Louisville and UConn are scheduled to open the women’s college basketball season against each other on Nov. 4 in a marquee clash of nationally-ranked teams at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The Huskies, the reigning national champions, were ranked atop the preseason Associated Press Top 25 Poll released earlier this week, while the Cardinals checked in at No. 20.
But now that matchup is in jeopardy.
The government shutdown means that paychecks for active duty military members aren’t rolling in and many facilities are scaling back. The Ramstein Air Base’s website says that “civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status,” and the
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