Some interesting stats from ESPN.com regarding 2011 NCAA Tournament brackets entered on their website: While 16 percent of brackets had Kentucky in the Elite Eight, 45.7 percent had UNC reaching that round. All told, 7.9 percent of brackets have a North Carolina-Kentucky matchup in the Elite Eight. Of those particular brackets, 57.3 percent picked the Tar Heels to win that game. Ohio State was the most popular pick to win it all, but was the second-most popular pick behind Kansas to reach the Elite Eight (78.6 percent), Final Four (59.5 percent) and championship game (39.2 percent).
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.