Three highly touted high school basketball players that have signed to play at Kentucky next year are finalists for the Naismith Player of the Year award. Anthony Davis, Michael Gilchrist and Marquis Teague, all of whom have signed nationall letters of intent with UK, made the 10-player watch list for the award. The watch list was comprised by leading basketball journalists from around the country who form the national voting academy and identify players under consideration for the award.
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.