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Matthew Mitchell hopes to have UK Hoops players back on campus in late July

Summer is right on the horizon, which means college basketball programs usually start to begin in-person workouts and practices.

Clearly, times have changed and everyone is still at home at the moment. However, there is a lot of positive news surfacing for a possible return of sports.

The NBA has set an official date, which was just passed by the NBPA, to return to action on July 31st. The NBA has pioneered how to handle COVID-19 in sports, so with the league returning, that gives us a good sign for other sports.

Now, College sports are much trickier as they don’t get paid to play, and they have to stay on a campus with thousands of other students every day, which increases risk among all players and coaches.