Kentucky
Mizzou Arena is now sold out for Kentucky (shocker)
Cease me if you happen to’ve heard this one earlier than: Kentucky will journey to a sold-out venue for a real highway recreation.
The Wildcats are set to tackle the Missouri Tigers in Columbia on Wednesday to open the convention schedule. Coming off its largest win over a ranked foe in over a decade — 12 years to be actual — Mizzou Area is now bought out for the battle.
Missouri introduced the sellout on Christmas Eve, fairly the reward for a program led by new head coach Dennis Gates. The Tigers enter the matchup with an 11-1 document, the lone loss coming towards No. 6 Kansas (95-67) again on Dec. 10.
Elsewhere, Mizzou has earned wins vs. Wichita State, Central Florida and No. 16 Illinois, the latter being a 22-point win in St. Louis.
Now, the Tigers are set to host No. 19 Kentucky in Columbia in entrance of yet one more rowdy crowd.
ESPN’s Matchup Predictor offers the Wildcats a 65.6% likelihood to take dwelling the true highway win, probably their first of the season.
The pinnacle-to-head matchup will tip off at 7 p.m. ET, broadcast dwell on SEC Community.