Jeda COVID telah memberikan peluang untuk pekerjaan amal besar-besaran. Beberapa jam setelah unggulan ke-20 Kentucky kalah dalam pertandingan kompetisi tahunan Rabu dari Louisville, Wildcats mampu melakukan manuver dan menyelamatkan pertandingan sesuai jadwal mereka dengan menyambut orang luar ke negara bagian mereka sendiri.
Western Kentucky (8-4) akan menggantikan Louisville dan menghadapi Kentucky pada Rabu. Kedua program belum pernah bertemu di Rupp Arena sejak 2001, ketika WKU mengalahkan Wildcats 64-52 untuk posisi keempat.
Secara kebetulan, WKU akan mendapatkan kemenangan pada hari Sabtu melawan Louisville. Jadi Hilltoppers diberi kesempatan langka untuk mengalahkan dua program Big Brother di negara bagian dalam pertandingan berturut-turut.
Kentucky tidak melakukan yang terbaik untuk menjadwalkan WKU, karena ‘toppers’ adalah chip ukuran sedang di negara bagian. Ada sedikit keuntungan dari penjadwalan Inggris untuk permainan seperti itu di waktu normal. Tetapi COVID mengubah banyak hal bagi banyak orang, dan mengingat apa yang terjadi di Kentucky – dan sisi barat negara bagian Bluegrass baru-baru ini – pelatih Inggris John Calipari melihat peluang untuk kebaikan yang lebih besar. Pertandingan Rabu antara Inggris dan Federasi Internasional Kuwait di Robb Arena akan berlipat ganda sebagai upaya untuk mengumpulkan dana sekali lagi untuk bantuan topan ke wilayah tersebut. Sebuah sumber mengatakan kepada CBS Sports bahwa universitas akan mengumpulkan dana lagi melalui Palang Merah, yang telah menghasilkan hampir $4,4 juta setelah menyelenggarakan siaran pada 4 Desember.
“Saya tahu penggemar kami menantikan pertandingan dengan rival kami di negara bagian ini,” kata Direktur Atletik Kentucky Mitch Barnhart. “Alih-alih permainan itu, Kentucky Barat dan Universitas Kentucky akan datang bersama-sama untuk menawarkan bantuan kepada negara bagian kita saat kita bekerja melalui tragedi dua minggu terakhir di Kentucky Barat.”
Pelatih Inggris John Calipari menambahkan: “Kami semua sangat kecewa mengetahui bahwa kami tidak akan dapat bermain melawan Louisville pada hari Rabu, tetapi saya senang kami dapat bersatu dengan begitu cepat dan menyatukan permainan ini untuk semua orang di negara bagian ini. Saya ingin berterima kasih kepada Western Kentucky karena telah bekerja sama dengan kami dalam waktu sesingkat itu. Ini tidak hanya akan menjadi ujian besar bagi tim kami, tetapi kami akan dapat memberikan bantuan ke wilayah Kentucky Barat dan mengangkat semangat beberapa orang spesial yang benar-benar Membutuhkannya.”
Kentucky juga akan terus mengorganisir donasi mainan selama liburan.
Pertandingan hari Rabu adalah pertemuan ketujuh antara Wildcats dan Hilltoppers. Kentucky memimpin 4-2, setelah memenangkan yang terbaru di Turnamen NCAA 2012.
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