The Kentucky fans who contacted Higgins and his business directly and made personal threats crossed a line they shouldn’t have. They were stupid and hopefully will refrain from doing that in the future.
Having said that, the media narrative that UK fans made “death threats” to Higgins appears to have been an overreach and without merit. Of the supposed worst examples which were identified by law enforcement, exactly NONE of them rose to the level of a death threat.
Yet noone in the media has corrected their earlier headlines, or even acknowledged that they were sensationalized without any actual proof. Hopefully they will do better in the future as well.
Exactly my point. And I won't hold my breath waiting on a correction or better journalism in the future, just like I won't hold my breath at UK ever getting a fairly called game from Higgins.
As I said, I've never seen one man, bar players or coaches, have a bigger impact on the outcome of UK ncaa games than Higgins. No excuse to do what those UK fans, and probably some troll opponents' fans did in threatening him but I understand their frustration!