Kentucky fans greet Wildcats at airport

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - About 2,500 fans greeted the Final Four-bound Kentucky Wildcats at Blue Grass Airport on Sunday night, hours after they beat North Carolina in the East Regional final.

Fans started lining up outside the general aviation runway around 9 p.m., waiting for the team to arrive from Newark, N.J. The chartered plane landed just before midnight and, after about 15 minutes, the team loaded on buses and drove through the crowd to head to campus.

Many fans brought signs to support the team, with one reading, “Oh holy Knight, our Jorts are brightly shining!” It referenced point guard Brandon Knight and center Josh Harrellson, who earned the nickname “Jorts” because of his taste for wearing jean shorts. One fan, also playing on Harrellson's sense of fashion, hung a pair of jean shorts on a long wooden pole and waved it like a flag.