Earlier this month, Virginia Tech head coach Buzz Williams said that Kentucky had originally signed a contract to play the Hokies at Madison Square Garden on December 8th for this season.
Williams argued that the game had been cancelled without any knowledge of Virginia Tech. Tech instead scheduled Washington for the Boardwalk Classic in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
On Tuesday, Kentucky deputy athletic director DeWayne Peevy spoke with Virginia Tech Insider about the comments made by Williams.
“We never got to a point of a contract. Definitely a verbal agreement, headed to produce a contract.