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Darius Miller honored on return to Maysville

Darius Miller - photo by Terry Prather, The Ledger Independent

Darius Miller – photo by Terry Prather, The Ledger Independent

On a sweltering 4th of July morning at the Maysville Walmart, the line was already stretching well around the left side of the massive store, with people dressed in blue and holding items to be signed.  The reason for an invasion of a local gathering of members of Big Blue Nation?  Well, one of their own had returned home.  Darius Miller held his autograph session in front of the Supercenter and fans of all ages waited patiently for his arrival, eager to say congratulations, get a personal item signed and pick up one of the colorful posters of the former Mason County Royal and Kentucky Wildcat in several action shots.

 

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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 December 2, 1961, Cotton Nash scored 25 points in his first varsity game.  

 

On December 2, 1967, Mike Casey scored 28 points in his very first varsity game.

 

On December 2, 1972, Joe B. Hall coaches his first game as head coach at UK, a 75-66 win at Michigan State. UK goes on to win the SEC Championship and finish 22-8 during Hall’s inaugural season.

 

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