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Tuesday / March 19.
  • Kentucky-Kansas to Headline Big 12/SEC Challenge on Jan. 30

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    NCAA Basketball: Vanderbilt at KentuckyBy JOSH NEWMAN

    Circle Jan. 30 on your calendar.

    As part of the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge, the University of Kentucky will play the University of Kansas, it was announced on Thursday afternoon.

    Tip-off for the matchup at Allen Fieldhouse, as well as the rest of the challenge slate below, will be announced at a later date.

    Per usual, Kentucky and Kansas are expected to be among the nation’s best teams in 2015-16. The Widlcats return Alex Poythress, Tyler Ulis and Marcus Lee to join another highly-touted recruiting class that includes New Jersey star Isaiah Briscoe.

    The Jayhawks will return the core of their 2015 Big 12 championship team, plus incoming recruits Carlton Bragg and Cheick Diallo. Both teams are among the top 10 in various early preseason national rankings.

    The meeting with Kansas adds to what was already a super slate of nonconference games for the 2015-16 season. Kentucky is slated to play Duke in Chicago in the Champions Classic, South Florida in Miami in the inaugural Hoophall Miami Invitational, at UCLA in the first game of a home-and-home series, Ohio State at Barclays Center in the CBS Sports Classic, and Louisville in Rupp Arena.

    Last season, Kentucky throttled Kansas, 72-40, in the Champions Classic.

    2016 Big 12/SEC Challenge Matchups
    Texas Tech at Arkansas
    Oklahoma State at Auburn
    West Virginia at Florida
    Georgia at Baylor
    Kentucky at Kansas
    Oklahoma at LSU
    Ole Miss at Kansas State
    Tennessee at TCU
    Iowa State at Texas A&M
    Vanderbilt at Texas

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