Milton (f-g)	Sr.	21	6'	185	Fergus Falls
22 McNamara, Robert (g)	Jr.	22	6'	190	Hastings
23 Kalafat, Edward* (c-f)	Sr.	21	6'6"	245	Anaconda, Montana
24 Noack, Dave (g)	Soph.	19	6'2"	180	Arlington
25 Reynolds, George (g)	Sr.	21	6'	170	Anoka
30 Mencel, Charles (g)	Jr.	20	5'11"	176	Eau Claire, Wis.
31 Reed, Glen (f)	Sr.	21	6'4"	190	Superior, Wis.
32 Bennett, Charles (g)	Sr.	21	6'3"	189	Duluth (Central)
35 Bolstorff, Douglas (f-g-c)	Jr.	22	6'4"	190	Grand Rapids
41 Snyder, Andrew (g)	Soph.	18	6'1"	152	Gilbert
44 Bearman, Michael (f)	Soph.	19	6'1"	188	Minneapolis (North)
52 Miller, Virgil (f)	Sr.	23	6'3"	225	Hopkins
53 Garmaker, Richard (f)	Jr.	21	6'3"	200	Hibbing
55 Simonovich, William (c)	Soph.	21	6'11"	275	Gilbert
Gurtler, Charles (c)	Soph.	19	6'5"	197	Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
'Captain for 1953-54 season.
page five ADOLPH RUPP
The University of Kentucky's chief of basketball, Adolph Rupp, has won so many honors, titles and nicknames and proven to successful during his 23-year regime at the helm of the cage Wildcats that you could very appropriately sum him up as "Mr. Basketball."
The colorful and affable wizard of hardwood magic, who stands alone today as the nation's win-ningest basketball coach, is credited in most quarters with doing more than any other modern tutor to make basketball a national spectator sport. From the very outset of his career at Kentucky, which began in 1930, Coach Rupp has introduced or popularized new and revised trends in the game that have aided materially in making the country basketball minded. One such innovation was the controlled fast-break offensive pattern which has since been a crowd-pleasing trademark of Wildcat cage teams.
With his 23rd season at the Blue Grass school behind him, Coach Rupp can look back over an approximately two-decade regime of unparalleled success that has made Kentucky a consistent national power and earned him recognition as the nation's most winning cage mentor.
HARRY LANCASTER
Baron Rupp's capable right hand man is Harry Lancaster. As Kentucky's first full-time assistant cage coach, he bosses a promising squad of first year performers and handles the gruelling assignment of scouting the Wildcats' future opponents. Lancaster, who came to U.K. in 1942 as an instructor in physical education, spent the summer of 1951 in Greece as a representative of the U. S. State Department. His duties consisted primarily of advising Greek Basketball Federation officials and coaches, lecturing and conducting coaching clinics.
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page six DEDICATED 1950
Here in Stone and Steel is Raised a Memorial To More Than Nine Thousand Sons and Daughters of The State of Kentucky Who Gave Their Lives in Battle That We Might Live in Peace Erect and Strong and FreeFrom Dedication Tablet.
In Memory of Those Who Died
This is a house built not on sand but on a firm foundation. Fabricated out of steel, stone, concrete, and brick, it is more substantially built than the Coliseum at Rome and should stand as long. This is Kentucky's Coliseum. It belongs to the people. Erected as a memorial to our honored dead of World War II, it is to be used in the service of the living.
It is an honest building.
This is a house built not for superficial purposes but for an honest program of education. It is a sports arena where thousands may gather in wholesome recreation to witness games of skill played by men who display the finest quality of sportsmanship. It is a gymnasium where students pursue courses in physical education to the betterment of their minds and bodies. It is an auditorium where students and citizens may meet to hear the world's greatest speakers and thinkers bring us wisdom and knowledge. It is a music hall where we may assemble to listen to the great artists of all nations lift us to new heights of aesthetic appreciation. May it, also, frequently be a temple where we may worship and be led into closer communion with God. It will ever be a shrine where the brokenhearted may come to pay homage to their own who paid the last full measure of devotion.
