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‘Unforgettable’ Feldhaus can’t forget his memories as a Kentucky Wildcats

UnforgettablesDeron Feldhaus is as content in this historic town 62 miles upriver from Cincinnati as was Simon Kenton, the 6-foot redhead who founded it.  Kenton cut a similarly impressive figure, being a point forward in his own sort of way.  Like Kenton, the 43-year-old Feldhaus very much favors Mayville’s northern Kentucky location.  The former University of Kentucky basketball star, who still looks to be in game shape, loves that he’s only an hour’s drive from Greater Cincinnati…

 

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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.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On February 14, 1938, Joe Hagan’s 48-foot shot with 12 seconds left lifts the Wildcats over Marquette, 35-33. Then-Kentucky governor A.B. “Happy” Chandler sprinted onto the playing court at the final buzzer and drove a nail into the floor to mark the spot from which “Hagan’s heave” was launched.

 

On February 14, 2009, Jodie Meeks scored 45 points at Arkansas.

 

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