Overview

• 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.