< PreviousMike Pratt previews the North Carolina game 8 @KentuckyMBB 10 @KentuckyMBB 2020 UK Sports Partnership Football Program Ad (8.5x11) 265-20801.indd 12020 UK Sports Partnership Football Program Ad (8.5x11) 265-20801.indd 111/13/20 11:01 AM11/13/20 11:01 AMWEEKNIGHTS 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY 9:00 a.m.110920 BBN Tonight RUPP Ad.indd 1110920 BBN Tonight RUPP Ad.indd 111/9/20 4:39 PM11/9/20 4:39 PMAround the SEC Around the Country 2020-21 SEC Standings Team SEC Overall Home Road Arkansas 0-0 6-0 6-0 0-0 Georgia 0-0 5-0 5-0 0-0 Missouri 0-0 5-0 3-0 1-0 Ole Miss 0-0 3-0 3-0 0-0 Tennessee 0-0 3-0 3-0 0-0 LSU 0-0 4-1 3-0 0-1 Texas A&M 0-0 4-1 4-0 0-0 Florida 0-0 3-1 1-0 0-1 Alabama 0-0 4-2 2-0 0-0 Auburn 0-0 4-2 2-0 0-1 Vanderbilt 0-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 Mississippi State 0-0 3-3 3-0 0-0 South Carolina 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 Kentucky 0-0 1-4 1-2 0-1 Scoring Player-Team ...................................................................PPG Cameron Thomas, LSU ..................................................21.6 Devontae Shuler, MISS ..................................................20.3 D.J. Stewart Jr., MISS ST .................................................19.0 Trendon Watford, LSU ...................................................18.8 Emanuel Miller, TAMU ..................................................18.5 Rebounding Player-Team ...................................................................RPG Dylan Disu, VANDY ......................................................12.0 Emanuel Miller, TAMU ....................................................9.8 Isaiah Jackson, UK ..........................................................9.4 Connor Vanover, ARK ......................................................9.0 Darius Days, LSU ............................................................8.4 Assists Player-Team ...................................................................APG Sahvir Wheeler, UGA ......................................................8.6 Scotty Pippen Jr., VANDY .................................................5.0 Tre Mann, UF ..................................................................4.8 Jalen Tate, ARK ................................................................4.7 Trendon Watford, LSU .....................................................4.5 Steals Player-Team ................................................................... SPG Devontae Shuler, MISS ....................................................2.7 Dru Smith, MIZZOU .......................................................2.2 Desi Sills, ARK .................................................................2.0 Toumani Camara, UGA ...................................................2.0 Trendon Watford, LSU .....................................................2.0 Blocks Player-Team ...................................................................BPG Connor Vanover, ARK ......................................................3.3 Isaiah Jackson, UK ..........................................................2.8 Romello White, MISS ......................................................2.3 Omar Payne, UF ..............................................................2.0 Scottie Lewis, UF .............................................................1.8 2020-21 Associated Press Rankings As of Dec. 13, 2020 (week 4) Team Record Points 1 Gonzaga (54) 3-0 1,541 2 Baylor (7) 4-0 1,491 3 Iowa (1) 6-0 1,427 4 Michigan State 6-0 1,307 5 Kansas 6-1 1,289 6 Houston 4-0 1,169 7 Villanova 5-1 1,163 8 West Virginia 6-1 1,113 9 Creighton 4-1 1,037 10 Tennessee 2-0 941 11 Texas 5-1 873 12 Wisconsin 4-1 846 13 Illinois 4-2 742 14 Texas Tech 6-1 669 15 Florida State 3-0 619 16 Missouri 5-0 491 17 Virginia 3-1 456 18 San Diego State 5-0 455 19 Rutgers 4-0 396 20 Ohio State 5-0 392 21 Duke 2-2 345 22 North Carolina 4-2 328 23 Louisville 4-0 164 24 Clemson 5-0 156 25 Michigan 6-0 142 14 @KentuckyMBBFrom Press Row 16 @KentuckyMBB CBS Sports Classic Update: UK to Play North Carolina The Kentucky men's basketball team will play North Carolina in the CBS Sports Classic in place of the