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UK Basketball team to be tested weekly for COVID-19

As the sports world looks to restart, college athletics programs around the nation have been reporting large numbers of COVID-19 cases in student-athletes.

Luckily, the University of Kentucky is not one of those schools as the lone report was of six football players tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies upon arrival for non-voluntary workouts.

While the football and volleyball teams have not mandated frequent COVID-19 testing, John Calipari reportedly told five-star recruit Sky Clark that his team will be getting tested weekly.

In an interview with Kentucky Sports Radio, Clark said he was told by Calipari the current UK squad will be tested for the coronavirus “once or twice a week.