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Kentucky renews hoops series with Eastern Kentucky

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It’s been more than seven years since the Kentucky men’s basketball team has played neighboring Eastern Kentucky University.
The two teams will meet on Sunday, Dec. 7 at Rupp Arena, marking the first time the two teams have played each other since Dec. 30, 2006 when the Wildcats got 25 points from Randolph Morris and defeated the Colonels, 78-65. Games times and television plans will be announced in the future.
Eastern won the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament and went 24-10 last season. The Colonels led Kansas with 8:55 left and trailed by five with less than three minutes remaining in an 80-69 loss to the Jayhawks in the NCAA Tournament. The 24 victories by Eastern last season were the second most in school history. The Colonels won 25 games during the 2012-13 season and have won 49 contests during the past two seasons.
Although Kentucky leads the all-time series 10-0 between the two teams, the Colonels have fared well against higher-ranked teams during the Jeff Neubauer’s tenure as coach at Eastern.
In games against Illinois, West Virginia, N.C. State, VCU, Wisconsin and Kansas during the past two seasons, the Colonels 19 fewer turnovers and has outscored those six teams in 89-65 in points off turnovers.
Earlier this week, the school announced the Wildcats would take on UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic at the United Center in Chicago on Dec. 20. Ohio State and North Carolina also are part of the four-team event that will rotate opponents for next three years. The event will be played in Brooklyn in 2015 and in Las Vegas in 2016.
In addition, Kentucky will host Texas at Rupp Arena on Dec. 5 as part of the SEC-Big 12 challenge. The two programs have played each other just once, with the Wildcats defeating the Longhorns 86-61 in the 1993 Maui Invitational.
Kentucky also plays Kansas, North Carolina and Louisville next season, giving the Wildcats one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the nation.


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