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Former Cat Rex Chapman among 7 set for Hall of Fame

Rex Chapman

It’s a term thrown around almost too cavalierly these days: “Future Hall of Famer.” Meant to be the highest praise, it also can be presumptuous. Who knows how voters will react, once a Hall of Fame ballot is put in front of them? There’s a long list of athletes from all sports who can make a case for enshrinement but have gone unrewarded.  Right now, though, we can use the term with certainty when it comes to the Athletic Hall of Fame. That’s because on Wednesday, June 8, the Hall will welcome seven more athletes…

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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 June 25, 2015, continuing a record-setting recent run of draft picks, six more Wildcats are selected in the 2015 NBA Draft, tying UK’s own 2012 record mark.  Karl-Anthony Towns becomes the third UK player in program history to go No. 1, and an NBA-record-tying four Wildcats are taken in the lottery.

 

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