UK Men's Basketball

Tip time set for UK-Louisville. Here’s the Cats’ schedule as it now stands.

Kentucky beat Louisville 90-61 in Rupp Arena last season. The teams meet this year on Dec. 29 at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville.
Kentucky beat Louisville 90-61 in Rupp Arena last season. The teams meet this year on Dec. 29 at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville. aslitz@herald-leader.com

Kentucky’s annual rivalry game against Louisville has been set.

The Cats and Cards men’s basketball teams will tip off at 2 p.m. Dec. 29 at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.

Friday’s announcement leaves only three games with undefined tip-off times on UK’s schedule with the Jan. 5 game at Alabama, the Jan. 19 game at Auburn, and the Feb. 2 game at Florida still having either/or tips depending on broadcast decisions to be made later.

2018-19 UK schedule

(Home games in capital letters)

Oct. 12 — Big Blue Madness, 7 p.m. (SEC Network)

Oct. 21 — Blue-White Game, 7 p.m. (SEC Network)

Oct. 26 — TRANSYLVANIA (1), 7 p.m. (SEC Network)

Nov. 2 — INDIANA-PENNSYLVANIA (1), 7 p.m. (SEC Network)

Nov. 6 — Duke (2), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Nov. 9 — SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, 7 p.m. (SEC Network)

Nov. 14 — NORTH DAKOTA (3), 9 p.m. (SEC Network)

Nov. 18 — VMI (3), 6 p.m. (SEC Network)

Nov. 21 — WINTHROP (3), 1 p.m. (SEC Network)

Nov. 23 — TENNESSEE STATE (3), 7 p.m. (SEC Network)

Nov. 28 — MONMOUTH, 8:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Dec. 1 — UNC GREENSBORO, 4 p.m. (SEC Network)

Dec. 8 — Seton Hall (4), Noon (Fox-56)

Dec. 15 — UTAH, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)

Dec. 22 — North Carolina (5), 5:15 p.m. (CBS-27)

Dec. 29 — At Louisville, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)

Jan. 5 — At Alabama, Noon or 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Jan. 8 — TEXAS A&M, 7 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN2 or SEC Network)

Jan. 12 — VANDERBILT, 8:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Jan. 15 — At Georgia, 7 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or SEC Network)

Jan. 19 — At Auburn, 4 or 6 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Jan. 22 — MISSISSSIPPI STATE, 7 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Jan. 26 — KANSAS (6), 6 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Jan. 29 — At Vanderbilt, 9 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Feb. 2 — At Florida, 4 or 6 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Feb. 5 — SOUTH CAROLINA, 7 p.m. (SEC Network)

Feb. 9 — At Mississippi State, 1 p.m. (CBS-27)

Feb. 12 — LSU, 7 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Feb. 16 — TENNESSEE, 8 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Feb. 19 — At Missouri, 9 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Feb. 23 — AUBURN, 1:30 p.m. (CBS-27)

Feb. 26 — ARKANSAS, 9 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN2 or SEC Network)

March 2 — At Tennessee, 2 p.m. (CBS-27)

March 5 — At Mississippi, 9 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or SEC Network)

March 9 — FLORIDA, 2 p.m. (CBS-27)

March 13-17 — SEC Tournament (7), TBA (ESPN or SEC Network)

1-Exhibition; 2-State Farm Champions Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis; 3-Ohio Valley Hardwood Showcase; 4-Citi Hoops Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York; 5-CBS Sports Classic at United Center in Chicago; 6-SEC/Big 12 Challenge; 7-At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

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