Morehead State Coach Preston Spradlin captured the rationale for Kentucky’s for-charity exhibition against his team Monday night.
“One of those situations where everyone wins,” he said at a Thursday news conference touting the game.
UK and Morehead State are two teams with a large influx of newcomers. So the game gives players a needed third exhibition game.
Of course, the NCAA allows only two preseason exhibitions. But the NCAA permitted a third such game this year if the proceeds go to relief from recent natural disasters involving hurricanes that hit Houston, Florida and the Caribbean, plus wild fires in California.