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April 1, 1996: Kentucky turns to 3-pointers to earn 6th NCAA title

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Walter Cornett
November 4, 2009

Derek Anderson and Walter McCarty - photo by Jim Mone | AP

Tony Delk hit seven three-pointers and scored 24 points, and freshman Ron Mercer came off the bench to score 20 to allow Rick Pitino to put the exclamation mark on his epic rebuilding job at UK by leading the school from probation to its first NCAA title in 18 years.

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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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Walter's Wildcat World – All About Kentucky Basketball

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