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Kentucky Wildcats will face Walter McCarty and Evansville in the 2019-20 season

Kentucky officially has an unofficial opponent for the 2019-20 season.

Former Kentucky big man Walter McCarty, who is now the coach of Evansville, announced informally that he’d return to Rupp Arena for a road game against the Wildcats in 2019, according to Pat Hickey on Twitter.

At tonight's caravan, Evansville coach Walter McCarty informally announced a road game at his alma mater Kentucky for early in the 2019-20 season.

— Pat Hickey (@patmhickey) July 26, 2018

McCarty was a National Champion at Kentucky on the 1996 team. Following that, he was drafted by the New York Knicks in the first round.