IBCA E-Newsletter

Indiana-Kentucky Challenge Cup

The IBCA calendar in 2014-15 again will include the Indiana-Kentucky Challenge Cup, a five-game event between teams from Indiana and Kentucky.

The second Challenge Cup will be Jan. 10 at New Castle Fieldhouse in New Castle, Ind. Teams representing Indiana are Homestead (girls), South Knox, Scecina, Hamilton Heights and Zionsville.

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: Homestead vs. Elizabethtown, 11 a.m.
• Boys: South Knox vs. Newport Central Catholic, about 1 p.m.
• Boys: Scecina vs. Pulaski Southwestern, about 3 p.m.
• Boys: Hamilton Heights vs. Wayne County, about 5 p.m.
• Boys: Zionsville vs. Scott County, about 7 p.m.

Kentucky prevailed in last season’s inaugural challenge, winning four games to Indiana’s one, that was played in Freedom Hall in Louisville. Last year’s event raised $12,000 for charities, including the Wounded Warrior Program as well as the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame.

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 2015 Challenge Cup. The 10 participating teams feature multiple NCAA Division I prospects.

Plans are for this event to be hosted at a Kentucky site in January 2016. It then will continue to rotate between the states following years.

Proceeds from the 2015 inaugural event again 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. 10, 2015 – Five games beginning at 11 a.m. in New Castle Fieldhouse
• 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
• Complimentary admission for Military Service Veterans and their immediate families
• 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