Part One: Naismith to Rupp, 1930-1959

Adolph Rupp got here to the University of Kentucky in 1930 – a 29-year-old who took courses on the University of Kansas from James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Two years later, the SEC was shaped, and Rupp’s Wildcats would dominate play within the convention for many years. Meanwhile, a future teaching legend was born in Clarksville, Tenn. It was years earlier than Pat Summitt grew to become a family identify however the early years of her journey foretold extraordinary promise.