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President Obama to honor 2012 NCAA Champion Wildcats at the White House

ObamaPresident Barack Obama will honor the 2011-12 UK men’s basketball team Friday at the White House for its national championship.  The team’s eighth NCAA national championship will be celebrated at 4:5o p.m. with remarks from the president.

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On June 9, 1969, Tom Payne, a seven-foot All-American from Louisville, becomes the first black player to sign with the University of Kentucky.

 

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