Why is John Calipari, the head coach at the University of Kentucky, taking time he doesnât seem to have â âhis days are like 20 hours long,â said Dominican assitant Del Harris â to coach a national team that has yet to make the Olympics, ever? The answer is three-pronged. One, he wants to build basketball into the mainstream consciousness of the Dominican Republic as another option to a better life. Right now, thereâs just baseball, where athletes are thrown into the professional ranks in the minor leagues at young ages.
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.