Calipari looks to be driving Kentucky back to its rightful place among the elite in college basketball

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Walter Cornett
July 29, 2009

Brian Eldridge of Scouts.com, believes North Carolina, UCLA, Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Connecticut, Michigan State and many other top quality programs wouldn’t stand for a stretch that Kentucky has endured. Read article.

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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.

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On December 5, 1953, Cawood Ledford broadcasts his first game as the radio “Voice of the Wildcats.”

On December 5, 1953, Cliff Hagan scored 51 points against Temple.

On December 5, 2009, freshman John Wall bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points -- including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left -- seven assists, five rebounds and three steals to lift the Wildcats to a 68-66 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels. This was the first signature win of Calipari's tenure and proved his rebuilding job was well ahead of schedule.

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