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Why did the Harrison twins return to Kentucky? To win a national championship

The Harrison twins did not accomplish their goal of winning a national championship.

The Harrison Twins - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

The Harrison Twins – photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

appreciates the praise and pats on the back, but they haven’t made the past few months any easier.

Any time a fan congratulates Harrison for the last-minute three-pointers he made to beat Louisville, Michigan and Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament, the shooting guard has the same thought.

“We still ended our season with a loss,” Harrison told Bleacher Report. “The compliments are nice, but it’s never a good feeling to go out losing. We didn’t get that last one. We didn’t accomplish our goal.”

And that, Harrison said, is the main reason he and his twin brother, Andrew, opted to return to Lexington for their sophomore seasons rather than enter the NBA draft.

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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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