Ever been in a physical altercation over UK basketball?

[bigbluelou]

It's been a few years since I posted this question, and there are a lot of new members, so thought it'd be fun to hear about our war stories again and maybe a few new ones.

Mine was in high school and my (admittedly smaller and younger) UofL fan neighbor came knocking at the door *immediately* after the '83 tourney game against the cards had ended. Like, the echo of the final buzzer hadn't even faded. I was not in the mood and he was there only to gloat, so I picked him up and slammed him into the wall. My mom had to pull me off him before it went too far. I know...I was young and stupid, but it happened. Haven't had any such experiences as an adult.

 

[mcnicKY91]

It's been a few years since I posted this question, and there are a lot of new members, so thought it'd be fun to hear about our war stories again and maybe a few new ones.

Mine was in high school and my (admittedly smaller and younger) UofL fan neighbor came knocking at the door *immediately* after the '83 tourney game against the cards had ended. Like, the echo of the final buzzer hadn't even faded. I was not in the mood and he was there only to gloat, so I picked him up and slammed him into the wall. My mom had to pull me off him before it went too far. I know...I was young and stupid, but it happened. Haven't had any such experiences as an adult.

Punched the wife after the 2015 Wisc loss...she said something to the effect of "honey I don't think you need another bourbon...". She has since learned the meaning of time and place.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Punched the wife after the 2015 Wisc loss...she said something to the effect of "honey I don't think you need another bourbon...". She has since learned the meaning of time and place.

I hope this is joking. Even then, hitting your wife is not cool to joke about.

 

[BC_Wader]

The day I get in a fight over a game is the day I need to cease being a fan. Of course there's idiots all around. They need to get a life.

 

[ThunderMash]

My TV was mocking me after Kentucky lost to Kansas one time. I showed its ass what's up by launching a remote straight up its ugly face.

(I'm just kidding, lol.)

 

[jeffky]

No worries dog...she apologized for her disrespect when she got back from the hospital.

 

[SmyrnaCatFan]

I'm a runner not a fighter.

 

[dickieVIII]

I've had to pull Darlene off of a few mouthy fans before and been struck by friendly fire...does that count?

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

Nothing physical. Most regrettable incident was I called an elderly lady who was a louisville fan a "f###ing old b!tch" once, and was stone cold sober when I did so.

And it wasn't during the UL game is the saddest part.

 

[Easternkybb]

Punched the wife after the 2015 Wisc loss...she said something to the effect of "honey I don't think you need another bourbon...". She has since learned the meaning of time and place.

‘Never fight a fight unless you know you can win’.
3 ninjas grandpa

 

[Jamal Mercer]

Never.

However, at 14 yrs old I did put a dent in our living room wall when Laettner hit the shot.

Went to my room and shed a couple tears.

 

[Ky_Bred_Cat]

Almost. Jacksonville, FL. '96 Miss State game, watching in a busy sports bar with a girlfriend, sitting at the bar. She was getting mouthy about the game (even though not a UK fan...she was crazy like that). Little did I know the table of MS fans behind us was getting pretty upset about things. Late in the game I got up to take a leak. Bathroom was empty. Next thing I know some guy bursts in and immediately challenged me to fight him. I turned around preparing to do what was necessary. He was a large guy; I am a little bigger (and had some martial arts training). All the sudden the bar manager, my girlfriend and a bunch of sightseers pour in, aware of what was about to happen. That was the end of it. We finished watching the game and left. She was history soon thereafter. True story.

 

[dbrice3]

At the Johnson center once I called a foul on Wesley Woodyard and he called me a bad word. So, yes but not since then.

 

[Soupbean]

Only with myself ......

 

[NociHTTP]

Never been in a fight over it, but I get irritated when people act like they're UK fans and don't even watch the games or know anything about the team.

 

[treyforuk]

My right hand says none of your dam business!

 

[Catluv]

I don’t like to watch UK games with anyone that likes the team we are playing. Just don’t like the mojo!!

 

[crawfords corner]

No. Im too pretty for prison.

 

[CincinnatiWildcat]

Not really an altercation, but i did watch what they refer to as the "wat shot" from my fraternity house in Terra Haute Indiana surrounded by Indiana fans. I made a bet with one of my friends pregame that the winner's pledge son got the slap the losers. My pledge son was an Indiana fan so he didn't mind getting slapped.

I do now enjoy reminding them that we won the title that year when they have pictures and memorabilia recounting the shot.

 

[DCFseattle]

I pride myself in not being batshit insane, so no

 

[FurdTerguson]

I killed John Higgins and replaced him with this robot replacement.

 

[HagginHall1999]

It's been a few years since I posted this question, and there are a lot of new members, so thought it'd be fun to hear about our war stories again and maybe a few new ones.

Mine was in high school and my (admittedly smaller and younger) UofL fan neighbor came knocking at the door *immediately* after the '83 tourney game against the cards had ended. Like, the echo of the final buzzer hadn't even faded. I was not in the mood and he was there only to gloat, so I picked him up and slammed him into the wall. My mom had to pull me off him before it went too far. I know...I was young and stupid, but it happened. Haven't had any such experiences as an adult.

