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Previously-scheduled Kansas-Villanova game part of Big 12-Big East ‘alliance’

Kansas head coach Bill Self played freshman starter Quentin Grimes just 14 minutes on Saturday in the 74-71 victory over Villanova at Allen Fieldhouse. Orlin Wagner AP

Next season’s Kansas-Villanova men’s basketball game, set for Dec. 21 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, will be part of the inaugural Big 12/Big East “scheduling alliance” set of games, the leagues announced Thursday.

The game, which was scheduled in November of 2017 as part of a home-and-home series between the schools, is a rematch of KU’s 74-71 victory over the Wildcats on Dec. 15, 2018 at Allen Fieldhouse.