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John Wall is head and shoulders above rest of nation

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Nearly two years ago to the day, John Calipari took an ultra-talented freshman point guard named Derrick Rose into Madison Square Garden and watched him defer when the game was on the line. It was the seventh game of his collegiate career at Memphis, and Rose didn’t want any part of taking the game-winning shot against O.J. Mayo and USC. 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.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On June 28, 2012, the Wildcats set an NBA Draft record with six players picked in the 2012 NBA Draft. Anthony Davis becomes the second UK player to be picked No. 1 overall and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist goes No. 2 overall, becoming the first teammates in NBA Draft history to go 1-2 in the same draft.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

June 28, 1916

UNK Walter Hatcher

June 28, 1919

15 Melvin Brewer

June 28, 1936

34 Ed Beck

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