Butler's Jack Doss was watching Anniston's Class 4A boys basketball semifinal win over Hillcrest-Evergreen at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center. One of the Bulldogs fans recognized the coach, an Anniston native, and asked him where he lived. He told her the address. “She said, ‘You lived in the 'hood!,' '' Doss recounted. “I said, ‘yep.' '' Tonight, top-ranked Butler (30-2) plays ninth-ranked Anniston (21-9), led by longtime coach Schuessler Ware, for the state championship at 8.
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.