PART ONE: Naismith to Rupp, 1930-1959

Adolph Rupp came to the University of Kentucky in 1930 - a 29-year-old who took classes at the University of Kansas from James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Two years later, the SEC was formed, and Rupp's Wildcats would dominate play in the conference for decades. Meanwhile, a future coaching legend was born in Clarksville, Tenn. It was years before Pat Summitt became a household name but the early years of her journey foretold extraordinary promise.

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