The Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team has announced its second exhibition game for next season: The Georgetown Hoyas will play at Rupp Arena on October 30th.
The Hoyas are led by Ed Cooley, who is in his third year at the helm of the program. His team went 9-23 in his first season, then improved to 18-16 in Year 2 and looked primed for another jump next season.
Junior Malik Mack, who started all 32 games in which he appeared a season ago, is the Hoyas’ leading returning scorer at 12.9 points per game. He also drained a team-high 59 3-pointers and connected at a 35.5% rate.
A game time and TV channel for this matchup will be announced at a later date.
Newly adopted NCAA rules permitting Division I programs to play in the preseason enabled the teams to add this early-season marquee contest to their schedules. The game will not count towards official records or statistics.
Kentucky is also hosting the Purdue Boilermakers in an exhibition contest at home on October 24th.