It Starts November 12

Here is Kentucky's basketball schedule for the 2010-11 season (home games in ALL CAPS, AP pre-season rank in parentheses). This year will feature a rare matchup between the alma maters of Matthew and his wife. It is also the first time since 1999 that the Wildcats have not ended the regular season by playing Florida, and the first time since 1988 that Kentucky is playing Notre Dame in Louisville -- a matchup that took place every year from 1960 to 1981. And it is the first time since 2006 that the Cats will be playing on my birthday.

11/12/10: EAST TENNESSEE STATE
11/19/10: Portland
11/22/10: Oklahoma (Maui)
11/23/10: Second round of Maui invitational (Virginia or (18) Washington)
11/24/10: Third round of Maui invitational
11/30/10: BOSTON UNIVERSITY
12/04/10: (8) N. Carolina
12/08/10: Notre Dame (Louisville)
12/11/10: INDIANA
12/18/10: MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE
12/22/10: WINTHROP
12/28/10: COPPIN STATE
12/31/10: Louisville
01/03/11: PENNSYLVANIA
01/08/11: Georgia (SEC)
01/11/11: AUBURN (SEC)
01/15/11: LOUISIANA STATE (SEC)
01/18/11: Alabama (SEC)
01/22/11: S. Carolina (SEC)
01/29/11: GEORGIA (SEC)
02/01/11: Mississippi (SEC)
02/05/11: (9) Florida (SEC)
02/08/11: (23) TENNESSEE (SEC)
02/12/11: Vanderbilt (SEC)
02/15/11: MISSISSIPPI STATE (SEC)
02/19/11: S. CAROLINA (SEC)
02/23/11: Arkansas (SEC)
02/26/11: (9) FLORIDA (SEC)
03/01/11: VANDERBILT (SEC)
03/06/11: (23) Tennessee (SEC)
03/10/11 to 03/13/11: SEC Tournament (Atlanta)