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Kentucky Basketball's flood relief telethon made the TODAY Show

On Tuesday night, the Kentucky Basketball team, in partnership with the Red Cross and Joe and Kelly Craft, raised over $3 million for flood relief in Eastern Kentucky. That good deed did not go unnoticed. The flood relief telethon got a shoutout from Willie Geist on the “Highs and Lows of the Week” segment on Sunday TODAY this morning.

“The people of Kentucky have stepped up for their neighbors,” Geist said. “Basketball is king in the state and the beloved Cats, with some help from their Big Blue Nation of fans, are lending a big hand.