What’s going on?’”. ", "But if you look at the core players on the '96, '97, and '98 teams, the core group of guys had been together for two years. “It was just very real.”. Already Mills had been involved with the on-campus Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), and spoken at youth rallies, Sunday school classes and church services during summers. ", "Tubby's scouting reports weren't as detailed. Before I knew it, I was the second-leading scorer on the team during the 1997 NCAA tournament. “I was standing next to Scott Padgett,” Mills said. In 1990, Mills was a member of the inaugural freshman class at Lexington’s Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, where he and his classmates had the opportunity to help shape everything from the school’s traditions to the selection of the fight song. CM: "They have to realize it's one (loss) and done, and that can be hard for such a young team. And when your ego is fed, you like that. … God used you to help change somebody’s life.”. God bless you, Charlotte. Still, FCA and FCA events continue to hold a prominent place both in his heart and on his schedule. From 1966 to 1971, Terry Mills, No. ASOB: What do you think of John Calipari's philosophy of recruiting the absolute best players available, even though many of them will be one-and-dones? 1997–98 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team, Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics, Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball 1997–98 NCAA champions, NCAA Division I men's basketball champions, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, sports-reference.com 1997-98 Southeastern Conference Season Summary, 1998 NCAA Basketball National Championship Utah vs Kentucky, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1997–98_Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team&oldid=968225926, 1997–98 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season, Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball seasons, NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship seasons, NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four seasons, 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament participants, Pages using infobox college sports team season with redundant prev year or next year parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 July 2020, at 01:22. Some may believe that God doesn’t care about sports games, but in Mills’s view, God is not so small to oversee only one life realm at a time.

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By the age of 12, Mills was sure he should also be a minister. And he did it not as a pampered superstar, but as a former walk-on whose dream was to play for his hometown 'Cats. Knowing the influence he had as the speaker, he took time to talk with students after the event. Once the crowd was gone, the teenager approached Mills. “When I went to Georgia for a couple of visits, they had some walk-ons on the team there,” he said. … I started cheering for him myself.”. ASOB: We've heard coach Calipari talk about that -- Knowing you out-worked your opponent gives the player confidence. You have to recruit the best of the best and hope they gel. UK announces plans for virtual Pro Day and Big Blue Madness, UK vs. Kansas to happen in Indy; SEC hoops schedule coming Friday. But when they said I could walk-on it wasn't  difficult at all.". At the end of my high school career I was very disappointed they weren't recruiting me. But after all the excitement, he knew what he wanted to do. “Reaching coaches and athletes and all they influence is key. He even turned down a full scholarship from the University of Georgia to take a spot at the bottom of Rick Pitino’s Wildcat roster. There were many memorable moments along the Comeback Cats’ conquest to the top of college basketball, but none were more memorable then “The Shot Heard Round the Bluegrass.”.

9.5K likes. Again, a pause. Mills is beloved not because he scored 2,000 points, or was a All-America, rather, he made big shots in big games, propelling the 'Cats to victory when a loss seemed inevitable. So there wasn't any added pressure. The love that Cameron Mills had for Kentucky Wildcat basketball earned him little more than an unheralded spot on the bench. The three-point shooting specialist, who played at UK from 1994 to 1998, played in only 15 total games his first two years in uniform, but in his final two seasons he displayed why coach Rick Pitino offered the sharp-shooter the opportunity of a lifetime. Kentucky falls just outside top 10 of first 2020-21 KenPom rankings. He was in his first season as head coach after taking over from Rick Pitino. By the time his playing career was over, he had become a member of two national championship teams, and to this day he remains the program’s all-time leader in season (53.2) and career (47.4) three-point percentages.

", "The 6:00 am practices were not the difference, they were just 6:00 am practices, but we started to buy-in, the team started to focus, and for some reason everything just clicked starting with the SEC Tournament.

“To be that [winner], you essentially have to play pretty perfect basketball for six games, and have the ball bounce your way some. Cameron Mills’ go-ahead three in the waning minutes of the Elite Eight forever cemented the walk-on Kentucky kid into UK lore.

As member of First United Methodist Church in Somerset, Mills was influenced by a youth pastor.

Through his ministry, Mills travels virtually full-time, sharing Christ with a variety of groups across the country. “He taught me how to shoot.



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