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Former Cat Kenny ‘Sky’ Walker walks tall, promotes literacy programs (via @kyforward)

Kenny Walker - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

– photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

If you've never met Kenny Walker, you are truly missing out.  Great guy.  Loves basketball and loves to talk about it.  From KyForward.com:  “Usually Kenny “Sky” Walker, former University of Kentucky Wildcat and player for two NBA teams, can be heard on 590 AM, WVLK, analyzing games. Yet, he recently offered live opinions about the past season and more, as the newest member of the Jessamine County Chamber of Commerce at a chamber luncheon in the wine store of Sam's Club in Nicholasville.  Walker holds records during his career in the 1980s, among them the second-highest scorer for the team at 2,080 points, chamber member Larry Prinssen said in his introduction. “But most importantly he's my neighbor, and he takes excellent care of his yard,” Prinssen quipped.

 

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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