For more than a decade it was home and a place to grow as a man, to learn life lessons both easy and hard. If Dwane Casey sounds a bit wistful about a return, it’s entirely understandable.
Casey, who became the person he is during his important growing years as a star player, team captain and an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky, will walk back onto the floor at Rupp Arena in Lexington on Friday night to take part in a fundraising evening celebrating the star-studded history of the Wildcats.
He will look around, see familiar and welcoming faces and old friends and feel at home.