Showdown vs. North Carolina highlights Kentucky schedule

Dec. 3 is the date every college basketball fan should have marked on his/her calendar. That's the date the expected No. 1 team North Carolina will visit Rupp Arena to face the potential No. 2 team in the country, Kentucky.

Kentucky released its non-conference schedule Thursday, and the game against the Tar Heels is the marquee matchup. Kentucky also will play heavyweights Kansas (Nov. 14), St. John’s (Dec. 1), Indiana (Dec. 10) and Louisville (Dec. 31). The Wildcats' non-conference schedule also features two other games vs. '11 NCAA Tournament teams, Arkansas-Little Rock and Penn State.

The UNC game will feature plenty of projected first-round NBA talent as well as one of the most talented frontcourts in the nation with North Carolina's Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Tyler Zeller squaring off against the Wildcats' terrific freshmen class led by point guard Marquis Teague, forward Mike Gilchrist and power forward Anthony Davis, who will join returning players Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb and Darius Miller to form the nucleus of the SEC favorites.

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