For a half, Pitino’s coaching mystique hung heavy in Rupp Arena. Then UK’s superior talent delivered a sobering slap. “They thought they were going to come in here and Rick Pitino was going to send them to the promised land,” UK point guard Cliff Hawkins said. “It don’t work like that.” Read article.

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.