Austin Rivers was 7 years old, sitting in the wooden bleachers alongside his father at Winter Park (Fla.) High School, watching older brother Jeremiah playing age-group, travel-team basketball. “Dad, why don't they switch to zone defense?” Austin started. “Dad, why do they keep running that pick-and-roll play?” he asked two minutes later. “Dad, why aren't they boxing out,” he continued. “Dad, why can't I play on this team?” he persisted.
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.