Kentucky vs. Louisville and other tip times, TV info announced

Believe it or not, the 2023-24 Kentucky Basketball season unofficially tips off a week from tomorrow with Big Blue Madness. The folks at the Joe Craft Center are celebrating by sharing some new tip times and TV information for a handful of games, including one the BBN certainly has circled on the calendar. Kentucky vs. Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center on December 21 will tip off at 6 p.m. ET and air on ESPN. Put your Ls down and make plans accordingly.

The good news: we also got tip times and TV info for Kentucky’s exhibitions vs. Georgetown College and Kentucky State, the Texas A&M-Commerce game, and the Stonehill game. The bad news: they all will stream on SEC Network+/ESPN+, aka “the computer.” I can hear Freddie Maggard groaning now.

If you’re new to this, SEC Network+ and ESPN+ are only accessible through the ESPN app. That means you won’t be able to watch the game on traditional TV; you’ll only be able to see it on smartphones, tablets, TV-connected devices (Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, SmartTV, etc.), or via espn.com/watch. Every SEC school is assigned SECN+ and ESPN+ games each season by the conference and its television partners. If you’re a glass-half-full person, at least Kentucky’s getting its computer games over with early, right?

Here’s the entire schedule for your viewing pleasure. UK also shared it in graphic form if you’d like to print it out for the fridge.

Kentucky Basketball 2023-24 Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent/Event	Location
Oct. 13	7:00 PM	SEC Network	Big Blue Madness	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Oct. 27	7:00 PM	SEC Network+	Georgetown College [EXH]	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Nov. 2	7:00 PM	SEC Network+	Kentucky State [EXH]	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Nov. 6	8:00 PM	SEC Network	New Mexico State	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Nov. 10	7:00 PM	SEC Network+	Texas A&M-Commerce	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Nov. 14	9:30 PM	ESPN	vs. Kansas	United Center (Chicago)
Nov. 17	7:00 PM	SEC Network+	Stonehill	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Nov. 20	7:00 PM	SEC Network	Saint Joseph’s	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Nov. 24	7:00 PM	SEC Network	Marshall	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Nov. 28	7:30 PM	ESPN	Miami	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Dec. 2	7:00 PM	SEC Network	UNC-Wilmington	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Dec. 9	12:00 PM	ESPN2	vs. Penn	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)
Dec. 16	5:30 PM	CBS	vs. North Carolina	State Farm Arena (Atlanta)
Dec. 21	6:00 PM	ESPN	at Louisville	KFC Yum! Center (Louisville, Ky.)
Dec. 29	7:00 PM	SEC Network	Illinois State	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Jan. 6	12:30 PM	ESPN	at Florida	Exactech Arena (Gainesville, Fla.)
Jan. 9	7:00 PM	ESPN	Missouri	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Jan. 13	3:00 PM	ESPN	at Texas A&M	Reed Arena (College Station-Bryan, Texas)
Jan. 17	7:00 PM	ESPN2	Mississippi State	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Jan. 20	6:00 PM	SEC Network	Georgia	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Jan. 23	7:00 PM	SEC Network	at South Carolina	Colonial Life Arena (Columbia, S.C.)
Jan. 27	6:00 PM	ESPN	at Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Jan. 31	8:00 PM	ESPN	Florida	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Feb. 3	8:30 PM	ESPN	Tennessee	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Feb. 6	8:30 PM	SEC Network	at Vanderbilt	Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tenn.)
Feb. 10	4:00 PM	CBS	Gonzaga	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Feb. 13	9:00 PM	ESPN	Ole Miss	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Feb. 17	6:00 PM	ESPN	at Auburn	Auburn Arena (Auburn, Ala.)
Feb. 21	9:00 PM	ESPN	at LSU	Pete Maravich Center (Baton Rouge, La.)
Feb. 24	4:00 PM	CBS	Alabama	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
Feb. 27	7:00 PM	ESPN	at Mississippi State	Humphrey Coliseum (Starkville, Miss.)
March 2	1:30 PM	CBS	Arkansas	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
March 6	9:00 PM	SEC Network	Vanderbilt	Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.)
March 9	4:00 PM	CBS	at Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena (Knoxville, Tenn.)

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