DR. H. L. DONOVAN President
page seven MINNESOTA'S SCORECARD
GOPHERS	FG	FT	PF	TP
52 Miller, Virgil (f)				
53 Garmaker, Richard (f)				
23 Kalafat, Edward (c-f)				
30 Mencel, Charles (g)				
32 Bennett, Charles (g)				
12 Craven, Ronald (f)				
14 Paulson, Richard (f)				
15 Smith, Ronald (f)				
21 Papke, Milton (f-g)				
22 McNamara, Robert (g)				
24 Noack, Dave (g)				
25 Reynolds, George (g)				
31 Reed, Glen (f)				
35 Bolstorff, Douglas(f-g-c)				
41 Snyder, Andrew (g)				
44 Bearman, Michael (f)				
55 Simonovich, William (c)				
Gurtler, Charles (c)				
TOTALS				
(Complete Roster on Page 5)
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page eight KENTUCKY'S SCORECARD
WILDCATS
FG
FT
PF
TP
16 Tsioropoulos, Lou (f)
42 Evans, Bill (f)
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|     6 Hagan, Cliff (c)
30 Ramsey, Frank (g) 20 Rose, Gayle (g)
22 Bird, Jerry (f-c) 25 Grigsby, Pete (g) 32 Evans, Clay (g)
33 Puckett, Linville (g)
34 Coy, Hugh (f)
35 Curry, Jess (g) 37 Hurst, Harold (c) 44 Grawemeyer, Phil (f)
66 Bibb, Bill (f)
73 Chandler, Dan (g)
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FRONT ROWCoach Adolph Rupp, Linville Puckett, Jess Curry, Gayle Rose, Clay Evans, Willie Rouse (out for season due to knee injury), Dan Chandler, Pete Grigsby, and Assistant Coach Harry Lancaster. BACK ROWStudent Manager Mike Dolan, Hugh Coy, Cliff Hagan, Lou Tstoropoulos, Jerry Bird, Phit Grawemeyer, Harold Hurst, Bill Bibb, Frank Ramsey, and Bill Evans.
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ROSTER
No.	Name Pos.	Class	Age	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
6	Hagan, Cliff (c)	Sr.	22	6'4"	200	Owensboro, Ky.
16 *Tsioropoulos, Lou (f)		Sr.	22	6'5"	200	Lynn, Mass.
20 *Rose, Gayle (g)		Jr.	20	6'	155	Paris, Ky.
22	Bird, Jerry (f-c)	Soph.	18	6'6"	200	Corbin, Ky.
25	Grigsby, Pete (g)	Soph.	18	5'10"	165	Martin, Ky.
30 *Ramsey, Frank (g)		Sr.	22	6'3"	185	Madisonville, Ky.
32	Evans, Clay (g)	Soph.	18	5'9"	165	Flemingsburg, Ky.
33	Puckett, Linville (g)	Soph.	19	6'	165	Winchester, Ky.
34	Coy, Hugh (f)	Soph.	18	6'1"	185	Richmond, Ky.
35	Curry, Jess (g)	Soph.	20	5'11"	167	Portsmouth, Va.
37	Hurst, Harold (c)	Soph.	19	67"	190	Waltersville, Ky.
42	*Evans, Bill (f)	Jr.	20	6'1"	170	Berea, Ky.
44	Grawemeyer, Phil (f)	Soph.	18	67"	180	Louisville, Ky.
66	Bibb, Bill (f)	Soph.	19	6'4"	180	Owensboro, Ky.
73	Chandler, Dan (g)	Soph.	18	5'11"	160	Versailles, Ky.
1951-52 Lettermen.
page eleven MEET A WILDCAT
LOU (Plato) TSIOROPOULOSLynn, Mass. One of the most improved men on the Wildcat team on the basis of his outstanding play in intra-squad scrimmages last season, Lou's effectiveness this year likely will depend on how well a trick knee holds up. The knee was injured in pre-season practice. Barring further trouble, which could seriously affect Kentucky's prospects for a successful campaign, Tsioropoulos is expected to see regular duty. He started every game two seasons ago. An All-America high school football player, Lou has never participated in the grid sport at U.K. Extremely agile and well coordinated, he gets open surprisingly well and his chief offensive weapon is a one-hand push shot from virtually any position on the court. Reminds many people of former Wildcat star Wah Wah Jones, now Sheriff of University-dominated Fayette County, in both his rugged physique and habit of faking a fast break under the basket, then stepping back a long step and popping one in from outside. He's been drafted for professional play by the Boston Celtics.
