SEC Teams Start Playing Basketball This Weekend

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STARKVILLE, Miss. — NCAA officials have agreed to grant waivers to college basketball teams wanting to play an extra exhibition game with the sole purpose of benefiting Hurricane Irma victims, and Mississippi State is one of many programs taking advantage of this opportunity. The Bulldogs, under the direction of third-year coach Ben Howland, will host Big Ten foe Nebraska at 1 p.m. this Sunday at Humphrey Coliseum, with representatives from the MSU Student Relief Fund and Salvation Army collecting monetary donations to benefit Hurricane Irma relief efforts. Admission to the game is free, and doors will open at noon with standard basketball game security screening procedures in place.

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The Showdown for Relief will pit Kansas vs. Missouri in an exhibition battle of top-25 programs. Tickets for the game have already sold out, which should mean a boon for relief efforts after a series of natural disasters have taken a massive toll in the Atlantic and up through the Gulf of Mexico. Sunday’s game will mark the first time these former rivals have met since 2012.

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vs. Kentucky, Oct. 30 To benefit a yet unnamed charity.

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