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Kentucky's Rupp Arena: A College Basketball Mecca With A Complicated Racial Past

The Kentucky Wildcats have dominated the competition playing at Rupp Arena, named after U.K.'s most famous coach: Adolph Rupp. Now the campus is debating whether that name should be changed. Silas Walker/Getty Images hide caption

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Kentucky's Rupp Arena: A College Basketball Mecca With A Complicated Racial Past

August 31, 2020 • Rupp Arena is named after the University of Kentucky's famed basketball coach Adoph Rupp. There are calls to remove his name because during his famed 42-year career, he only had one Black player.

Kentucky's Rupp Arena: A College Basketball Mecca With A Complicated Racial Past

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