LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- University of Louisville men's basketball fans who wanted to see Chris Beard on the bench at the KFC Yum! Center will get their wish next season.
On the opposing bench, that is.
The 16-game pairings for the second annual Atlantic Coast Conference/Southeastern Conference Challenge have been made.
NEWS: The 2024 ACC/SEC Challenge is set, per a source.
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Arkansas @ Miami
Cal @ Mizzou
FSU @ LSU
GT @ OU
UK @ Clemson
ND @ UGA
Ole Miss @ Louisville
SC @ BC
Cuse @ Tenn
Wake @ A&M
Alabama @ UNC
Auburn @ Duke
Pitt @ Miss St
Texas @ NC St
Vandy @ VT
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Louisville will play host to Ole Miss, which is coached by Beard. The Rebels finished 20-12 last season and did not compete in any postseason play after a first-round exit in the SEC Tournament. It will be Pat Kelsey's introduction to the challenge for the Cards.
Kentucky will travel to play Clemson, which made the Elite Eight in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The Tigers, coached by Brad Brownell, were 24-12. They defeated New Mexico, Baylor and Arizona before losing to Alabama in the West Regional Final. It will also be Mark Pope's first appearance in the challenge for the Wildcats
Both the Cardinals and the Wildcats will play on Tuesday Dec. 3, the opening night of the challenge.
And former UK coach John Calipari, now at Arkansas, will play at Miami on Dec. 3.
The headliner games project to be Alabama at North Carolina and Auburn at Duke, both booked for Dec. 4.
Here are the projected preseason rankings for the teams with local connections from Bart Torvik's college basketball analytics site.
- Ole Miss is No. 31 and Louisville No. 90
- Clemson is No. 66 and Kentucky No. 28
- Arkansas is No. 46 and Miami No. 25
Last season, the games in the challenge were played during the last week of November.
Here is the complete list of games, according to Rothstein.
- Ole Miss at Louisville
- Kentucky at Clemson
- Notre Dame at Georgia
- Arkansas at Miami
- California at Missouri
- Florida State at Louisiana State
- Georgia Tech at Oklahoma
- South Carolina at Boston College
- Syracuse at Tennessee
- Wake Forest at Texas A&M
- Alabama at North Carolina
- Auburn at Duke
- Pittsburgh at Mississippi State
- Texas at North Carolina State
- Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech
- Virginia at Florida
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