originally scheduled matchup with UCLA. The game will remain at 2 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland with CBS still on the call. UCLA will flip with North Carolina and play Ohio State at approximately 4:15 p.m. The revised schedule was created to more closely align COVID-19 testing protocols between the competing programs and their respective conferences. North Carolina is off to a 4-2 start and ranked nationally in both major polls (No. 22 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll). The Tar Heels' two losses were to Iowa and Texas, who are both ranked in the top 15 of both major polls. The Tar Heels return three starters from a season ago and welcomed in one of the top recruiting classes in the country. Senior forward Garrison Brooks leads UNC with an 11.8 scoring average and guards Caleb Love and RJ Davis have made immediate impacts as freshmen. Love and Davis are both av- eraging 11.2 points per game and lead the team in assists. The matchup will mark the third between the two schools in the CBS Sports Classic. UK won both prior meetings in the event. The Wildcats defeated the Tar Heels in a classic in Las Vegas in 2016 when Malik Monk scored a Kentucky freshman record 47 points and then bested UNC 80-72 in 2018 in Chicago with Ashton Hagans tying a school record with eight steals. UK's two wins vs. North Carolina are the Tar Heels' only losses in the CBS Sports Clas- sic. North Carolina leads the four schools with a 4-2 record. Kentucky and Ohio State are each 3-3 and UCLA is 2-4 in the event. All-time, UK trails the series vs. North Carolina 24-16 but Kentucky has won three of four overall vs. the Tar Heels. UNC holds a 12-6 edge when the game is played at a neutral site. The CBS Sports Classic annually brings together four of the nation's most success- ful college basketball programs. The quartet owns a combined 26 national champion- ships, with UCLA (11), Kentucky (eight) and North Carolina (six) ranking first, second and third, respectively, in NCAA history. Ad- ditionally, all four programs rank in the top six in all time Final Four berths, compiling 65 total appearances between them (North Carolina, 20; Kentucky, 17; UCLA, 17; Ohio State, 11). They are among college basket- ball's all-time winningest programs, com- bining for more than 8,200 victories. UK is No. 1 all-time and UNC is No. 3. Kentucky's nonconference schedule re- mains among the most difficult in the coun- try with the addition of the Tar Heels. This will mark the second AP ranked opponent UK has faced this season. Richmond is also receiving votes in the AP Top 25 and is ranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Wildcats will play Louisville on Dec. 26 and host Texas on Jan. 30 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge in Rupp Arena. Both opponents are currently ranked. The Southeastern Conference sched- ule will get no easier for UK. Tennessee, at No. 10, and Missouri, at No. 16, are ranked among the AP Top 25. Three more teams in Florida, Georgia and Arkansas sit just outside the top 25 and received votes. Kentucky plays Tennessee and Florida twice. After already playing Kansas while the Jay- hawks were ranked No. 7 in the AP Top 25 and based on the current poll, UK will have seven total matchups in 2020-21 against top-25 opponents. Per the NCAA Division I Council's framework for scheduling this season, teams can play a maximum of 27 games (24 regular-season games with one three- game multi-team event) this season. Ken- tucky's previously scheduled game vs. Detroit Mercy for Dec. 15 has been post- poned due to testing logistics, but the schools hope to reschedule later in the season. The First of Three vs. Notre Dame Last weekend's Kentucky-Notre Dame matchup was the first of three games over the next three seasons. Next year, UK will play the Fighting Irish at a neutral site to be determined and will travel to South Bend, Indiana, in 2022. The revival of this historic series was ini- tiated by JMI Sports, which will be the pro- moter of the neutral-site game in 2021. JMI Sports is the exclusive multi-media rights holder at Kentucky and shares comparable rights with Legends at Notre Dame. Next >