 Big Blue Nation was out in full force today at Cole Run as former U.K. standout and now NBA star Willie Collie Ston was in town at Walter's Monster and Mitsubishi to sign autographs and meet fans. Collie Ston says the fans in eastern Kentucky are some of the biggest Wildcat fans in the state. They just got so much love for you and for the program so I mean it's just real special to be a part of that and get to experience and see all the fans and how much love and support they give to you that you get a chance to kind of give it back to them. Fans young and old were out today meeting one of their favorite Wildcats and according to Collie Ston his time at U.K. was a big key to his early success in the NBA. I think Coach Cowell does a good job of preparing you for it. Once you jump into you know the league you're already programmed of how it works you know just from you know the prior years of being at Kentucky and how you know Cowell just kind of drills stuff in your head that you don't really understand at the time but then once you get in the league it's like oh that's what he was talking about that's all the things you know all the meetings we had all just the experiences and the life lessons that he would give us is straight for the league. Collie Ston says he's proud to forever be considered a Kentucky Wildcat and feels like it's his duty to stay close to his fans that have always supported him throughout his career from Kentucky to the NBA. You have to I feel like if you played for Kentucky you got to come back and remember why and why you played a game you know for all these people and like I said it's entertainment so you know the fans want to see the entertainment so you got to you know show your love back to them and that's you know the most important thing. Reporting for EKB TV I'm Scott Robinson.