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Notre Dame - Kentucky Men’s Basketball Series Announced by Kayo

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The University of Notre Dame and University of Kentucky have announced a three-game men’s basketball series that will begin during the upcoming 2020-21 season.

December 12, 2020 - Notre Dame at Kentucky | Rupp Arena

December 11, 2021 - Notre Dame vs. Kentucky | Neutral Site (TBA)

December 10, 2022 - Kentucky at Notre Dame | Purcell Pavilion

The Irish will travel to Rupp Arena on December 12, 2020, for the tip off of the series. A neutral site game will be played December 11, 2021, followed by a visit from the Wildcats to Purcell Pavilion on December 10, 2022. Game times and broadcast details are still to be determined for all three matchups.

“It is great to renew a series between two of the ‘blue bloods’ of college basketball,” Glenn and Stacey Murphy Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Brey said.

“If our recent battles with Kentucky are any indication, these games should be appointment viewing for college basketball fans.”

Fresh in most college basketball fans’ minds is the 2015 meeting between ACC Champion Notre Dame and number-one ranked Kentucky during the NCAA Elite Eight at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Wildcats outlasted the Irish by two points while the game drew the highest rating ever recorded for a college basketball game broadcast on cable television.

The two teams first met in 1929, with regular meetings following throughout the history of both programs. The Irish won six of the first seven meetings between the two teams, but Kentucky has controlled most of the series – with a large majority of the meetings taking place at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The Wildcats hold a 43-19 advantage in the series, but the teams have split their four most recent meetings.