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Brandon Knight has the look of a leader

Talking more. Leading more. Kentucky Coach John Calipari sees those trends in Brandon Knight. “You’re seeing a point guard, right before your eyes, starting to mature,” Calipari said of Knight on Monday. Throughout the early season, Calipari has sought more vocal leadership from Knight, a quiet, thoughtful player not given to histrionics.
Brandon Knight

Talking more. Leading more. Coach John Calipari sees those trends in Brandon Knight.  “You’re seeing a point guard, right before your eyes, starting to mature,” Calipari said of Knight on Monday.  Throughout the early season, Calipari has sought more vocal leadership from Knight, a quiet, thoughtful player not given to histrionics.

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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 This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 26, 1949, Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky to its second straight NCAA title before 12,500 in the Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle.  Alex Groza had 25 points to lead Kentucky.  Of Kentucky’s eight NCAA title game victories, this is the only one that came in a matchup of teams ranked No. 1 vs. No. 2. It was also an NCAA championship game meeting of coaching giants Adolph Rupp and Henry Iba.

 

On March 26, 1983, in the first meeting between the schools in 24 years, Louisville defeats UK 80-68 in overtime to earn a trip to the Final Four.

 

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