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WKU coach Rick Stansbury on UK not scheduling Hilltoppers: “I look at it as respect”

Earlier this month, the Kentucky basketball program added two new Conference USA opponents to its non-conference schedule: UAB on Dec. 6 and Marshall on Dec. 29.

Following the announcement, Western Kentucky called out UK on Twitter, asking why they haven’t called them back about putting the Hilltoppers on the schedule.

“If you’re making the C-USA tour, give us a call back sometime!” the official WKU men’s basketball account wrote. “We’re ready and right down the road.”

“Oh, and our previous offer for these dates still dates still stands,” they added in a follow-up tweet. “Play us and we’ll give the full guarantee check to charity to help within our state.