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Kentucky Wildcats Basketball: 8 Ways You Know You’re a Kentucky Basketball Fan

By Shelby Caudill

Mar 13, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Kentucky Wildcats fans after the second half of the championship game of the SEC tournament against Texas A&M Aggies at Bridgestone Arena. Kentucky Wildcats won 82-77. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 13, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Kentucky Wildcats fans after the second half of the championship game of the SEC tournament against Texas A&M Aggies at Bridgestone Arena. Kentucky Wildcats won 82-77. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 28, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns players (from left) Archie Goodwin , Brandon Knight , Eric Bledsoe and Devin Booker pose for a portrait during media day at Talking Stick Resort Arena. All four players previous played basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 28, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns players (from left) Archie Goodwin , Brandon Knight , Eric Bledsoe and Devin Booker pose for a portrait during media day at Talking Stick Resort Arena. All four players previous played basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

2. You Watch the NBA for Former Kentucky Wildcats

It’s fun to see former Kentucky Wildcats succeed in the NBA if you’re a Kentucky fan. You may not watch the whole game, but you’ll look and see how you’re former players are doing.

Even if they’re on the team you despise, it’s hard to pull against them and their new team. You want them to be successful, you love them and you miss them. You helped them get where they are, you have to follow their NBA career at least a little bit.

If you can’t find it on TV, there are times you look up their past games just to see how they’re doing, especially when you hear that Demarcus Cousins just put up a huge amount of points the night before. Or that John Wall made some crazy play. Or the Devin Booker and Karl-Anthony Downs are both breaking and tying rookie records.

Even though it still may sting, the fact that they’re successful in the NBA is a great feeling for Kentucky fans.

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