Former North Carolina State coach and current Arizona State coach Herb Sendek called with a message for Bellarmine coach Scott Davenport before the Knights traveled to Duke. “They'll be as nice to you as they can be,” Davenport said Sendek advised him of Duke. “Then they'll try to get up on you by 40 in the first five minutes.” The Blue Devils, ranked No. 6 in NCAA Division I, tried. They charged to a 15-2 lead.
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.