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Former Cat Sean Sutton is in for the battle of his life

Former coach Eddie Sutton and son Sean Sutton

Former coach Eddie Sutton and son Sean Sutton

We should keep the Sutton family in our thoughts as they go through a very tough time.  A very humbling story from the Tulsa World:   “A streak was broken here Saturday that added to the overwhelming feeling of sadness surrounding former Oklahoma State basketball coach Sean Sutton.  The Sutton family’s roots go deep when it comes to Bedlam hoops. For 18 consecutive years, a Sutton either played or coached in every showdown with the Cowboys’ bitter in-state rival. The streak extended to 19 last season, when Eddie Sutton attended the first Bedlam game that didn’t involve either himself or his second-oldest son, Sean, coaching the Pokes.  The only remnant of the former first family of OSU hoops yesterday was the name on the floor — “Eddie Sutton Court.”

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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 January 22, 1984, Super Bowl Sunday, Kentucky’s twin towers of Melvin Turpin (19 points) and Sam Bowie (eight, 18 rebounds) came out on top of the Houston star Hakeem Olajuwon (14, 12, five blocked shots) before 23,992 in Rupp Arena, 74-67.

 

On January 22, 2008, Kentucky upset No. 3 Tennessee, 72-66.  Patrick Patterson (20 points), Ramel Bradley (16) and Perry Stevenson (14) helped UK stun Bruce Pearl’s Volunteers and ruin the final appearance in Rupp Arena of Tennessee star and Kentucky high school legend Chris Lofton (22 points).  One of the biggest upsets, by ranking, in Kentucky basketball history.  

 

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