Representatives of the NCAA and the University of Kentucky visited a friend of Nerlens Noel two weeks ago to discuss his relationship with UK’s freshman center, according to a report Saturday night on the Web site of the Providence (R.I.) Journal. The article comes three days after a Sports Illustrated report said that two investigators from the NCAA traveled to Noel’s former high school in New Hampshire this month to meet with officials there about Noel’s past. UK compliance director Sandy Bell was also present at that meeting, according to the report. The Sports Illustrated report said the NCAA is looking into friends and associates of Noel and how the UK player paid for some of his unofficial visits to campuses.
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.