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Big shots on big stage help polish Brandon Knight’s resume for Draft

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Kemba Walker got his validation Monday night in Houston. UConn’s national championship win over the Butler Bulldogs was Walker’s stamp of approval, the moment that capped his 2010-11 of clutch shots and supreme leadership, all special and all his own. NBA talent evaluators love that kind of star turn. Some use the NCAA tournament as an important talent read — how a small-school product handles the increased competition, how Connecticut’s Walker and Kentucky’s Brandon Knight…

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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.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

February 14, 1952

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