A new item on the IBCA calendar in 2013-14 is the Indiana-Kentucky Challenge Cup, a five-game event between teams from Indiana and Kentucky.
The first Challenge Cup will be Jan. 11 at Freedom Hall in Louisville. Teams representing Indiana are the Barr-Reeve boys, the Corydon Central boys, the Guerin Catholic boys, the Park Tudor boys and the Roncalli girls.
The event is being coordinated by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches.
The schedule for the day is:
- Girls: Roncalli vs. Elizabethtown, Ky., 11 a.m.
- Boys: Barr-Reeve vs. Elizabethtown, Ky., about 1 p.m.
- Boys: Corydon Central vs. Covington Catholic, Ky., about 3 p.m.
- Boys: Park Tudor vs. Hopkinsville, Ky., about 5 p.m.
- Boys: Guerin Catholic vs. Louisville Ballard, Ky., about 7 p.m.
Admission is $10.00 per person for the entire day of games. Military service veterans and their immediate families will be admitted at no charge. Tickets will be available from participating schools or on game day at Freedom Hall.
A best-of-five-game format will determine the winner of the 2014 Challenge Cup. The 10 participating teams feature at least 14 NCAA Division I prospects and has the markings of becoming an outstanding annual event.
Plans are for this event to be hosted at an Indiana site in January 2015. It then will continue to rotate between the states following years. There will be an actual “Challenge Cup” that will be displayed at the basketball Hall of Fame of the winning state for years it prevails.
Proceeds from the 2014 inaugural event will go to the Wounded Warrior Program as well as the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame.
Event Summary
- Event co-sponsors: Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches
- Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 – Five games beginning at 11 a.m. in Louisville’s Freedom Hall
- A traveling trophy (Challenge Cup) will be given to the state winner of the best-of-five-game format
- All players will receive individual participant awards
- Between-game autograph sessions by Indiana and Kentucky basketball legends
- Complimentary admission for Military Service Veterans and their immediate families
- Veteran’s “Job Fair” from noon-6 p.m.
- Veteran’s “Health and Wellness Mobile Unit” available
- Freedom Hall’s jumbotron TV used for fan involvement
- Admission is $10 per person for all day
- Proceeds to the Wounded Warrior Program as well as the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame
- Media coordinator for Freedom Hall is Ellen Anderson, eanderson@ksfb.ky.gov, 502-367-5156
