Dick Vitale: The sport needs games like Kentucky vs. Indiana

Walter Cornett May 9, 2012
Dick Vitale with Walter Cornett of WildcatWorld.com

Dick Vitale with Walter Cornett of WildcatWorld.com

College basketball has taken some real hits lately. The end of the Kentucky-Indiana series is a blow to the sport and the latest rivalry to go away.  Think about the end of the Border War between Kansas and Missouri. I called the last meeting at Columbia and you can feel the emotion and passion of the two schools. Texasand Texas A&M, natural rivals, probably won’t meet again on the hardwood after the Aggies left for the SEC. Down the line the Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry will come to a close. In the 1980s, that Big East pairing was as good as it gets.

 

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