The pairings have officially been announced for the 2019 SEC/Big 12 Challenge, which will take place on January 19.
Every Big 12 team will be in action, while 10 SEC teams will take the court in hopes of giving the conference its second-straight victory in the challenge.
As was the case last year, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Missouri are the four SEC teams that are not scheduled for the event.
Matchups for the sixth annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge have been sethttps://t.co/2oJYQXEj6i
— Craig Pinkerton (@SEC_Craig) May 24, 2018
All but seven of the teams participating made the NCAA Tournament this past season, with Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Texas A&M, and West Virginia all advancing to at least the Sweet 16.
Here are the matchups for the 10 games in next year’s challenge:
- Alabama at Baylor
- Arkansas at Texas Tech
- Florida at TCU
- Texas at Georgia
- Kansas at Kentucky
- Iowa State at Ole Miss
- South Carolina at Oklahoma State
- West Virginia at Tennessee
- Kansas State at Texas A&M
- Vanderbilt at Oklahoma
The SEC secured a 6-4 win during the 2018 edition of the challenge after the conferences finished in a 5-5 tie during the 2017 season. The prior three meetings were all won by the Big 12.
The games will be televised on the ESPN family of networks, with four on ESPN, four on ESPN2, and two on ESPNU.
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