The WKU men's basketball program will play on the first night of the 2020-21 college basketball season against in-state rival Louisville in the KFC Yum! Center, the Herald confirmed with a source on Monday morning. The exact date the season-opening contest will be played is still being determined.
Jon Rothstein, a college basketball insider for CBS Sports, reported that Louisville would "open the 20-21 college basketball season against Western Kentucky at the KFC Yum Center" in a tweet posted Saturday night, but it was unclear whether or not the game would take place on the season's opening night.