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Kansas and Illinois Basketball Teams to Play Charity Exhibition Game for Hawaii Wildfire Relief

  • Kansas and Illinois men's basketball teams will play an exhibition game on October 29 to raise money for Hawaii wildfire relief efforts.
  • All proceeds from the game hosted at Illinois' State Farm Center will go to the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund.
  • The charity game was organized by coaches Bill Self and Brad Underwood to help the Hawaii community impacted by devastating wildfires.
  • The teams hope the event will raise awareness and funding to support wildfire recovery efforts in Hawaii.
  • In 2017, Kansas previously held a preseason charity game and raised $2 million for hurricane relief.
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