The Kentucky Wildcats game against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday at the Rupp Arena was set for a peak time on ESPN.
Saturday’s game is rescheduled from the original date of 29 December. That game was postponed due to a combination of positive tests, contact tracking and subsequent quarantine of individuals within the South Carolina men’s basketball program.
Tickets purchased for the original December 29th date with South Carolina will still be valid for the rescheduled game against Gamecocks on March 6th. UK ticket holders will receive an email communication if additional changes are made to the Kentucky schedule.
The rescheduled game will close the Kentucky regular season schedule. The Wildcats’ previously postponed game against Texas A&M on February 23 will not be rescheduled, nor will their previously postponed non-conference game against the Detroit Mercy, which was originally set for November 27. The same is true for the SEC / Big 12 vs. Texas, previously set for January 30, which was canceled due to COVID-19 problems in the Kentucky program.
The Wildcats will end with 24 games in the regular season, 17 in the championship.
Kentucky will play the Gamecocks for the first time this season. South Carolina enters the final week of the regular season 6-12 overall and 4-10 in the SEC game. Kentucky has a 52-13 record against Gamecocks, including 28-2 at the Rupp Arena.
South Carolina defeated the Wildcats 81-78 last season in a hoot in Columbia.