Kentucky Wildcats set new record for NBA Draft representation

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Walter Cornett
June 25, 2011

For the first since the NBA Draft was reduced from seven rounds to two rounds in 1988, only one college basketball program, the Kentucky Wildcats, has seen at least four players get selected in back-to-back drafts. Last year five Cats got picked (John Wall – Washington Wizards, DeMarcus Cousins – Sacramento Kings, Patrick Patterson – Houston Rockets, Eric Bledsoe – Oklahoma City Thunder, and Daniel Orton – Orlando Magic). Four former Wildcats were selected in the 2011 NBA Draft last night…

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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.

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