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Four future Cats play tonight in the Nike Hoop Summit

Mike Gilchrist

Mike Gilchrist

The four University of Kentucky men’s basketball signees will play in Saturday’s Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Ore.  The annual game — shown in Louisville at 11 p.m. EDT on Fox Sports South — is played under international rules and features the USA Men’s Junior National team against a World Select Team.  Indianapolis Pike guard Marquis Teague, Chicago Perspectives forward Anthony Davis and Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick forward Michael Gilchrist are the UK signees on the 10-member U.S. team.

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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 December 12, 1998, No. 5 Kentucky upset No. 2 Maryland, 103-91.  In a scintillating, up-and-down matchup that had a Rupp Arena crowd of 24,321 rocking, UK seniors Heshimu Evans (31 points), Scott Padgett (25) and Wayne Turner (17) and freshman Tayshaun Prince (13) outdueled Maryland’s Terence Morris (26), Steve Francis (25) and Obinna Ekezie (19).

 

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