Basketball purists, who believe bluebloods Kansas and Kentucky should be playing each other every year, seem to be getting their wish.
It was announced Thursday that the Wildcats, who have the most victories in college basketball history (2,263) and the Jayhawks, second on the all-time win list (2,248), will meet in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 26, 2019 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.
It will mark the fifth-straight season the squads have played and also the seventh time in the past eight years. KU has won three in a row in the series after losing three in a row to Kentucky.