Kentucky coach John Calipari raised his hand, calling for silence from the 22,000 who packed Rupp Arena on Friday night for Big Blue Madness. He gave a brief rundown of his dizzying first season with the Wildcats, when Kentucky won 35 games, the Southeastern Conference championship and produced five first-round NBA draft picks.
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.