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Kentucky greeted at Auburn hotel with classy gesture remembering Joe B. Hall
By Andrew Olson
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The Kentucky Wildcats were greeted by a classy gesture upon arrival in Auburn for Saturday’s big game between No. 12 UK and No. 2 AU.
The video board at the Kentucky team hotel in Auburn included a welcome message remembering late Wildcats head coach Joe B. Hall and all of his accomplishments. Darrell Bird of CatsPause.com shared a photo on Twitter:
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Very nice touch by Auburn at @KentuckyMBB team hotel tonight. on video board where announcements posted pic.twitter.com/IRMYsS9HAa
— Darrell Bird (@DarrellBird) January 22, 2022
Hall passed a week ago at the age of 93. He played for Kentucky in 1948-49 and returned to UK in 1965 as an assistant coach under Adolph Rupp. Hall became the head coach in 1972, a position he held until 1985. Under Hall, the Wildcats reached the Final Four 3 times (1975, ’78, ’84), winning it all in 1978. Hall picked up National Coach of the Year honors the year of his team’s national title. Kentucky won 8 regular-season SEC titles under Hall, and he was a 4-time SEC Coach of the Year, posting a 373-156 record. Hall was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
