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When the quartet of John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe and Patrick Patterson left Kentucky for the NBA following a 35-3 season in 2009-10, John Calipari’s Wildcats lost 57 points and 25 rebounds per game. Try not to shed too many tears for poor ol’ Coach C. The dynamic Kentucky head coach went out and landed perhaps the top freshman class in the country, and through seven games, it’s showing itself well.

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Terrence Jones - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

When the quartet of John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe and Patrick Patterson left Kentucky for the NBA following a 35-3 season in 2009-10, John Calipari’s Wildcats lost 57 points and 25 rebounds per game. Try not to shed too many tears for poor ol’ Coach C. The dynamic Kentucky head coach went out and landed perhaps the top freshman class in the country, and through seven games, it’s showing itself well.

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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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