While the Big Blue Nation breathlessly awaited word on Nerlens Noel's status in the hours that followed the injury suffered by the shot-blocking phenom, Jon Hood was calmly resigned. You see, Hood had a clear view of Noel landing awkwardly. He plainly saw Noel's left knee bending in an unpleasantly unnatural angle and he was almost certain what had just happened.
“I knew because that's what happened to me,” Hood said.
When the official diagnosis came down, Hood was proven right – though this is one time he would have been ecstatic to be wrong.
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.