[TidesHoss32]

your exactly right kyrifle, Rupp tried to recruit several black players, but was very straight forward with them. He simply warned them that he could not guarantee their safety on campus, and by telling them that, these idiots brand him a racist. I admire Adolph Rupp, and his straight forward approach because of this. I will never waste my time watching that Glory Road garbage, and frequently get absolutely sick of hearing about "the game that changed college basketball forever". Rather than Texas Western's five players beating Kentucky's five players, OH NO, its black and white. Nobody on Kentucky's team deserved the unjust label placed on them (as the five white boys that were goliath). Its like Kentucky's the bad guys on everything you read about it.

I know several players that played for Coach Rupp. Each and every one of them has told me countless times that Rupp was not a racist. He tried to sign black players. Jim McDaniels WKU, Wes Unseld Uof L and Butch Beard Uof L. Rupp didn't care if a player was Green or Purple he would have signe him. Rupp wanted to win..
Looking back at that time, it's easy to see why he couldn't sign the top black players in the state, whoever would have signed would have been the first black player to play at UK. He finally did sign a good player in Tom Payne. Very dominating center in the SEC the 2 years he played for Rupp. He went hardship and left after his Jr year.
People are going to think what they want to think. The best thing to do is talk to someone who has played for him and let them tell you about the man in the Brown Suit.