A dinner at John Calipari's home drew $98,100 for UK's “Hoops for Haiti” cause, the university announced via Twitter Wednesday night. The dinner for six at Calipari's home with the coach's family and actress Ashley Judd was posted on eBay this week as part of UK's “Hoops for Haiti” fundraiser, which raised money for disaster relief in Haiti, the impoverished nation that was struck last week by a 7.0 earthquake. On Sunday, UK held a telethon and online donation drive that drew $525,000. Calipari and a group of local business leaders contributed an additional $500,000.
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.