Tip times set for SEC/ACC Challenge; Kentucky vs. Clemson will be a late one

Kentucky will play Clemson at Clemson for the first time in 91 years in December. It’ll be a late one.

Tip times were released today for the SEC/ACC Challenge. The Cats vs. the Tigers will tip off at 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Littlejohn Coliseum. It will air on ESPN, the final game of the night. On the women’s side, Kentucky plays North Carolina in Chapel Hill at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5 on ESPN2.

Kentucky leads the overall series vs. Clemson 12-4, most recently beating the Tigers 76-61 in the Premier Classic on Nov. 29, 1997. The Tigers upset the Cats the year before in the BCA Classic in Indianapolis on Nov. 15, 1996, a 79-71 overtime thriller. Clemson also beat Kentucky in overtime in the 1979 NIT. The 13 other meetings took place in the 1920s and 30s.

Clemson is coming off an Elite Eight run last season, upsetting No. 3 seed Baylor and No. 2 seed Arizona before falling to No. 4 seed Alabama in the West Regional. The Tigers finished the season 24-12 and fifth place in the ACC. They return six scholarship players from last year’s squad, including All-West Regional Team performers Chase Hunter and Ian Schieffelin. Brad Bonwell is entering his 15th season at Clemson as the program’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 265-289.

Check out all of the tip times below, which include ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings. Plenty of good games on there, including Alabama at North Carolina and Auburn at Duke.

2024 SEC/ACC Men’s Basketball Challenge

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup	Platform
Tue, Dec 3	7 p.m.	Notre Dame at Georgia	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	South Carolina at Boston College	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	Cal at Missouri	SEC Network
	7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.	No. 14 Arkansas at Miami	ESPN or ESPN2
	7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.	Syracuse at No. 13 Tennessee	ESPN or ESPN2
	9 p.m.	Wake Forest at No. 12 Texas A&M	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Oklahoma	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	No. 20 Ole Miss at Louisville	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	Florida State at LSU	SEC Network
	9:30 p.m.	No. 23 Kentucky at Clemson	ESPN
Wed, Dec 4	7:15 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at No. 10 North Carolina	ESPN
	7:15 p.m.	Virginia at No. 21 Florida	ESPN2
	9:15 p.m.	No. 11 Auburn at No. 8 Duke	ESPN
	9:15 p.m.	No. 22 Texas at NC State	ESPN2
	9:15 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech	ACC Network
	9:15 p.m.	Pitt at Mississippi State	SEC Network

*Rankings based on ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25

2024 SEC/ACC Women’s Basketball Challenge

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup	Network
Wed, Dec 4	5 p.m.	No. 13 Oklahoma at No. 12 Louisville	ESPN2
	5 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Miami	ACC Network
	5 p.m.	Virginia Tech at Georgia	SEC Network
	7:15 p.m.	Syracuse at Texas A&M	ESPNU
	7:15 p.m.	Mississippi State at Georgia Tech	ACC Network
	7:15 p.m.	No. 18 Florida State at Tennessee	SEC Network
Thu, Dec 5	5 p.m.	No. 25 Kentucky at No. 17 North Carolina	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	Auburn at Virginia	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	No. 6 Texas at No. 2 Notre Dame	ESPN
	7 p.m.	No. 23 Ole Miss at No. 8 NC State	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Boston College at Arkansas	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	Florida at Clemson	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	No. 11 Duke at No. 1 South Carolina	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Stanford at No. 7 LSU	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	SMU at Missouri	SEC Network
	9 p.m.	No. 21 Alabama at Cal	ESPNU

*Rankings based on ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25

Kentucky Men’s Basketball 2024-25 schedule

Date	Opponent/Event	Location
Oct. 11	Big Blue Madness	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Oct. 18	Blue-White Preseason Event	Historic Memorial Coliseum
Oct. 23	Kentucky Wesleyan (exhibition)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Oct. 29	Minnesota State Mankato (exhibition)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Nov. 4	Wright State	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Nov. 9	Bucknell	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Nov. 12	vs. Duke (Champions Classic)	Atlanta | State Farm Arena
Nov. 19	Lipscomb (BBN Invitational)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Nov. 22	Jackson State (BBN Invitational | Unity Series)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Nov. 26	Western Kentucky (BBN Invitational)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Nov. 29	Georgia State	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Dec. 3	at Clemson (SEC/ACC Challenge)	Clemson, S.C. | Littlejohn Coliseum
Dec. 7	vs. Gonzaga (Battle in Seattle)	Seattle | Climate Pledge Arena
Dec. 11	Colgate	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Dec. 14	Louisville	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Dec. 21	vs. Ohio State (CBS Sports Classic)	New York | Madison Square Garden
Dec. 31	Brown	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Jan. 4	Florida (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Jan. 7/8	at Georgia (SEC)	Athens, Ga. | Stegeman Coliseum
Jan. 11	at Mississippi State (SEC)	Starkville, Miss.| Humphrey Coliseum
Jan. 14/15	Texas A&M (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Jan. 18	Alabama (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Jan. 25	at Vanderbilt (SEC)	Nashville, Tenn. | Memorial Gymnasium
Jan. 28	at Tennessee (SEC)	Knoxville, Tenn. | Thompson-Boling Arena
Feb. 1	Arkansas (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Feb. 4/5	at Ole Miss (SEC)	Oxford, Miss. | Pavilion at Ole Miss
Feb. 8	South Carolina (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Feb. 11/12	Tennessee (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Feb. 15	at Texas (SEC)	Austin, Texas | Moody Center
Feb. 18/19	Vanderbilt (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
Feb. 22	at Alabama (SEC)	Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Coleman Coliseum
Feb. 25/26	at Oklahoma (SEC)	Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center
March 1	Auburn (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
March 4/5	LSU (SEC)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center
March 8	at Missouri (SEC)	Columbia, Mo. | Mizzou Arena