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Former Cat Scott Padgett realistic about first coaching job

Scott Padgett

Scott Padgett

Scott Padgett knew taking an entry level job under Kentucky coach John Calipari likely could get him a chance to eventually be a full-time assistant coach. The former UK star, though, wasn’t sure it would happen quite as quickly as it did now that he has officially joined coach Barry Rohrssen’s staff at Manhattan. The Manhattan coach noted that Padgett had played for Jerry Sloan, Rick Pitino and Jeff Van Gundy and that his experience would be beneficial developing “post and front court players” at Manhattan.

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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.

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On December 3, 2011, freshman Anthony Davis soared to block John Henson's shot in the final seconds and No. 1 Kentucky held on to beat No. 5 North Carolina 73-72 to extend the Wildcats' home winning streak to 39 games.  Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Kentucky and Doron Lamb added 12 of his 14 points after halftime in the heavily hyped matchup.

 

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