Before you freak out after reading the title, Andrew Wiggins has a really good reason if indeed he does miss Big Blue Madness.
Wiggins is from Canada and this might be the last chance he will get to go home before basketball season starts.
CatsIllustrated.com spoke to Wiggins’ coach Rob Fulford:
“We’re still not exactly sure what Andrew is going to do this weekend,” coach Fulford said, “He had told John (Calipari) that he would be coming to their midnight madness event when they were down here a few weeks ago. I’ve heard all the reports out there, but Andrew hasn’t told me that anything has changed.”
As a seventeen year old who lives far away from home and his family, Wiggins obviously would like to take advantage of every situation that he can to return to Toronto and spend time with family members. With practice starting up a week from Tuesday at Huntington Prep, this could be Wiggins last chance to get back to Canada until well after his team finishes their high school season.
That opportunity to visit home is understandably taking precedent in Wiggins’ mind right now as he makes his decision on where to spend his weekend.
“The issue is that we have an extended weekend here for their fall break,” said Fulford, “I don’t know if he’s going home or not but I know that he was trying to figure out if he was going to be able to find a way to get home to Canada.
“With our fall break this weekend and practice starting next week this might be the last chance that he’ll have to come home until the season ends. He hasn’t given me any indication yet that he’s going home this weekend, but obviously he wants to see his family.”
