Drake did not go in the UConn locker room, so the haters can hush

The internet blew up with this photo late Monday night after Kentucky's loss to Connecticut in Dallas. Several people and websites got ahold of it and accused Drake, one Kentucky basketball's most loyal celebrity fans, of changing into a UConn shirt immediately after the game and visiting the UConn locker room. The rumors sparked numerous memes and jokes, teasing Drake about the quick flip. I knew right away it was all false, and tried to defend him on Twitter, but I'm only one man and the internet was against him, a battle few will win. (He got crushed, in case you missed it.) Here are the facts: -- That shirt is a James Young t-shirt, similar to the one Young wore when he committed to Kentucky. Young created a logo for himself in high school and printed it on a Nike t-shirt for his announcement. Young's friends and family have worn JY shirts to games all season; the shirts are not for sale so it's not a problem. They're homemade. -- The photo is with Rip Hamilton and it was taken before the game. If you look in the background you see signs for the ATM and upper concourse. UConn's locker room did not have an ATM, nor did it have an upper concourse. Drake defended himself and his loyalty to Big Blue Nation today on ESPN: I know a lot of you don't care about Drake or where his college basketball loyalty stands, but recruits love him and they notice when he is in the crowd cheering for the Cats. We can't deny the importance of his role in BBN, even if it's something as small as a "Go Big Blue" tweet or leading a "C-A-T-S CATS CATS CATS" chant, which we caught him doing in Dallas. Many celebrity fans are fake, but Drake isn't one of them. The man has been to Kentucky's last three trips to the Final Four plus a couple other stops in Rupp Arena. He's one of us. So lay off him, haters. (And to whoever thought that was a UConn shirt, that looks nothing like a UConn shirt.)