Adolph Rupp built Kentucky basketball into arguably the greatest program in college basketball. Rick Pitino resurrected it after a devastating recruiting scandal. Joe B. Hall and Tubby Smith won national championships along the way. Billy Gillispie won't soon be mentioned in the same breath with those figureheads of the past after being dismissed, ostensibly because the school's administration did not feel as though Gillispie was of the same mold.

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