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Michael Gilchrist draws inspiration from late father

Michael Gilchrist

Michael Gilchrist - photo by Noah Addis | For The Star-Ledger

He is tall enough now that he must duck under the door frame to enter his bedroom and mature enough to seek the pressure of playing for the most prominent college basketball program in the country.  But once a week, when Michael Gilchrist needs comfort, he watches “The Lion King.”  The DVD is already in the console, always ready. All he has to do is press play.

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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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