Willie Cauley-Stein went hard down the lane, took a hit from Auburn's Asauhn Dixon-Tatum and finished, setting up a chance for a three-point play. The Rupp Arena crowd roared. Cauley-Stein's teammates celebrated. But it wasn't exactly the brand of basketball the Wildcats' freshman forward had in mind.
Sure, he was happy that Kentucky gutted out a 72-62 win against the Tigers on Saturday, happy that his team won its fifth straight game and overcame Auburn's rugged, physical play.
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.