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Brandon Knight continues to be the best player in the SEC

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Look for the good in the bad. When you see it, you will notice a change.  Brandon Knight’s numbers weren’t awful against Ole Miss except with his 4 turnovers with 6 assists. But, that wasn’t the end of the world.  “Brandon’s floor game was bad, and Terrence wasn’t tough enough,” said Cal.  Throw in that when you combine Knight and Jones shooting, 8 of 26 which includes 0 for 8 from downtown, and the Cats beat Ole Miss 75-66 without two future NBA first round picks having a good game.

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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 April 1, 1996, behind an NCAA title game record-tying seven three-pointers from Tony Delk, UK won its sixth national title. After two John Wallace free throws cut the UK lead to two, 64-62, the Wildcats responded with a Walter McCarty tip-in and a Derek Anderson three-pointer and Syracuse never threatened again.  Kentucky wins, 76-67.

 

On April 1, 2009, John Calipari was named Kentucky’s new head basketball coach.  His deal worth $31.65 million made him the highest-paid coach in college basketball.

 

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