The UK men’s basketball non-conference schedule for 2017-18 has been released.
The Wildcats will face Kansas, Virginia Tech, UCLA, Louisville, West Virginia and several tough mid-major teams.
Here’s a look:
LEXINGTON, Ky. – If one of the goals of a schedule is to prepare a team for postseason play – a high priority on John Calipari’s check list when his staff pieces the slate together each year – the 2017-18 Kentucky men’s basketball schedule, which was unveiled Tuesday, checks off that key box.
Twelve of UK’s 13 nonconference opponents in the upcoming season made a postseason tournament in 2017, including eight of which made the NCAA Tournament.