From Dick Vitale: “It was an incredible night at the Dick Vitale gala last Friday. It was a sellout: Over 800 at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota as we raised over $1 million for the V Foundation and cancer research. Sarasota was the sports capital of the world that night. We honored Tom Izzo and Tony Dungy, and the celebrities came out in full force. The college basketball coaching world was well represented with Roy Williams, John Calipari, Gary Williams, Bob Huggins, Brad Stevens, Bruce Pearl, Jay Wright, Ben Howland, Lefty Driesell, Steve Alford, Gene Keady, Mike Brey, Oliver Purnell, Brian Gregory, Tom Crean, Herb Sendek, Frank Martin, Isiah Thomas, Ray McCallum, Steve Lavin, Izzo and Chuck Driesell all in attendance.”
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.