According to an article from Thrillist, Kentucky has some of college basketball’s most obnoxious fans.
The article ranks Kentucky fans at No. 10 on their list.
Here’s an excerpt:
11. University of Florida Gators
Gators fans are the closest thing to a religious cult you’ll find in college sports, worshipping at the altar of the deity that is “Gator Nation.” They’re the kind of fans who’ll tell you with a straight face that a 20-win Gators team that lost in the second round of the SEC tournament absolutely deserves a No. 2 seed. “We had some injuries,” they’ll say, “but we’re elite when we’re healthy.” For whatever reason, Gainesville just breeds delusion, and while Gator hoops fans aren’t nearly as intolerable as they are during football season, an evening subjected to the endless chomping by fans who claim to be basketball diehards but are dumbfounded by the concept of a technical foul is an experience you won’t need to repeat. Credit to Gator fans, though: every season they full-heartedly believe they’ve got a real shot at the national championship, even if anyone who knows a basketball from a badminton birdie says otherwise.10. University of Kentucky Wildcats
Congratulations, Wildcat fans, or Big Blue Nation, to use their preferred nomenclature: you do a great job of getting out of Kentucky during winter. Commentators love to talk about how well the fans travel, coining any city they visit as “Cat-lanta” or “Cat-olululu.” Clever feline puns won’t save them, though. They’re probably the most entitled group of whining fans outside of Alabama football, except they’ve only won one title this millennium. Sure, Calipari is a genius at getting people to come to Lexington for a year, but all that’s translated into is a lot of late March disappointment eased by blaming the referees who did a perfectly fine job. John Higgins, a referee during UK’s season-ending tournament loss to UNC last season, had to file a federal lawsuit after fans flooded social media with negative comments for his roofing business, throwing in a death threat for good measure. It could never be that your coach doesn’t bother recruiting guys who’ll stick around long enough to cut down the nets. No, to Wildcat fans, losses are always someone else’s fault, an echo chamber they’ll happily return to once they leave Cat-eapolis.9. Indiana University Hoosiers
If the Hoosiers’ candy-striped pants weren’t enough, here are some other reasons Indiana fans are horrendous: First, they’ve clearly taken a cue from their friends up in South Bend by treating their program as a powerhouse despite not having won a title since the Reagan administration; the lack of winning has gotten so bad Hoosiers fans rushed the court after beating Minnesota; the Golden Gophers, not the Timberwolves; the team distributed rings after making the Sweet 16 in 2002, basically the college sports equivalent of handing out participation trophies. Yet Hoosiers fans will tell you this is perfectly fine, because the team is a shoe-in to win the title next year, so this is just an advance on the hardware. Hopefully, nobody comes calling to pay it back.
