BIRMINGHAM, Ala.\u00a0 \u2013 The entirety of the 2025-26 Kentucky men\u2019s basketball schedule has been finalized with the Southeastern Conference\u2019s announcement of dates, tip times and television designations for all league schedules.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats are slated to play 21 regular-season games against NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago. UK will play seven of last year\u2019s Sweet 16 squads and five Elite Eight teams, including two matchups against the defending National Champion Florida Gators.<\/p>\n
The complete schedule is below. All times listed are Eastern:<\/p>\n
Date\u00a0
\nOpponent\/Event
\nLocation
\nTV Network
\nTip Time<\/p>\n
Oct. 11
\nBig Blue Madness
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSECN+
\n6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Oct. 17
\nBlue-White
\nHistoric Memorial Coliseum
\nSECN+
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Oct. 24
\nPurdue (exhibition)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSEC Network
\n6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Oct. 30
\nGeorgetown (exhibition)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSECN+
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Nov. 4
\nNicholls (BBN United Tipoff Classic)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSECN+
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Nov. 7
\nValparaiso (BBN United Tipoff Classic)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSECN+
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Nov. 11
\nat Louisville
\nKFC Yum! Center (Louisville, Ky.)
\nESPN
\n8 p.m.<\/p>\n
Nov. 14
\nEastern Illinois (BBN United Tipoff Classic)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSECN+
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Nov. 18
\nvs. Michigan State (Champions Classic)
\nMadison Square Garden (New York)
\nESPN
\n6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Nov. 21
\nLoyola (Md.)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSECN+
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Nov. 26
\nTennessee Tech
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSEC Network
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Dec. 2
\nNorth Carolina (ACC\/SEC Challenge)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN
\n9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Dec. 5
\nvs. Gonzaga
\nBridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.)
\nESPN2
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Dec. 9
\nNorth Carolina Central
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSEC Network
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Dec. 13
\nIndiana
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN
\n7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Dec. 20
\nvs. St. John\u2019s (CBS Sports Classic)
\nState Farm Arena (Atlanta)
\nCBS
\n12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Dec. 23
\nBellarmine
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSECN+
\n1 p.m.<\/p>\n
Jan. 3
\nat Alabama (SEC)
\nColeman Coliseum (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
\nESPN
\n1 p.m.<\/p>\n
Jan. 7
\nMissouri (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN2
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Jan. 10
\nMississippi State (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSEC Network
\n8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Jan. 14
\nat LSU (SEC)
\nPete Maravich Assembly Center (Baton Rouge, La.)
\nSEC Network
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Jan. 17
\nat Tennessee (SEC)
\nThompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
\nESPN
\nNoon<\/p>\n
Jan. 21
\nTexas (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nSEC Network
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Jan. 24
\nOle Miss (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN\/ESPN2
\nNoon<\/p>\n
Jan. 27
\nat Vanderbilt (SEC)
\nMemorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tenn.)
\nESPN
\n9 p.m.<\/p>\n
Jan. 31
\nat Arkansas (SEC)
\nBud Walton Arena (Fayetteville, Ark.)
\nESPN
\n6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Feb. 4
\nOklahoma (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN2
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Feb. 7
\nTennessee (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN
\n8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Feb. 14
\nat Florida (SEC)
\nExactech Arena at Stephen C. O\u2019Connell Center (Gainesville, Fla.)
\nABC
\n3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Feb. 17
\nGeorgia (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN\/ESPN2\/ESPNU
\n9 p.m.<\/p>\n
Feb. 21
\nat Auburn (SEC)
\nNeville Arena (Auburn, Ala.)
\nESPN\/ESPN2
\n8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Feb. 24
\nat South Carolina (SEC)
\nColonial Life Arena (Columbia, S.C.)
\nSEC Network
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Feb. 28
\nVanderbilt (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN\/ESPN2
\n2 p.m.<\/p>\n
March 3
\nat Texas A&M (SEC)
\nReed Arena (Bryan-College Station, Texas)
\nESPN\/ESPN2\/ESPNU
\n7 p.m.<\/p>\n
March 7
\nFlorida (SEC)
\nRupp Arena at Central Bank Center
\nESPN\/ESPN2
\n4 p.m.<\/p>\n
Details on regular-season home games for men\u2019s basketball will be announced soon, including the launch of Kentucky\u2019s official resale marketplace powered by Ticketmaster. This platform will offer fans a secure way to buy and sell verified tickets, even for games that may be sold out.<\/p>\n
Season ticket holders are reminded that exhibition games vs. Purdue and Georgetown are included in their season ticket packages.<\/p>\n
Kentucky head coach Mark Pope and the Wildcats are coming off the program\u2019s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2019 and return Collin Chandler, Brandon Garrison, Trent Noah and Otega Oweh who all contributed to a 24-12 season which featured wins over an NCAA-record-tying eight Associated Press Top 15 foes.<\/p>\n
Adding to UK\u2019s firepower in 2025-26 is one of the highest-ranked transfer classes in the country. The Cats will add 2025 National Champion Denzel Aberdeen from Florida; a two-time NCAA Sweet 16 participant in Alabama\u2019s Mouhamed Dioubate; an All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer in Pitt\u2019s Jaland Lowe; Reece Potter from Miami of Ohio who is a Lexington native; National Defensive Player of the Year late-season finalist Jayden Quaintance from Arizona State; and Kam Williams from Tulane who earned American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team honors.<\/p>\n
The Cats also have four collegiate newcomers in Braydon Hawthorne, Andrija Jelavi\u0107, Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno.<\/p>\n
For the latest on the Kentucky men\u2019s basketball team, follow\u00a0@KentuckyMBB\u00a0on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and TikTok<\/a>, and on the web at UKathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n