According to Terry Meiners of WHAS, Kentucky will play North Carolina on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Matt Jones of KSR says the Wildcats intend to play the Tar Heels but nothing is official at this time.
The @KentuckyMBB team is headed to Vegas and will play @UNC_Basketball on Saturday.
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— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) December 16, 2021
BREAKING: Source tells KSR that the “current plan” is to play North Carolina but that isn’t official yet because UCLA hasn’t officially opted out of the game yet
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) December 16, 2021
Either way, it appears that Kentucky intends to have a basketball game this weekend.