Denny Crum Moved Capital Of Kentucky Basketball From Lexington To Louisville In 1970s and '80s

If they are honest with themselves, it was a thought Kentucky basketball fans had in their hearts and minds for decades. But not on the tip of their tongues, because they didn’t want to admit it even to themselves. But the University of Louisville – 78 miles west of the state flagship university in Lexington – had a better basketball coach and program than the Wildcats from 1971 through the 1980s. Kentucky Blue had to ask itself, “Should we have hired UCLA coach John Wooden’s assistant Denny Crum in 1971,...