The Game

Although I do not really follow college sports that closely, I have been enjoying the madness within March Madness over the Kentucky/Louisville Final Four match-up this Saturday. My father is from Louisville, and grew up a diehard U. of Kentucky fan with a childlike enthusiasm that has never left him. I've mentioned this before, but his fandom is legendary in our family. Before the days of iPhones, when he and my mother went out to eat with friends on nights when Kentucky was playing (even the relatively meaningless regular season games), he would often slip off to the restroom to check the score on his portable radio. If we were at home and a Kentucky game was on, forget about anything else as far as he was concerned.

Anyway, I have a link below to a fascinating article about the crazy history and psychological analysis of why the state of Kentucky is so basketball nuts. It is a fine analysis of the Kentucky / Louisville rivalry as well. Please read even if you have only a passing interest in college hoops. It is excellent, and has some hilarious anecdotes as to the lengths people in the bluegrass state will go to show their fandom.

Click HERE for the article.