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Kentucky basketball team stands for national anthem before game at Auburn

For the first time since kneeling during the national anthem at Florida, the Kentucky basketball team was on the court for the anthem again before Saturday's game at Alabama.

This time, as they had in previous road and neutral-site games, UK players and coaches stood throughout the anthem with arms locked in a line. UK has kept both teams in the locker room for the anthem at home games this season, including Tuesday against Alabama, so the trip to Auburn marked the first time the team to show if it would continue its anthem protest.

In the wake of the violent riot at the U.