“I thought we had him,” Boynton said. “He was talking good, but Kentucky came on strong, late.” Instead, Wall became the most important piece in first-year Kentucky coach John Calipari’s heralded initial recruiting class. Wall has lived up to the hype, a reason why No. 2 Kentucky (16-0) is off to its best start since beginning the 1966 season 23-0.
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.