Ever wonder how the Kentucky schedule was put together? Here’s an interesting article that gives a little insight to how the television networks use a pecking order for selecting and scheduling the games they want to broadcast. Mark Whitworth, associate commissioner of the SEC, says scheduling isn’t all TV driven and gives a couple of constraining League rules. Of maximum interest, Mike Aresco, a vice president for programming at CBS Sports, said, "the word in TV circles is that Kentucky will not play North Carolina (next season)..."

Well worth the read, the article also has a grab bag of other topics: Kevin Stallings scheduling complaints, progress on the renovation of Rupp, Rupp shoehorns twice as many people in the same space as Florida’s O’Connell Center, Mitch Barnhart is trying to avoid an 18 game conference schedule to save our non-conference games with Indiana, Louisville and North Carolina, the SEC-Big East challenge and the Champions Classic with Duke, Kansas and Michigan State, Joker thanked Calipari for his support and Joe B. Hall will be honored.

Note: Though this is a Jerry Tipton Article, I judge it worthy of your attention and offer it up as a reward to Jerry for having written a very informative piece of journalism with a positive tone appropriate for his audience of Kentucky Fans.