Watch out, Kentucky. The Hampton basketball team, which faces No. 1 overall seed Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament, has a Kansas City Chiefs fan playing for them. (OK, that probably means they will lose in the first round but let's just ignore that.)
Hampton played Manhattan in the play-in game last night. I wasn't watching the game but plenty of people tweeted me a version of this picture. Note the tattoo.
I guess we're rooting for Hampton now @KCChiefs @ArrowheadPride pic.twitter.com/ysWuLLuUgC
— Daniel Weixeldorfer (@dan_wex) March 18, 2015
That's Quinton Chievous and he is apparently pretty good after scoring 15 points and grabbed 13 boards on Tuesday night before exiting with a sprained ankle. His dad is Derrick Chievous, who is Missouri's all-time leading scorer after averaging 19.9 points a game during his career in Columbia. The elder Chievous went on to play in the NBA and abroad but I am guessing that Missouri connection is where the Chiefs tie-in comes from.
Also, the Chiefs fan can dunk.
The first big dunk of the tournament, courtesy of Hampton's Quinton Chievous (via @FanSidedGIF) https://t.co/kECOx3DNzM
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) March 17, 2015