Derek Anderson was born Derek Lamont Anderson on July 18, 1974, in Louisville, Kentucky. As a junior at Kentucky, he helped the Wildcats win the 1996 NCAA Championship. In his four-year career at Ohio State and Kentucky, Anderson finished with 1,228 points, 379 rebounds, and 321 assists. Anderson grew up on the streets of Louisville. …
Derek Anderson
Walter McCarty
Walter McCarty was born Walter Lee McCarty on February 1, 1974, in Evansville, Indiana. A versatile forward with a smooth shooting touch and athleticism, McCarty was a key contributor to Kentucky’s 1996 NCAA Championship team before going on to play in the NBA for a decade. McCarty attended Harrison High School, where he became a…
Tony Delk
Tony Delk was born Tony Lorenzo Delk in Covington, Tennessee to Florence and Leslie Delk. As a kid, he liked to pretend he was Julius “Dr. J” Irving. He attended Haywood Junior High School and Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tennessee. Nickname was “Long-range.” The class of 1992’s “premier three-point marksman,” according to Basketball Times. …
Jared Prickett
Jared Prickett was born Jared Bradley Pickett on November 14, 1973, in Fairmont, West Virginia to Don and Linda Prickett. He has two siblings: Jason and Brooke. In high school, Prickett was West Virginia’s 1992 high school Player of the Year. He led Fairmont West to its first undefeated regular season, a 28-1 overall record…
Mark Pope
Mark Pope was born Mark Edward Pope on September 11, 1972, in Omaha, Nebraska to Don and Linda Pope. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, where he was part of the Wildcats 1996 championship team, and the Washington Huskies, where he was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. He later played professionally in…
Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino took the challenge of rebuilding the Kentucky basketball dynasty and never quit until the job was complete eight years later.