This has nothing to do with Kentucky basketball or really basketball in general but it does involve recruiting and is interesting from strictly a historical standpoint. Deadspin.com gives us a brief history of this practice beginning with “according to the legends, the practice was first instituted in the 1960’s by Bear Bryant at Alabama. His Bear’s Angels became a staple of the college recruiting landscape, and in their own way, became more famous than the recruits themselves.” Bear Bryant was a football coach at Kentucky from 1946-1953 before taking the Alabama job. 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.
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