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Final Four run caps satisfying season at Kentucky

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John Calipari doesn’t expect it to take 13 years to get Kentucky back to the Final Four.  The coach would prefer next spring, though it’s unclear who will be along for the ride. The program’s first trip to the national semifinals in more than a decade might have been too good for its own good.  Center Josh Harrellson is graduating. Freshman Brandon Knight’s breakout performance in the NCAA tournament has him pondering the NBA.

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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 February 14, 1938, Joe Hagan’s 48-foot shot with 12 seconds left lifts the Wildcats over Marquette, 35-33. Then-Kentucky governor A.B. “Happy” Chandler sprinted onto the playing court at the final buzzer and drove a nail into the floor to mark the spot from which “Hagan’s heave” was launched.

 

On February 14, 2009, Jodie Meeks scored 45 points at Arkansas.

 

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February 14, 1952

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