The final major pieces to the 2023-24 Kentucky men's basketball regular-season schedule have come together with the announcement of the dates for the Southeastern Conference portion of the slate on Thursday.
Exhibition games, TV designations and tip times will be announced at a later date.
The Wildcats will play an 18-game league schedule in their pursuit of a 50th SEC regular-season championship. In addition to its annual home-and-away opponents of Florida, Tennessee and Vanderbilt, Kentucky will also take on Arkansas and Mississippi State twice during the 2023-24 season.
The full regular-season schedule is as follows and we have the schedule posted in full here:
Date | Opponent/Event | Location |
Nov. 6 | New Mexico State | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Nov. 10 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Nov. 14 | vs. Kansas | United Center (Chicago) |
Nov. 17 | Stonehill | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Nov. 20 | Saint Joseph's | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Nov. 24 | Marshall | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Nov. 28 | Miami | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Dec. 2 | UNC-Wilmington | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Dec. 9 | vs. Penn | Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) |
Dec. 16 | vs. North Carolina | State Farm Arena (Atlanta) |
Dec. 21 | at Louisville | KFC Yum! Center (Louisville, Ky.) |
Dec. 29 | Illinois State | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Jan. 6 | at Florida | Exactech Arena (Gainesville, Fla.) |
Jan. 9 | Missouri | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Jan. 13 | at Texas A&M | Reed Arena (College Station-Bryan, Texas) |
Jan. 17 | Mississippi State | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Jan. 20 | Georgia | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Jan. 23 | at South Carolina | Colonial Life Arena (Columbia, S.C.) |
Jan. 27 | at Arkansas | Bud Walton Arena (Fayetteville, Ark.) |
Jan. 31 | Florida | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Feb. 3 | Tennessee | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Feb. 6 | at Vanderbilt | Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tenn.) |
Feb. 10 | Gonzaga | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Feb. 13 | Ole Miss | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Feb. 17 | at Auburn | Auburn Arena (Auburn, Ala.) |
Feb. 21 | at LSU | Pete Maravich Center (Baton Rouge, La.) |
Feb. 24 | Alabama | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
Feb. 27 | at Mississippi State | Humphrey Coliseum (Starkville, Miss.) |
March 2 | Arkansas | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
March 6 | Vanderbilt | Central Bank Center at Rupp Arena (Lexington, Ky.) |
March 9 | at Tennessee | Thompson-Boling Arena (Knoxville, Tenn.) |

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.