When she walked into the Fox & Hound Sports Tavern to watch a Kansas basketball game earlier this season, Dewanna King had an easy time deciding where to sit.
Cheering from a corner of the Raleigh, North Carolina restaurant was a cluster of fans decked out in Jayhawks T-shirts and hats. Some of the women wore crimson and blue face paint and ribbons, and a few of the men used KU Koozies. Sure, these may have been strangers, King thought.
But as fellow Kansas supporters, they felt like family.
Shortly after tipoff, Jayhawks guard Devonte Graham swished a three-pointer, and King jumped out of her seat and clapped wildly.