Over the past two seasons, Kansas basketball fans have enjoyed the Big 12-SEC Challenge. The Jayhawks knocked off Kentucky in an Allen Fieldhouse thriller in 2016 and outraced the ‘Cats at Rupp Arena last February. After those thrillers, a few fans seemed disappointed when the conference announced the 2018 matchups in May.
As a matter of fact, this fifth annual made for ESPN event is scheduled again in the middle of the Big 12 round robin schedule. I don’t like it but it’s good for the conference to get some additional television attention. The games won’t have any football competition this weekend before the Super Bowl.