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catmandoo
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posted 04-04-2020 12:31 PM
Former Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton has officially been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
In his seventh go-round as a finalist, Sutton was announced as part of the 2020 Hall of Fame class, joining Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Tamika Catchings, Patrick Baumann, Kim Mulkey, Barbara Stevens, and Rudy Tomjanovich as inductees.
The 84-year-old spent four seasons at Kentucky, finishing his time in Lexington with an 90-40 (.692) overall record. As head coach of the Wildcats, Sutton led the team to three NCAA Tournament appearances, one Sweet Sixteen finish, and one Elite Eight finish.
Beyond his time at Kentucky, Sutton also coached at Creighton, Arkansas, Oklahoma State (his alma mater), and the University of San Francisco before leaving the game in 2008. As head coach, Sutton has guided his teams to three Final Fours, six Elite Eights, and 12 Sweet Sixteens.
The former UK head coach was previously inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
Here is the entire list of Sutton’s on-court achievements:
NCAA Division I Regional – Final Four (1978, 1995, 2004)
SWC regular season (1977–1979, 1981, 1982)
SWC Tournament (1977, 1979, 1982)
SEC regular season (1986)
SEC Tournament (1986)
Big Eight regular season (1992, 1995)
Big Eight Tournament (1995)
Big 12 regular season (2004)
Big 12 Tournament (2004, 2005)
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PaulCat
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posted 04-04-2020 04:48 PM
A much-deserved award. Congrats to coach Sutton!
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catmandoo
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posted 04-05-2020 10:54 AM
Sutton compiled a 806-326 record over 37 seasons at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, his alma mater Oklahoma State and San Francisco, becoming the first coach to lead four different programs to the NCAA Tournament...
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rlt4uk
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posted 04-05-2020 11:23 AM
His record speaks for itself. He deserves the induction, but I believe his record at Kentucky would have been a whole lot better if he would have not played his son Sean so much. The same can be said for Tubby as well, playing Saul when he didn't deserve the playing time.
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PaulCat
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posted 04-05-2020 01:26 PM
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Originally posted by rlt4uk:
His record speaks for itself. He deserves the induction, but I believe his record at Kentucky would have been a whole lot better if he would have not played his son Sean so much. The same can be said for Tubby as well, playing Saul when he didn't deserve the playing time.
RLT, I believe Chris Duhon was coming to Kentucky until Tubby let Saul come on board. That is what made him switch to Dook. At least that's what I remember happening .
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handycat
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posted 04-05-2020 02:24 PM
I have mixed emotions about Sutton and I guess I should just leave it at that.
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MountainMafia
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posted 04-05-2020 03:20 PM
Sutton was a great coach, but the UK job was over his head...he let the boosters become way too close to the program.
PC....I remember it the same way.
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Tiptree
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posted 04-05-2020 04:37 PM
Sutton would have been a hell of a coach if he wasn't a drunk. I was in grad school during his time at UK, and I remember once his assistant coaches carrying (yes, carrying) him out of the Raddison bar on a weekend. And that wasn't the only time I saw him drunk out on the town.
Playing one's son is a huge recruiting mistake; Calipari managed to avoid that problem, thank God. But Sean seems to have been a source of turmoil on the team as well as an obvious obstacle for recruits.
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Trey Ball
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posted 04-05-2020 11:53 PM
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Originally posted by PaulCat:
[QUOTE]I believe Chris Duhon was coming to Kentucky until Tubby let Saul come on board. That is what made him switch to Dook. At least that's what I remember happening .
Saul was a Senior when Duhon would have been a Freshmen. Saul had nothing to do with Duhon not coming. He didn't come because Duke arranged employment for his mother in a role she wasn't qualified to do and they paid her more than her peers no less. He had to go play behind Jay Williams at Duke.
UK ended up with a better guard than Duhon anyway when Cliff Hawkins signed.
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