CBS Sports has Kentucky at Kansas as one of college basketball’s top nonconference games for the 2021-22 season.
Here’s an excerpt about the game:
Kentucky at Kansas (Jan. 29)
I mean, is there an easier pick on the schedule than Kentucky at Kansas? John Calipari vs. Bill Self? The remade transfer titans vs. the other remade transfer titans? All of the storylines!
Calipari and his ‘Cats head to Lawrence, Kansas on Jan. 29, 2022, as he looks to get ahead in the head-to-head battle vs. Self after falling to the Jayhawks last season. That evened their all-time record against one another to 4-4 (at their respective current programs).
More than the coaching matchup, though, these two teams figure to be top-10 caliber this season. Kansas has a veteran roster featuring Ochai Agbaji, Jalen Wilson and David McCormack, as well as several impact transfers led by Remy Martin. Kentucky has its own veteran roster — especially by Kentucky standards — led mostly by impact transfers in Oscar Tshiebwe, Kellan Grady, Sahvir Wheeler and CJ Fredrick. Plus, it has two incoming five-stars in TyTy Washington and Daimion Collins to bolster the talent.
College basketball only gets a few of these matchups each year — that is, big-name programs playing in a non-neutral court environment — and this one may take the cake as the best game with the best environment all of next season. — Kyle Boone
