The Braggin’ Rights Game is alive — with a twist.
Rather than play the annual Missouri-Illinois basketball rivalry game in St. Louis, a coin flip will decide the host school for the Dec. 12 game.
At 6 p.m. Thursday, a live production on Facebook, YouTube and both teams' official websites will feature a coin flip that will decide which team will host the game on their respective campus in either Columbia or Champaign. Andy Katz, longtime college basketball writer and current correspondent for the NCAA, will handle the flipping duties.
In recent weeks, sources have confirmed that both schools have reservations about playing the game at Enterprise Center.