BASKETBALL QUIZ

Who was the originator of fast break basketball and the man whom Red's college had adapted this style of play and later on used by Red that made the Boston Celtic style of play famous years later?

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Adolph Rupp?

No, Sorry Sam

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Frank W. Keaney, coach at the University of Rhode Island from 1921 to 1948, is credited with introducing the concept of “fast break” basketball,

Not that I have ever heard of him.

beat

Correct!!!!!!!!!!!

Sam, Beat showed all of us up!

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Again I have never heard of him.....................google has though

beat

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Games/19460320RhodeIsland.html

They sure captured the hearts of Rhode Islanders back in the 40's. Living only 10 miles from Providence I was able to follow the team in the local press and I do recall the elation and pride that the URI-Kentucky game brought to the local area. Big time basketball had come to Rhode Island.

swish

Another guy named Floyd Eby also laid claim to inventing fast break basketball in the 1940s.

http://www.mhsaa.com/MHSAA_ARCHIVE/resources/library/coldleg.html

Adolph Rupp popularized what was called "racehorse basketball," turning it into a national championship weapon with Kentucky. It was Rupp whose fast break Red Auerbach copies, even drafting three premier Kentucky players in the same year (Frank Ramsey, Cliff Hagen who went in the trade for Russell, and Lou Tsioropoulos—who once beat Sam Jones head-to-head in a spring during practice.)

There's mention of Rupp's racehorse basketball in:

http://www.truebluekentucky.com/index.php/basketball/926-guest-basketball/3671-ukmd.html

Sam