Why, would I, raised in New York, be rooting for Kentucky? Do I have a relative who went there? Do I like a particular player or coach from there? No, on both coutns. It's actually quite simple. While I've never been much of a college basketball fan, but this interesting history was pointed out to me recently:
| Year | NCAA Basketball Champ | World Series Champ |
| 1948 | Kentucky | Cleveland |
| 1949 | Kentucky | Yankees |
| 1951 | Kentucky | Yankees |
| 1958 | Kentucky | Yankees |
| 1978 | Kentucky | Yankees |
| 1996 | Kentucky | Yankees |
| 1998 | Kentucky | Yankees |
Now, just because Kentucky won't win the Championship this year, it doesn't mean the Yankees are doomed, but it's a nice little synergy I root for every year.
By the way, Mets fans, you can root for Louisville, since their only previous national championship was in 1986.
That would provide some weird, same-state synergy thing that my brain couldn't handle.
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