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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 09-19-2020, 08:12 PM:

It appears the Kentucky Wildcats have a basketball pod in the works.

According to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander, Kentucky is set to host a multi-team basketball pod that will include matchups with Richmond, Detroit Mercy and Hartford, three teams the Wildcats were previously scheduled to play this coming season.

“Kentucky plans to host its own MTE in a pod format in Lexington,” Norlander said on Twitter. “Detroit, Hartford (and) Richmond are in the final stages of agreeing to play (with) UK in first week of the season. Each team would play each other once. Three doubleheaders over four or five days.”

“These four schools were already involved in a Kentucky-catalyzed MTE, but the dates were scheduled prior to Nov. 25. Now they’ll be pushed back and done in the end of November. John Calipari’s son is a senior at Detroit, too. Cal has been vocal about big schools helping out mids.

“One more thing to note: Unless an exception is made, this ends any hope that Champions Classic could include a scenario in which UK/Duke/MSU/KU would all play two 2 of the other 3 teams in that field. There was a little buzz on that a while back. Only one MTE allowed per team.”

Of this group, Richmond is easily the best team Kentucky would face, as the Spiders are a preseason top-25 team who should be one of the top mid-majors this season.

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Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 09-19-2020, 08:27 PM:

Kentucky's home nonconference schedule usually leaves something to be desired. Neutral court games are really good, but season ticket holders get screwed.