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Kentucky Basketball fan shares superstitions on Jeopardy!

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Kentucky fans are a superstitious bunch, and last night, .

Sarah Woodring from Sturgis, Kentucky was a contestant on the popular quiz show last night and, during her introduction, told Alex Trebek about her superstitions as a Kentucky basketball fan.

“College basketball is a huge thing in Kentucky,” Woodring said. “One of the superstitions that we have is, if somebody leaves the room and a team goes on a run, starts scoring a lot of points, the person can’t come back in the room because the idea is, the team started doing well when that person left.