LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky fans now know when and where to watch the Cats play this season.
What You Need To Know
- Times, TV designations released for UK men's basketball's Southeastern Conference schedule
- Each Kentucky game to be featured on a national telecast
- ESPN's family of networks to televise 15 of Kentucky's 18 league games
- Final three to be televised by CBS
The league released television designations and tip times for all of University of Kentucky men's basketball's Southeastern Conference schedule Tuesday.
Each Kentucky game will be featured on a national telecast. UK will face off against Texas on Jan. 30 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, and while a tip time hasn't been determined, the game will be featured on ESPN's family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2, or SEC Network).
The networks will televise 15 of Kentucky's 18 league games, while the last three games are slated for CBS late in the season.
Below is a full look at the times and TV designations:
All nonconference league games will be nationally televised as well. The Cats have six nonconference games remaining, five of which will be in December.
Before postseason play, UK will play 27 games allotted by the NCAA Division I Council for the 2020-21 season. Twenty-four of those games are regular-season games and one is a three-game multi-team event.
In a game televised by CBS, Kentucky will host Notre Dame this Saturday at noon. The Cats will then welcome Detroit Mercy on Dec. 15 before playing UCLA on Dec. 19 in the CBS Sports Classic in Cleveland. UK will finish the early portion of nonconference play at Louisville on Dec. 26.
Haeli Spears is a digital producer with Spectrum News 1 Kentucky. She is a University of Louisville graduate who started her career with Spectrum News in May, 2020.