Damon Harge Jr. doesn’t have the full grasp of why he’s sitting here, and perhaps he shouldn’t be. Not yet anyway. He seems lost and mildly disinterested as he shifts his slight 120-pound frame around in the padded seat and surveys the layout of the cozy coffee shop inside of Christian Faith Center Academy (Creedmoor, N.C.). Harge is innocent and unassuming and he exudes a pureness that’s refreshing.

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.