University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp mixed mortar during a cornerstone-laying ceremony on Feb. 21, 1949, at the construction site of Memorial Coliseum. Completed in 1950, Memorial Coliseum was the longtime home court for the Wildcats and a memorial to the more than 10,000 Kentuckians killed in World War II and the Korean War. The names of Kentuckians killed in the Vietnam War were added later. The UK men’s basketball team played in Memorial from 1950 to 1976, compiling a record of 306-38 (.890). Click on the photo for a closer look and click here to see more images from our archives of Memorial Coliseum, including state basketball tournaments, a Jimmy Buffet concert and more.