The Texas Longhorns and Kentucky Wildcats are playing live on the SEC Big 12 Challenge schedule and the NCAA men's basketball matchup starts on ESPN and the WatchESPN website streaming at 7 pm ET from Rupp Arena in Lexington and this is a top 10 matchup, with UK coming in as the number one team in the nation and both teams are undefeated coming into this game.
Kentucky comes into the game after a win over Providence and that was a fun matchup for John Calipari and now the team has Texas before a matchup with E Kentucky. Willie Cauley-Stein led the team with 11 points and six rebounds, while Aaron Harrison led in assists. Harrison is leading the team in scoring and the team is averaging 79 points per game.
Kentucky comes into the matchup ranked ninth in rebounds per game and 20th in assist per game. The team is the favorites in the SEC and one of the favorites to win the whole thing again after winning a couple years ago. Texas comes into the game as one of the top teams in the nation and they are the faves in the Big 12 and they are 7-0 and 1-0 away this season.
The team is ranked fifth in rebounds per game and they have a tough game coming up with Oklahoma later next month as their next ranked matchup. The team also plays Stanford and later will have a brutal stretch with four ranked teams in a row, including Oklahoma, Iowa State, West Virginia and Kansas.
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