Kentucky Basketball Games

Of course the best UK sporting events to attend for myself are the men's basketball games. This was my 4th year with season tickets and I couldn't have been more excited for it. Typically Jennifer and I go to the games together for a date night, but this year we didn't always get the schedules that we wanted at work so the kids, mostly Landon, got the privilege of going to quite a few games with me. Here are some of the pictures from our adventures.

Brinley and daddy time.

We love getting there a little early and walking the concourse. There is always someone giving something away for free that might keep the kids entertained. This time she got a foam finger.

A friend let me borrow his parking pass for a couple games so we parked behind the stadium and walked in the media entrance. One time I ran into a Kentucky legend, Cameron Mills. My sister was a big fan of his and was actually a friend of his from back when he used to travel around with FCA. He asked how she was doing and was happy to take a picture with me.

Not exactly Jennifer's favorite date night, but maybe mine.

This year more than ever the stadium was hardly ever to capacity. So when people would leave I made a point to move down a little closer to enjoy the game more up close.

Christmas time in the Bluegrass!

Students didn't buy tickets as much this year either so the upper arena student section was never full. Since our side of the stadium was always packed I chose to usually take the kids over to the other side so that things wouldn't be as cramped. So this ended up being what our seats were.

For the Louisville game this year McKinley was able to get some extra tickets to the game, so Andrea and Chris got those as a Christmas present.

The Louisville game was the most dominate performance that the Wildcats played all year. They crushed the Cards by 29 points!

Jennifer and I even spent our New Years Eve night standing in the eRUPPtion Zone for the Georgia game. This brought back all the memories of when we were in college. Only difference was that we stood at the back so that Jennifer could see better instead of being down front in all of the chaos.

Horrible picture, but McKinley and I made it to a game too.

My little man had so much more fun this year at the games. He is a big numbers guy so he enjoyed watching the score and keeping me up to date during the whole game.

The boy also loves to make some silly faces. I wonder where he gets it from.

Landon signing his name on the get well soon boards for DeMarcus Cousin.

The dude loves some popcorn!

This was taken at the Vanderbilt game which didn't start until 9 pm. At the time neither of the kids had ever witnessed UK lose in any sporting event. The game ended up going into a miraculous overtime and the Cats ended up pulling out the victory. Unfortunately, Landon fell asleep in the second half and missed all the fun. I snapped this picture and even got a video of me screaming along with about 22,000 other fans during the end of the game and overtime. My sole reasoning was because Jennifer always tip toes around the house after the kids go to bed because she thinks they are light sleepers. I was just proving otherwise.

Landon's favorite riding spot for the walk back out to the car.

We even stopped in early one night before the game to catch the pregame show with the KSR crew.

We even stuck around for the player post game interviews and got to sit close for the Jared Vanderbilt interview. I hope this guy comes back and gets completely healthy. If he does he is going to be amazing!

We even got front row seats to the Coach Cal post game interview.

Date night with the Prock's.

I thought it was funny that our jersey numbers one night were in numerical order.

A big kid at heart. This was the night before my birthday. The next day I was turning 33 so I had to throw up the double 3 goggles.

All the date nights with my gal.

We even  got to all go to the exhibition game fundraiser against Morehead State. Jennifer and the kids were happy about stopping at Pies and Pints before the game.

Family game night at the exhibition game. All the money raised for the game was donated to the flood victims in Houston.

This picture makes me happy. The little guy knows nothing about the sacrifice the men and women give for this country, but he knows that you are respectful and honor the flag.

The kids sharing their Sprite.

The kids are Heflin's for sure because they love free stuff. Tonight we picked up a couple of posters of the team.

There was also another night when things just happened to work out and we got some extra tickets from some friends.

Kentucky Basketball is one of my favorite things and I am so glad that I have been able to share my passion with the kids. I hope that when they get older they enjoy our visits to RUPP as much as I do. Next year might be a little different for us. I have been accepted into the group known as the Committee of 101, which are the guys in the blue coats at the football and basketball games that help with game day operations. So, be looking for me next season. I will be wearing my blue coat and UK tie. I am still planning on keeping my season tickets for a 5th year for men's basketball, might just not always be sitting in them. Go Cats! Thanks for reading and God bless!

Tie and patch that will go on my new blue coat.