Tipoff times, TV assignments for Kentucky's 2024-25 schedule released

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Mark Pope - Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio

The Southeastern Conference has released tipoff times and TV assignments for all 144 men’s basketball games for the upcoming 2024-25 season. With that, the entirety of the Wildcats’ schedule is (almost) officially complete.

Kentucky’s regular season begins on Nov. 4 against Wright State, which will tipoff at 7:00 p.m. EST on ESPNU. The SEC opener on Jan. 4 against Florida in Lexington will feature the rare 11:00 a.m. EST tipoff on ESPN. UK’s in-state rivalry contest with Louisville will take place on Dec. 14 at 5:15 p.m. EST on ESPN.

All 18 of the Wildcats’ conference games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ABC). Outside of the CBS matchup with Ohio State on Dec. 21, every single exhibition and regular season game will be available on ESPN in some capacity. The Blue-White Event set for Friday, Oct. 18 will not be televised.

The lone game on the schedule still without a tipoff time/TV designation is the showdown in Seattle against Gonzaga on Dec. 7. Five contests (including both exhibitions) will take place on the SEC Network+, meaning you’ll need an ESPN login to watch those games. A couple of the later SEC games on the schedule are also subject to change.

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John Calipari’s return to Rupp Arena since taking over as Arkansas’ head coach also has a tipoff time. Kentucky will host the Razorbacks on Feb. 1 at 9:00 p.m. EST on ESPN. It’ll be a long day, but every college basketball fan will make sure to tune in. Naturally, that matchup is receiving the primetime treatment.

What about the new SEC schools? Kentucky will take on Texas in Austin on Feb. 15 at 8:00 p.m. EST on ESPN before heading to Oklahoma on Feb. 26 with tipoff scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EST on ESPN. Again, more late games. Kentucky has just three games on the schedule that start at noon (or earlier in the case of Florida).

Kentucky Men’s Basketball 2024-25 Schedule

Date	Time (EST)	Opponent/Event	Location	TV
Oct. 7 (Mon.)	6:00 PM	Pro Day	Historic Memorial Coliseum	SEC Network+
Oct. 11 (Fri.)	7:00 PM	Big Blue Madness	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network
Oct. 18 (Fri.)	6:00 PM	Blue-White Preseason Event	Historic Memorial Coliseum	N/A
Oct. 23 (Wed.)	7:00 PM	Kentucky Wesleyan (exhibition)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network+
Oct. 29 (Tue.)	7:00 PM	Minnesota State Mankato (exhibition)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network+
Nov. 4 (Mon.)	7:00 PM	Wright State	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPNU
Nov. 9 (Sat.)	4:00 PM	Bucknell	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network+
Nov. 12 (Tue.)	9:00 PM	vs. Duke (Champions Classic)	Atlanta \| State Farm Arena	ESPN
Nov. 19 (Tue.)	7:00 PM	Lipscomb (BBN Invitational)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network+
Nov. 22 (Fri.)	7:00 PM	Jackson State (BBN Invitational \| Unity Series)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network+
Nov. 26 (Tue.)	6:30 PM	Western Kentucky (BBN Invitational)	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPNU
Nov. 29 (Fri.)	7:00 PM	Georgia State	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network
Dec. 3 (Tue.)	9:30 PM	at Clemson (SEC/ACC Challenge)	Clemson, S.C. \| Littlejohn Coliseum	ESPN
Dec. 7 (Sat.)	TBA	vs. Gonzaga (Battle in Seattle)	Seattle \| Climate Pledge Arena	TBA
Dec. 11 ( Wed.)	8:00 PM	Colgate	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPN2
Dec. 14 (Sat.)	5:15 PM	Louisville	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPN
Dec. 21 (Sat.)	5:30 PM	vs. Ohio State (CBS Sports Classic)	New York \| Madison Square Garden	CBS
Dec. 31 (Tue.)	2:00 PM	Brown	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network+
Jan. 4 (Sat.)	11:00 AM	Florida	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPNU
Jan. 7 (Tue.)	7:00 PM	at Georgia	Athens, Ga. \| Stegeman Coliseum	SEC Network
Jan. 11 (Sat.)	8:30 PM	at Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.\| Humphrey Coliseum	SEC Network
Jan. 14 (Tue.)	7:00 PM	Texas A&M	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPN2/U
Jan. 18 (Sat.)	12:00 PM	Alabama	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPN
Jan. 25 (Sat.)	2:30 PM	at Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn. \| Memorial Gymnasium	ESPN/2
Jan. 28 (Tue.)	7:00 PM	at Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn. \| Thompson-Boling Arena	ESPN
Feb. 1 (Sat.)	9:00 PM	Arkansas	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPN
Feb. 4 (Tue.)	7:00 PM	at Ole Miss	Oxford, Miss. \| Pavilion at Ole Miss	ESPN
Feb. 8 (Sat.)	12:00 PM	South Carolina	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPN/2
Feb. 11 (Tue.)	7:00 PM	Tennessee	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network+
Feb. 15 (Sat.)	8:00 PM	at Texas	Austin, Texas \| Moody Center	ESPN
Feb. 19 (Wed.)	7:00 PM	Vanderbilt	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	SEC Network
Feb. 22 (Sat.)	6:00 PM	at Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Ala. \| Coleman Coliseum	ESPN
Feb. 26 (Wed.)	9:00 PM	at Oklahoma	Norman, Okla. \| Lloyd Noble Center	SEC Network
March 1 (Sat.)	1:00/4:00 PM	Auburn	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ABC/ESPN
March 4 (Tue.)	7:00/9:00 PM	LSU	Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center	ESPN/2/U
March 8 (Sat.)	12:00 PM	at Missouri	Columbia, Mo. \| Mizzou Arena	ESPN/SEC Network