One by one they said thank you, making like Oscar or Emmy winners during the award season — acknowledging the directors (their parents), the producers (their coaches), the co-stars (their teammates) and ticket buyers (the fans) — before walking off the dais to meet for quick interviews with the reporters assembled in Lexington. And then, poof! The better part of the 2012 Kentucky national championship roster and 92.3 percent of that championship-winning offense all but disappeared from college basketball.
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.