Will Wade's first SEC game as LSU's men's basketball head coach will come against the Kentucky Wildcats, the SEC announced on Thursday afternoon.
John Calipari and the Wildcats will make their way to Baton Rouge and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Jan. 3.
Some SEC teams open their conference schedule in December because of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, but since LSU is not participating in that event this season, the Tigers get 18 consecutive SEC games to close out their 2017-18 regular season schedule.
Kentucky opens its SEC schedule on Dec.