By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky’s Southeastern Conference basketball schedule was released on Thursday, and the Wildcats will play Mississippi, Tennessee and Vanderbilt twice this season.
Kentucky will take on Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt at home this season, along with Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Texas A&M and South Carolina. The road encounters will include Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Oklahoma and Texas.
The Wildcats and Volunteers have met more than any other conference foe and Kentucky owns a 165-79 record. The Wildcats swept Tennessee last season. Kentucky has won four in a row in Knoxville and has swept the Vols three of the past four seasons.
Kentucky is 112-15 overall against Ole Miss and 159-51 against Vandy.
Former Kentucky coach John Calipari will return to Rupp Arena for the second time since leaving at the end of the 2023-24 season to take over at Arkansas. Calipari is 1-1 against Kentucky as the coach of the Razorbacks. Kentucky defeated Calipari’s squad 85-77 last January in Fayetteville.
Times, dates and television designations for the league encounters will be announced at a later date.