ACC/SEC Challenge matchup between Kentucky-Miami assigned to ESPN

It won’t come as much of a shock, but Kentucky men’s basketball is getting star treatment for the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge.

On Monday, ESPN announced the TV assignments for all 28 of the men’s and women’s ACC/SEC Challenge matchups, which will run from Tuesday, Nov. 28 through Thursday, Nov. 30. Kentucky is set to take on Miami (FL) in Rupp Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. EST. The news? It will be one of two marquee games broadcast on ESPN that day.

This matchup will mark just the fourth time in history that Kentucky and Miami (FL) will play each other, and the first instance of the John Calipari era. UK is 3-1 in this series, the most recent win coming all the way back in 2000. The last time these two teams met was in Dec. 2008, which resulted in a win for the Hurricanes.

Our ACC/SEC Basketball Challenge game vs. Miami on Tuesday, Nov. 28 will tip off at 7:30 p.m. ET on @espn inside @Rupp_Arena. pic.twitter.com/KBgAlnaLF6

— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) September 25, 2023

Additionally, the Kentucky women’s basketball team is also participating in the debut of the ACC/SEC Challenge. The Wildcats are set to take on Boston College in Lexington at Transylvania’s Clive M. Beck Center. That game will tip off at 7:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 30, and has been assigned to the SEC Network. This will be the first-ever meeting between UK and Boston College.

ACC/SEC Challenge full schedule

Men’s

DateTime (ET)NetworkMatchupTue, Nov. 287 p.m.ESPN2LSU at Syracuse 7:30 p.m.ESPNMiami at Kentucky 7:30 p.m.ESPNUMissouri at Pittsburgh 7:00 p.m.ACCNMississippi State at Georgia Tech 7 p.m.SECNNotre Dame at South Carolina 9 p.m.ESPN2NC State at Ole Miss 9:30 p.m.ESPNClemson at AlabamaWed, Nov. 297:15 p.m.ESPNTennessee at North Carolina 7:15 p.m.ESPN2Texas A&M at Virginia 7:15 p.m.ESPNUFlorida at Wake Forest 9:15 p.m.ESPNDuke at Arkansas 9:15 p.m.ESPN2Virginia Tech at Auburn 9:15 p.m.ACCNGeorgia at Florida State 9:15 p.m.SECNBoston College at Vanderbilt

Women’s

DateTimeNetworkMatchupWed, Nov. 295 p.m.ESPN2Notre Dame at Tennessee 5 p.m.ACCNFlorida at Georgia Tech 7:15 p.m.ACCNVanderbilt at NC State 7:15 p.m.SECNMiami at Mississippi State 9:15 p.m.ESPNULouisville at Ole MissThurs, Nov. 305 p.m.ACCNMissouri at Virginia 5 p.m.SECNDuke at Georgia 7 p.m.ESPNSouth Carolina at North Carolina 7 p.m.ESPN2Arkansas at Florida State 7 p.m.ACCNAlabama at Syracuse 7 p.m.SECNBoston College at Kentucky 9 p.m.ESPNVirginia Tech at LSU 9 p.m.ACCNTexas A&M at Wake Forest 9 p.m.SECNClemson at Auburn

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