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Brandon Knight, Josh Harrellson named to CBS Sports NCAA All-tournament Team

Harrellson and Knight

Harrellson and Knight - photo by Andrew Mills | The Star-Ledger

Brandon Knight named to first team.  Josh Harrellson was named to the second team: “The season now quickly fading from our site, we wanted to extend our coverage out as long as possible. So, approximately 40 hours removed from the end of the 2011 NCAA men’s basketball Division I tournament, here’s the First and Second Team winners from this season’s Big Bracket.  The players mentioned got on our list for their play in the NCAA tournament alone, not the regular season…”

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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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