Kentucky @ Georgetown in SEC/Big East Challenge

[Randy Parker]

Report: Kentucky to Play Georgetown at the Verizon Center - Casual Hoya

[gametime]

Weak sauce...

[Randy Parker]

Disappointed if Katz's information is accurate. Was really hoping for UK/UC.

[HammerTime]

Weak sauce...

 

What happened?

[Randy Parker]

Weak sauce...

 

What happened?

 

I'm wondering if Nerlens' recruitment played a role in this, since these were the final two for him.

[gchs_uk9]

This is a made-for-TV event, correct? I'm guessing the appeal of Kentucky/Georgetown is more national (thus better for ESPN) than Kentucky/Cincinnati, whose appeal is likely more regional.

[MJAlltheWay24]

UK vs. UC would have been awesome for Greater Cincy and would have been a lot of fun for my friends and I. But let's be honest, playing Georgetown in DC is much better for Kentucky IMO.

[RomanEmpire]

UK vs. UC would have been awesome for Greater Cincy and would have been a lot of fun for my friends and I. But let's be honest, playing Georgetown in DC is much better for Kentucky IMO.

 

No question.

[The Professor]

How good will Georgetown be next year?

[MJAlltheWay24]

How good will Georgetown be next year?

 

Doesn't look like Andy Katz (or anyone else for that matter) has them ranked in their Top 25 preseason rankings. In fact, it looks like Cats doesn't have them in his Top 40...but he did have UC.

[dolamite]

I was going to be disapointed in anything other than Cuse' and UC, and I'm wanting to say Syracuse is on the road this year so that wouldn't have been possible anyway. Few good matchups left on the board for Kentucky, but UC was definitely the one I wanted to see.

[Hatz]

Is this the first time the two programs have played each other since that 1984 debacle in the Final Four??

[bugatti]

Is this the first time the two programs have played each other since that 1984 debacle in the Final Four??

First I can recall.

[Randy Parker]

Is this the first time the two programs have played each other since that 1984 debacle in the Final Four??

 

First I can recall.

 

On KSR yesterday, Ryan Lemond stated that this would be the first matchup between the two programs since UK's illustrious 1984 Final Four performance.

[DragonFire]

It's only the third meeting between the two teams. Besides 1984, they met in 1922. UK lost both games.