Cover the life of a Kentucky basketball player so long and you realize that even the most die-hard of basketball junkies, even the guys who would sacrifice everything to put on the Wildcat jersey, need a little release here and there.
In a 365-days-a-year, “basketball-never-stops” program, it can't be basketball 24/7 for the individuals or else they break.
For some guys that escape is playing video games. For others it's watching movies. Just hanging out with friends or carving out some time to grab a meal off campus can feel like a relief when you're under the spotlight that shines on a Kentucky basketball player.
Newcomer Trey Lyles has yet to really feel that pressure – that “beast” that John Calipari has called it – in his first few months as a Wildcat, but he already has his mental escape for those days when the weight of his basketball responsibilities starts to bear down or an upcoming paper stresses him out.
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.
