It’s a tradition in Lexington, Ky., that the town shuts down on the day the Kentucky Wildcats play their first NCAA tournament game. The streets should be all but bare when the Wildcats face Princeton on Thursday, and among the locals watching will be a 6-foot-10 freshman who has as much of a rooting interest in the game as the most fervent of bluebloods. Of course, if it were up to Enes Kanter, he’d be helping the Wildcats on the court, not sitting in front of a TV. “I cry when I watch the games,” Kanter told Yahoo! Sports. “When I watch them play I’m sad because I cannot help my teammates. When I see them losing, it’s frustrating.” Kanter was part of the Wildcats’ heralded 2010 recruiting class and Rivals.com’s No. 3-rated prospect overall, trailing only Kansas’ Josh Selby and North Carolina’s Harrison Barnes. The NCAA, however, ruled him ineligible after saying he had accepted more than $33,000 in impermissible benefits from a professional club team in his native Turkey.
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