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Former Kentucky walk-on Jim Duff has made a big mark in a different ‘court’

Not many people go from walk-on basketball player at to playing hoops on “the highest court in the land.”  Jim Duff has.  During the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Duff was at the elbow of his then-boss, Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist, as the latter presided over the deliberations in the U.S. Senate.  “It was amazing. You knew every moment was historical,” Duff said of the impeachment trial that ended with Clinton not being removed from office. “It was a very somber and serious proceeding. I thought every one involved rose to the magnitude of the event.”

 

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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.

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 21, 1930, a Freeport, Ill., high school coach named Adolph Rupp is named head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

 

On March 21, 1958, in the Wildcats’ first game in Freedom Hall and in front of 18,586 spectators, Vernon Hatton’s layup with 17 seconds left pushed the Wildcats past Temple, 61-60, and into the NCAA Championship game.

 

On March 21, 1976, UK wins its second NIT Championship by defeating North Carolina-Charlotte, 71-67 in New York.

 

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