Thursday marks the release of this season’s SEC / Big 12 Challenge Schedule, and as always, there are some stunning games for the event to be held on January 28th. Teams from two leagues make up eight of Gary’s Top 14 Parish’s present Top 25 and 1It is considered a heavyweight battle, as the league is temporarily pardoned from the play of the conference.
The Big 12 has an all-time edge of 48-41 against the SEC in the SEC / Big 12 Challenge, but the SEC is steadily moving forward as the event prepares for the 10th edition of the next season. is. After the Big 12 won the first three challenges and the fourth ended in a draw, the SEC won three of the last five, including the last two.
Last season’s swing game turned out to be one of the best matches: Kentucky Crushed final national champion Kansas 80-62 on the only game road that the visiting team won. College basketball chip-offs are still a few months away, and the Big 12 / SEC Challenge goes a step further, but let’s peak early on how the match will take place.
The SEC / Big 12 Challenge game rankings are listed in order from the most attractive to the least attractive.Ranking is from Gary Parish Top 25 and 1..
1. 4th Kentucky 8th Kansas
Kentucky’s Jayhawks 80-62 beatdown at Allenfield House last season looks even more nutritious in retrospect, given how both teams’ seasons ended. The J-Hawks continued to win national titles, but the Wildcats were the victims of the turmoil of the greatest NCAA tournament ever lost to St. Peters in the first round. Kansas is trying to avenge its defeat in the Battle of Blue Blood.
This is a rematch of the 81-72 victory over Baylor’s Arkansas at the Elite Eight in 2021, with Razorbucks visiting Waco, Texas and participating in the program’s battle to reach the top of the country’s mountains in the last two seasons. To do. ..
3.No.12 Texas No.9 Tennessee
Texas welcomed Rick Barnes’ return to Austin with a 52-51 victory over his old coach at last year’s event. It wasn’t the most beautiful game to watch, but it featured a more dramatic finish than any of the 2022 SEC / Big 12 Challenge games.
Auburn makes his first trip to West Virginia since his 59-58 victory over the Mountaineers in the 1984-85 season. The match between Bruce Pearl and Bob Huggins coaches should be fun.
Oklahoma’s time on the Big 12 side of the series is probably limited in time for the 2024-25 season as Sooners are preparing to join Texas to move to the SEC. But for now, Sooners is in charge of the Big 12, and hopes to do better than last season’s tough match against Auburn.
These are two of the more mysterious teams in each league, as Red Raiders welcome only a few rotation players from the Sweet 16 team. On the other hand, after the transition from Will Wade to Matt McMahon, the LSU roster will be virtually unrecognizable.
TCU hasn’t been one of the top 12 big 12 basketball schools for the past decade, but Horned Frog boasts a 5-4 record in the SEC / Big 12 Challenge game. Expectations are high for Horned Frogs, who will take on the overhauled roster of Mississippi, led by first-year coach Chris Jans.
Four of the last five games on this list feature first-year coaches, but Florida in Kansas is the only game that features two beginners on the bench. Given that both Florida and K State University are expected to succeed, this is a high pressure location as both Todd Golden (Florida) and Jerome Tang (Kansas State University) adapt to new bargains. There is a possibility of becoming.
The rebels and cowboys have met three times before, but all three games were played in a neutral location, with Oklahoma winning each conference. The last match (78-37 wins at Oklahoma State University in November 2019) was particularly biased.
Former Big 12 enemies will take part in the challenge for the second year in a row after a 67-50 home win at Iowa State University last season. When the Tigers restart under their first-year coach Dennis Gates, they will hold a serve at home.