Not even close but that is a funny story!

 

[warrior-cat]

‘Never fight a fight unless you know you can win’.
3 ninjas grandpa

"When I was a kid, my father told me to never hit anyone in anger unless you were absolutely sure you can get away with it."

Russel Ziskie- Stripes

 

[YardCat]

Punched the wife after the 2015 Wisc loss...she said something to the effect of "honey I don't think you need another bourbon...". She has since learned the meaning of time and place.

Mine as well, like read the room and make that drink a double. JK

 

[ukjenning44]

Almost. Jacksonville, FL. '96 Miss State game, watching in a busy sports bar with a girlfriend, sitting at the bar. She was getting mouthy about the game (even though not a UK fan...she was crazy like that). Little did I know the table of MS fans behind us was getting pretty upset about things. Late in the game I got up to take a leak. Bathroom was empty. Next thing I know some guy bursts in and immediately challenged me to fight him. I turned around preparing to do what was necessary. He was a large guy; I am a little bigger (and had some martial arts training). All the sudden the bar manager, my girlfriend and a bunch of sightseers pour in, aware of what was about to happen. That was the end of it. We finished watching the game and left. She was history soon thereafter. True story.

Did you put it away before turning around or did the entire bar see your Vienna sausage?
Kidding!
You should’ve pi$$ed on his shoes 😃

 

[YardCat]

I guess I’m the only idiot that has fought others for disrespecting my beloved KY Wildcats. I slugged it out one night with a couple Marines after a UK victory, now I can’t remember if they talked bad about UK but they were rooting against us. After the game I hit one with a bottle then smacked the second guy. I had to pick up cigarette butts for a week. That’s just one, but I have got into a few here in Memphis over smack talk. I have decided that it’s not worth it anymore, plus I’m old now.

 

[triadaz]

UK-Dook 1992

Was watching with a few friends in a bar in Durham,NC

Friendly banter back and forth with a few Dook fans throughout the game.

They got very quiet as we wouldn't go away.
Once douchebag hit the shot one of them screamed in my face.
Beer muscles activated and I head butted him.

Needless to say not the best environment to start a fight - got jumped by about 5 of his friends.
Worst beating of my life.

 

[TheDude73]

Nope, and I would like to think UK fans were better than UL, IU, or those other morons we've seen over the past many years. Just walk away, laugh and ignore them.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

UK-Dook 1992

Was watching with a few friends in a bar in Durham,NC

Friendly banter back and forth with a few Dook fans throughout the game.

They got very quiet as we wouldn't go away.
Once douchebag hit the shot one of them screamed in my face.
Beer muscles activated and I head butted him.

Needless to say not the best environment to start a fight - got jumped by about 5 of his friends.
Worst beating of my life.

My incident was the same game. I was moonlighting in a liquor store owned by a woman who was a UL fan. I didn't bother taking off that night as I could watch the game at work and didn't think we had a great chance at pulling the upset. My coworker that night, a really good dude in all things other than sports fandom, was a quasi-louisville fan, and we were having a little give and take during the game. Right at the point in the second half when dook took about their biggest lead, 14 or so it seems like, this little old nattily dressed woman (friend of the UL loving owner, as it turned out) comes to the counter w/ her bottle of wine and asked about the score. I thought she was a Kentucky fan since she came to the obvious Kentucky fan in the joint to ask about the score. So really downcast I tell her that dook had just gone above double digits, to which she clapped her hands and said "Oh good! I don't win my bet unless they win by 15!" I lost it: "You f-ing old bitch! I hope you bet a thousand dollars and we lose by 14!" and exited to the walk-in to cool off a bit. Found out the next day that she was boss lady's aunt...

 

[Kybluedude]

My incident was the same game. I was moonlighting in a liquor store owned by a woman who was a UL fan. I didn't bother taking off that night as I could watch the game at work and didn't think we had a great chance at pulling the upset. My coworker that night, a really good dude in all things other than sports fandom, was a quasi-louisville fan, and we were having a little give and take during the game. Right at the point in the second half when dook took about their biggest lead, 14 or so it seems like, this little old nattily dressed woman (friend of the UL loving owner, as it turned out) comes to the counter w/ her bottle of wine and asked about the score. I thought she was a Kentucky fan since she came to the obvious Kentucky fan in the joint to ask about the score. So really downcast I tell her that dook had just gone above double digits, to which she clapped her hands and said "Oh good! I don't win my bet unless they win by 15!" I lost it: "You f-ing old bitch! I hope you bet a thousand dollars and we lose by 14!" and exited to the walk-in to cool off a bit. Found out the next day that she was boss lady's aunt...

Was that your last night at the store?

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

Naah, I was generally a pleasant sob who was good for business.

Was that your last night at the store?

 

[BBUK]

Only happened a couple times... In different situations... In my best Andy Griffith voice.. You ought not bother me after a loss...

