Eh, if you don’t grow up near pro teams in your favorite sports, college is the next best thing. I grew up in Upstate NY and a majority of kids growing up followed Syracuse basketball. If we wanted a chance to watch decent live ball, we went to Syracuse. There wasn’t any other decent basketball within a 5 or 6 hour…

This isn’t that unusual in this area. Because of the fluid border (Kansas City strattles the Kansas/Missouri border, and Overland Park is a suburb of KC) a lot of people pick and choose their favorite teams based on who has been historically more fun to root for, ie non-perennial losers like MU b-ball and Kansas…

He’s from Overland Park. It’s a weird city and full of kU fans.