Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Inks Two-Game Series with Kentucky
5/17/2018 8:57 AM | Men's Basketball
Series to begin this coming 2018-19 season
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah has signed a two-game scheduling agreement with the University of Kentucky, Runnin' Utes head coach Larry Krystkowiak announced today.
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Utah and Kentucky will open the series this coming 2018-19 season, as the Utes head to Lexington, Ky., to face the Wildcats at Rupp Arena on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The Utes and Wildcats will then meet the following season at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019.
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This will mark 12th meeting overall between the two schools, but the first time the two schools have played since March 25, 2005, when they met in the NCAA Sweet 16 in Austin, Texas. It will be the first time the two teams have faced each other in the regular season since Utah traveled to Lexington, Ky., back on Nov. 19, 1999.
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"We feel that this will be a great opportunity to challenge our team early in the season," Krystkowiak said. "This is one of the elite programs in the nation, who year-in and year-out, are ranked No. 1 in attendance. This will be a good experience for us to compete at a high level and help us prepare for league play."
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Both teams are coming off 20-win seasons and postseason appearances in 2017-18. Utah went 23-12 overall and earned a NIT appearance where they would be victorious through the first three rounds of the tournament and earning the program's fourth trip to the NIT Final Four. Utah defeated Western Kentucky in the semifinals, but fell to Penn State in the championship game. The Wildcats went 26-11 overall on the season and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
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Utah and Kentucky will open the series this coming 2018-19 season, as the Utes head to Lexington, Ky., to face the Wildcats at Rupp Arena on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The Utes and Wildcats will then meet the following season at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019.
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This will mark 12th meeting overall between the two schools, but the first time the two schools have played since March 25, 2005, when they met in the NCAA Sweet 16 in Austin, Texas. It will be the first time the two teams have faced each other in the regular season since Utah traveled to Lexington, Ky., back on Nov. 19, 1999.
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"We feel that this will be a great opportunity to challenge our team early in the season," Krystkowiak said. "This is one of the elite programs in the nation, who year-in and year-out, are ranked No. 1 in attendance. This will be a good experience for us to compete at a high level and help us prepare for league play."
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Both teams are coming off 20-win seasons and postseason appearances in 2017-18. Utah went 23-12 overall and earned a NIT appearance where they would be victorious through the first three rounds of the tournament and earning the program's fourth trip to the NIT Final Four. Utah defeated Western Kentucky in the semifinals, but fell to Penn State in the championship game. The Wildcats went 26-11 overall on the season and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
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