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Terrific story on Terrence Jones – Kentucky is home

The moment he picked up the phone, Kentucky coach John Calipari could sense Terrence Jones was crying. Less than an hour earlier, during a press conference at Jefferson High School in Portland, Ore., the 6-foot-9 Jones had revealed his plans to sign a basketball scholarship with the University of Washington.

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Terrence Jones - photo by James Crisp | CatsPause.com

The moment he picked up the phone, Kentucky coach John Calipari could sense Terrence Jones was crying.  Less than an hour earlier, during a press conference at Jefferson High School in Portland, Ore., the 6-foot-9 Jones had revealed his plans to sign a basketball scholarship with the University of Washington.

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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 March 13, 1994, Kentucky faced Florida for the second time in 11 days, and for the second time, the Wildcats beat the Gators. The triumph in Memphis gave UK its third consecutive SEC Tournament title, and improved the Pitino-era SEC Tourney mark to a perfect 9-0.

 

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