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Indiana AD Fred Glass On Possible Renewal Of Rivalry With Kentucky: “Hope Springs Eternal”

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2015 1:27 pm

Dan Lyons

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After playing every season from 1969-70 to 2011-12, Indiana and Kentucky put their basketball rivalry on pause due to a disagreement over where the games should be played. Coming off the dramatic buzzer beater win at Assembly Hall in 2011, Indiana preferred on campus games, while Kentucky’s John Calipari was fine moving the entire series to neutral Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Luckily for those of us who love good college basketball rivalries, the two sides may work out a solution in the very near future, according to Indianapolis Business Journal‘s Anthony Schoettle:

With temperatures warming and the first flowers starting to sprout here in Indiana, IU Athletic Director Fred Glass is feeling optimistic that maybe—just maybe—the Hoosiers’ hoops rivalry with the University of Kentucky can be renewed.