
Former Raleigh high school star John Wall would have been a sophomore on the Kentucky team that faces North Carolina today in the NCAA East championship game. The standout playmaker from Word of God Academy left the Wildcats after one season and became the No. 1 pick in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards. Wildcats coach John Calipari said Saturday that he still hears from Wall regularly. “He’ll text me four or five days a week,” Calipari said. “At the end of every text, he says ‘I love you, Coach.’