 

[DeerTurkHunter1]

I guess I’m the only idiot that has fought others for disrespecting my beloved KY Wildcats. I slugged it out one night with a couple Marines after a UK victory, now I can’t remember if they talked bad about UK but they were rooting against us. After the game I hit one with a bottle then smacked the second guy. I had to pick up cigarette butts for a week. That’s just one, but I have got into a few here in Memphis over smack talk. I have decided that it’s not worth it anymore, plus I’m old now.

Age?

 

[Ky_Bred_Cat]

Did you put it away before turning around or did the entire bar see your Vienna sausage?
Kidding!
You should’ve pi$$ed on his shoes 😃

Ha! I was wondering if someone would ask that. I had just stepped up to the urinal. The guy came in right behind me.

 

[warrior-cat]

Was in a place called Mike's Sports Grill in Lawton OK waiting for some friends to join me to watch the 96-championship game (UK vs Syracuse). Was wearing my UK gear when some soldiers walked in and sat down at the table behind me. They were from NY, wearing Syracuse gear and were starting to get rowdy from the start. They were bad mouthing UK, me and my date for a bit until my friends arrived. My friends, some from karate and a couple from my softball team were fairly large. In fact, two of the karate friends were 6'7" and 6' 8" respectively and both were black belts. When they sat down, the Syracuse fans immediately shut up. I turned back and ask them why they were not bad-mouthing UK and me anymore. They just said they were just having fun and were joking. I said "yeah right, you have just showed me what you are made of."

Nothing more was said from them after that.

 

[ukfan1622]

Never.

However, at 14 yrs old I did put a dent in our living room wall when Laettner hit the shot.

Went to my room and shed a couple tears.

I'll never forget the stupid question my sister asked right after the shot..."but we still win, right?". I was closer to 40 at the time so I never cried but if my memory is correct, there was a lot of profanity.

But it was, and still is the best game I've ever watched. That team overachieved so much that game to just stay close I couldn't have been any prouder if we'd gotten the win.

 

[susan2361]

I usually make a point of not watching the game with anyone, except my mom and dad because they know how I am during a game and they always accepted my behavior flaws. Let's just say I am not a lady during the game.

But mine was the 92 UK-Duke game as well. I had just gotten a new TV. I got so upset at the end (not just the shot but Lattener stepped on our guy and nothing was done), that I threw the remote control at the TV. The TV was fine, but I didn't know that a remote control could become so many pieces. If you throw it hard enough, it sure can!!!! I went back to the store to get a replacement one and the store owner (he knows me well) said "I guess you didn't like the game". He was so sweet that he gave me the replacement one with no charge. He said that our team got robbed and he felt sorry for me. Nice guy.

 

[m080470]

A couple of *almost* but didn't go beyond verbal altercations, I've told this story before on here but one of my favorites is my Dad and I were at the Big Four Classic in Indianapolis at the Hoosier Dome, 1987. We were ranked #3 and playing Indiana who was #4. Louisville and Notre Dame were on the undercard with the first game. For those who weren't around in 1987 or don't remember, the game was an instant classic and Kentucky beat Indiana in overtime.

At one point during the game a 40-50 year old UK fan a couple of rows behind us is getting into it with some IU fans. Words are said, drinks start flying , some pushing and security gets there before fists fly. They are separated and I think maybe one or two of the IU fans are escorted out.

At the end of the game, UK fans are jubilant pulling off this Top 5 matchup on Indiana soil and I see the UK fan who was in the fight coming down the stairs to leave and I said, "hey, I guess it all worked out, what a great game!!" He looked at me and shook his head and said "We should have f#cking beat them by 20!!" And I always think about that about those fans who are never happy unless they're miserable.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

A couple of *almost* but didn't go beyond verbal altercations, I've told this story before on here but one of my favorites is my Dad and I were at the Big Four Classic in Indianapolis at the Hoosier Dome, 1987. We were ranked #3 and playing Indiana who was #4. Louisville and Notre Dame were on the undercard with the first game. For those who weren't around in 1987 or don't remember, the game was an instant classic and Kentucky beat Indiana in overtime.

At one point during the game a 40-50 year old UK fan a couple of rows behind us is getting into it with some IU fans. Words are said, drinks start flying , some pushing and security gets there before fists fly. They are separated and I think maybe one or two of the IU fans are escorted out.

At the end of the game, UK fans are jubilant pulling off this Top 5 matchup on Indiana soil and I see the UK fan who was in the fight coming down the stairs to leave and I said, "hey, I guess it all worked out, what a great game!!" He looked at me and shook his head and said "We should have f#cking beat them by 20!!" And I always think about that about those fans who are never happy unless they're miserable.

I was there w/ my brothers. Best seats I ever had for a UK game, we were about 15 rows behind the UK bench, shading toward half court. We were there early and when UK came out for their pre-game shootaround the arena was still quiet enough for Pitino to hear and acknowledge my bro when he yelled "Go get 'em Rick!"

 

[Boyd94]

My best friend almost got into it with a blue hair at Rupp. We were at the South Carolina game. Devin Downey revenge game and the crowd was on fire. We both stood up to cheer and the guy behind my buddy told him to sit the eff down. That just went right through him. I had to get in between them. I like to poke him about it now but at the time he would've murdered that old man.