Jodie Meeks with quotes from the McGuires and Coach Rupp

Kentucky has found the secret of basketball, that it's five guys playing together.
Former University North Carolina coach Frank McGuire

I see no reason to end the basketball season in February just so some of these schools can start spring football practice early... Someday they are going to wake up and realize that basketball is here to stay.
Adolph Rupp on his Southeastern Conference brethren in 1934

They had it before you, they had it during you, and they’ll have it when you're gone....
Al McGuire on Kentucky Basketball Tradition