Kentucky’s annual Blue-White Game is about basketball, historically speaking. It’s typically the first competitive head-to-head matchup for the Wildcats leading up to exhibition play and the regular season, with summer tours every four years being the exceptions.
This year, though, basketball came second to charity, as the program took the event to Pikeville to help raise money for flood victims in Eastern Kentucky.
Taking place at Appalachian Wireless Arena — a 7,000-seat venue in Pikeville — all ticket revenue was donated to those affected by the devastating floods through Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief. The total?