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Stansbury confirms bubble play, Hilltoppers to face LSU and Louisville

WKU Men’s basketball head coach Rick Stansbury announced Tuesday morning the program will be playing in two basketball bubbles, starting on Nov. 25.

“We’re going to open up in a bubble out in Nebraska,” Stansbury said. “We don't know who our first opponent will be for sure, but we do know we’re playing LSU in the second game.”

The Tigers should be a consensus top-25 team by the time the season starts, headed by the trio of Ja’vonte Smart, Trendon Watford, and Darius Days. LSU finished with a (21-10) record last season.

The second bubble Stansbury announced the Hilltoppers will play in will be held by a cross-state rival in the Louisville Cardinals.