The 2018-19 college basketball season will begin with a bang thanks to the Kentucky Wildcats taking on the Duke Blue Devils in the Champions Classic.
The annual event will tip off at 7 pm EST with the Michigan State Spartans taking on the Kansas Jayhawks in a battle of preseason top-10 teams.
After that game, Kentucky and Duke will clash with a national audience looking on at around 9:30 PM EST.
The late game is usually when Kentucky plays in this event, as they’re easily the biggest draw in all of college basketball, and they’ll attract as big of an audience as possible for a game that may not begin until around 10 PM, depending on how fast the first game concludes.