Dick Vitale was asked who he would endorse to replace Williams at Maryland, and he said he didn’t think Notre Dame’s Mike Brey or Arizona’s Sean Miller would take the job. Therefore, he put his support behind Tubby Smith, the Minnesota coach that once coached Kentucky. “My choice would be Tubby Smith. Instant credibility, he’s a winner, he’s a guy who’s a class guy,” Vitale said. “There’s never any problems in terms of the NCAA. I think personally, and he might not say this, but he’s available.”
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.