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JPS
05-17-2006, 10:55 PM
Below is an interview with former UK All-American Bob Brannum (http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Players/brannum_bob.html) I ran across. Brannum died in February of 2005.

http://www.celtic-nation.com/interviews/bob_brannum/bob_brannum_page1.htm

Jon

Lost Highway
05-24-2006, 06:16 PM
Now this is what I call a basketball dynasty. Two All Americans had to remake the team. From the article:

Brannum returned to Kentucky following his discharge only to find that the basketballlandscape had shifted dramatically during his absence. While Rupp was as ornery as ever, the University of Kentucky basketball program was suddenly overrun with talent. So stocked was the Wildcat roster that two All-Americans, Brannum and Jim Jordan, had to earn their way back onto the team. This didn’t sit well with Brannum, who later transferred north, to Michigan State University,


http://www.celtic-nation.com/images/interview_photos/brannum2.jpg

Blue4ever
06-20-2006, 11:26 AM
JPS wrote: Below is an interview with former UK All-American Bob Brannum (http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Players/brannum_bob.html) I ran across. Brannum died in February of 2005.

http://www.celtic-nation.com/interviews/bob_brannum/bob_brannum_page1.htm

Jon
Now why would this A-hole author write "in Rupp's own perverse way"? I mean the man was praising Michigan St after having lost and this punk has to add his own 2 cents worth.