KENTUCKY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
1953-54
1953
Dec. 5 Dec
UK Opp.
-Temple (H) ............ 86 59
12Xavier (A) ............ 81 66
Dec. 14Wake Forest (H) ....101 69
Dec.  1 8St. Louis ...................... Away
Dec. 21, 22University of Ky. Invitational   Tourn.   (Duke, U.C.L.A., LaSalle, and Kentucky) Dec. 28Minnesota .................. Home
1954
Jan.    4Xavier ........................ Home
Jan.    9Georgia Tech .............. Home
Jan.  11DePaul ........................ Home
Jan. 16-
Jan. 23-
Jan. 30-
Feb. 2-
Feb. 4-
Feb. 6-
Feb. 8-
Feb. 13-
Feb. 15-
Feb. 18-
Feb. 20-
Feb. 22-
Feb. 27-
Mar. 1-
-Tulane ........................ Home
-Tennessee .................... Away
-Vanderbilt .................... Away
-Georgia Tech .......... Louisville
-Georgia ........................ Home
-Georgia ................ Owensboro
-Florida ........................ Away
-Mississippi .................. Home
-Mississippi State .......... Home
-Tennessee .................... Home
-DePaul ........................ Away
-Vanderbilt .................. Home
-Auburn ........................ Away
-Alabama ...................... Away
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page thirteen REVIEW OF 1952
(All Games: Won 29, Lost 3SEC Only: Won 18, Lost 0)
Ky. Opp.
Washington & Lee .............. 96 46
Xavier .............................. 97 72
Minnesota .......................... 57 61
St. John's .......................... 81 40
DePaul .............................. 98 60
UCLA ................................ 84 53
SUGAR BOWL TOURNAMENT
Brigham Young .................. 84
St. Louis ......................:..... 60
Mississippi ........................1 1 6
LSU .................................. 57
Xavier .............................. 83
Florida ............................... 99
Georgia .............................. 95
Tennessee .......................... 65
Georgia Tech .................... 96
Alabama ............................ 71
Vanderbilt ........................ 88
Auburn
64 61
58
47
50 52
55
56
51 67 51
48
Ky. Opp.
Notre Dame ...................... 71 66
Tulane ..............................103 54
Mississippi ........................ 81 61
Georgia Tech .................... 93 42
Miss. State ........................1 10 66
Tennessee .......................... 95 40
Vanderbilt .......................... 75 45
DePaul .............................. 63 61
SEC TOURNAMENT
Georgia Tech .................... 80 59
Tulane .............................. 85 61
Tennessee .......................... 81 66
LSU (championship) .......... 44 43
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Penn. State ........................ 82 54
St. John's .......................... 57 64
TOTALS ............... ......2635
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KENTUCKY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1953-54
1953
Dec. 5Temple$2.50 ...................... Home
Dec. 12Xavier ...................................... Away
Dec. 14Wake Forest$2.50 .............. Home
Dec. 18St. Louis .................................. Away
Dec. 21, 22University   of   Ky. Invitational Tourn. (Duke, U.C.L.A., LaSalle,
,and Kentucky) ................ Home
Dec. 28Minnesota$2.50 .................. Home
1954
Jan.   4Xavier$2.50 ..^.................. Home
Jan.   9Georgia Teeh$2.00.............. Home
Jan. 11DePaul$2.50 ........................ Home
Jan. 16Tulane$2.50 ........................ Home
Jan. 23Tennessee ................................ Away
Jan. 30Vanderbilt ..................-............ Away
Feb.   2Georgia Tech.................... Louisville
Feb.   4Georgia$2.00 ...................... Home
Feb.   6Georgia............................ Owensboro
Feb.   8Florida ...................................... Away
Feb. 13Mississippi$2.00 .................. Home
Feb. 15Mississippi State$2.00 ........ Home
Feb. 18Tennessee$2.50 .................. Home
Feb. 20DePaul ...................................... Away
Feb. 22Vanderbilt$2.50 .................. Home
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