Cutting through the flashing lights and the pulsating music of Big Blue Madness was John Calipari's message, delivered against a “Kentucky Effect” backdrop from a lectern on a sprawling stage. UK is at the frontier of college basketball. Two years ago, Calipari said, UK basketball was reborn. Now, he said, UK is redefining college basketball. “We don't move the needle,” Calipari said. “We are the needle.”
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.