It’s time for a marquee matchup of blue blood programs at the Mecca of basketball. The #13 Kentucky Wildcats (7-2) square off with the #16 UCLA Bruins (9-2) at Madison Square Garden on Saturday evening. Tip-off is set for 5:15 p.m. Eastern Time on CBS. The matchup is game two of the CBS Sports Classic with #23 Ohio State (7-2) and North Carolina (7-4) tipping off in the undercard at 3:00 p.m.
At this point, we all know the stat that will be mentioned throughout the day by Big Blue Nation. Kentucky is just 16-25 in road or neutral site games against Top 25 opponents since the start of the 2015-2016 season.