Almost every little boy growing up in Kentucky dreams of one day suiting up to play in the blue and white. While that romanticization might not include visions of rocking the ever-controversial checkerboard pattern, it does include playing in front of 20,000-plus fans of the Big Blue Nation. It includes hitting big shots and being a representative of your state.
For Reed Sheppard, a 17-year old boy who grew up in southern Kentucky surrounded by the Wildcat faithful, the question as to whether he should fulfill that dream was never truly in doubt.
“It’s a dream,” Sheppard said, roughly 30 minutes after committing to play college basketball for the ‘Cats on Saturday.