
This is what Butler University received for its reported $1.7 million investment in its entire men's basketball program in 2010: A coaching staff and group of gritty players who were roughly one 47-foot jump shot from winning a national championship. Just when you were ready to move the Bulldogs' accomplishments to your Fluke Folder last season, coach Brad Stevens returned to the Final Four in Houston, where he was joined by another coach who buys his suits off the rack â Shaka Smart of Virginia Commonwealth.

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walterâs Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.