Kansas' Bill Self and Illinois' Brad Underwood have decided to turn their private scrimmage into a public exhibition to raise money to help Maui relief efforts.
"For decades, the Maui Invitational and the city of Lahaina have been very important to college basketball and our thoughts and prayers go to that entire community as they recover from such a tragic event," Self said." and I discussed how our private scrimmage could become an exhibition game to raise money to benefit the so many affected by the recent catastrophic fires in Maui. We both felt this would be a great way for our programs to create awareness to help this cause.
"It is heartbreaking to see the loss of life and devastation from the fires that have ravaged Lahaina," Underwood said."The Maui Invitational is an integral part of college basketball, and we are thinking of everyone on the island of Maui who has felt the impact of this tragedy. Bill and I talked immediately about how we could come together to help, and turning our closed scrimmage into a charity exhibition is a way we can use our sport to make an impact.
Self coached the Illini for three seasons, taking the school to the Elite Eight in Year 1, the Sweet 16 in Year 2 and the second round in 2003. He went 78-24 in those three campaigns before taking the job in Lawrence, where he now enters his 21st season.
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