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We all had heard the talk from Coach Calipari earlier this season about the possible shake-ups to the non-conference scheduling starting next season. With Missouri and Texas A&M joining the SEC next season, and with the league more than likely moving to an 18-game schedule in the near future, one of the major non-conference games were probably going to be lost. Add that with the fact that Coach Cal has stated his desire to balance out the yearly home/away games, and it becomes practically inevitable. According to our good friend Jerry Tipton’s UK Basketball Notebook, the team that looks to be getting the ax is North Carolina, at least for the 2012-13 season.
Mark Whitworth, an associate commissioner of the SEC, explained how the league works with its TV partners.
“CBS will tell us the games they want, and they also will tell us the dates and the windows (tip-off times),” Whitworth said.
League rules limit CBS to only five Kentucky games, two of which must be in the non-conference portion of the schedule. This season, CBS picked UK games against North Carolina and Louisville. As for next season, Aresco said the word in TV circles is that Kentucky will not play North Carolina. So CBS plans to select UK games against Louisville and Indiana.
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February 5th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
What a stupid move Cal! We don’t care about beating Indiana as much as we do beating UNC!
February 5th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
I hate to see UNC, but from the games I’ve heard about coming next year– we will still get to see some big time games. Hard to let go of UNC though.
February 5th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
GIVE US, US UNC!
February 5th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
I saw Matt said we have Maryland, Duke, IU, UofL, road game against another Big East school, and another possible neutral site game (maybe Texas). I’m not worried about the SOS I just really, really, REALLY like beating UNC.
February 5th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Why not drop Marist or Morehouse or one of the other minor non-conference games? Certainly playig against NC tells more about the progress and caliber of the team.
why not drop Marist
February 5th, 2012 at 5:30 pm
UNC > IU
February 5th, 2012 at 5:32 pm
5 – Money. Instead of a home and home with UNC, you can play 2 home games with Marist, make twice as much money.
February 5th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
I doubt if there is a poster of that above Henson’s bed.
February 5th, 2012 at 6:47 pm
It’s a shame to see this series go. UNC is one of the few programs that can claim to be on the same level as us. I’d rather give up both IU and Lousyville than North Carolina.
February 5th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
9. Do share more….. lol..
February 5th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
It’s about balancing the schedule out.
UL & UNC both at home this year and both on the road last year.
Indiana game will most likely move to neutral court venues. Freedom Hall and Conseco Fieldhouse.
February 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Screw Indiana. Why are people at UK so hung up on that worthless series???
February 5th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
#13 – Usernametaken – Not one person in this comments field favors the Indiana game over UNC
NOT ONE!!!
February 5th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Hey Will:
Not sure if you have heard of it…but college basketball indeed has some “playoff type format”….it is called March Madness…LOL
February 5th, 2012 at 7:41 pm
15 – What’s this March Madness you speak of? And when does it start?
February 5th, 2012 at 7:42 pm
I thought that small school who come to play UK are the ones receiving the money? So why would we keep a game against a small school when they make the money?
February 5th, 2012 at 7:42 pm
I thought that small schools who come to play UK are the ones receiving the money? So why would we keep a game against a small school when they make the money?
February 5th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Will:
Rumor has it that it starts in March…but just to be sure I would ask Jerry Tipton.
February 5th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
17- UK still makes money off of the game, they don’t just give away 100% of the profit to the other team.
18 – I’ll have to google this, I’m intrigued.
February 5th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
I trust coach cal with everything related to this program and rarely question him, but if this is true he is about to make a huge mistake! Most UK fans i know circle this one game on the calendar. why would we ever get rid of the unc game. Indiana is still irrelevant as a basketball team and i would much rather play the tarheels! Stupid, Stupid move Cal!!!
February 5th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Next year would be the best year to play UNC because they won’t have much after losing most of their players unless they decide to come back and be 4 year players.
February 5th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
It could have something to do with recruiting,since there’s more players that come out of Indiana and Cal likes to let his players play a game in their homestate.Just food for thought and i trust Cal in all things related to UK basketball.GBB
February 5th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
UNC is also going to probably 18-19 games ACC Conference games so who knows they could have cut the chord as well with Cuse and Pitt joining in the next year or two. I would like to see UK play UNC every year but if the schedule does not allow then I am not going to lose sleep over it.
February 6th, 2012 at 12:24 am
Why in the world are we keeping Indiana and dropping North Carolina? I smell Calipari BIG TIME in this thing..he is always talking about how he hates playing such a tough non-conference schedule, I’m sure he pressured the schedule makers into dropping North Carolina so he could have a more manageable, Memphis-like schedule that he is accustomed to..heck before you know it he will be dropping Louisville and Indiana as well..I guess it doesn’t matter though as long as he is winning the world and bringing in the dream team to play for us as freshman every year lol
February 6th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Still unbelievable that Davis blocks that shot! Also, Cal has beaten UNC 3 out of 4 times while he is coaching UK. I wish that we could continue the UNC series so that Cal could even up the all time series with UNC.