Kentucky Wildcats Quickies: Basketball Schedule Edition

Good morning BBN, these are your Wednesday morning quickies. The complete schedule has been announced for the basketball team, which we had a pretty good idea of aside from in-conference play.

Now we know the full schedule, which gives us some details, like closing the season against co-champion Texas A&M. We also discovered that there aren’t any Thursday-Saturday combos, which will be great as the season wears down and the team hits the stretch drive in SEC play. On top of all that, we know the time and channel for each game as well.

To see the entire schedule, check out our look at it here.

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SEC Slate Completes Men’s Basketball 2016-17 Schedule | UK Wildcats News
The 2016-17 Kentucky men’s basketball schedule is now complete after the SEC announced the upcoming conference schedule on Tuesday. UK tips off the season on the road at Ole Miss to play in the newly-constructed Pavilion at Ole Miss for the first time on Dec. 29 – the earliest the SEC slate has opened since the 1987-88 season.

Arizona gets Ayton, top recruit and possible top NBA pick: Things to know - CBSSports.com
Ayton is a 7-foot Bahamian big man that has No.-1-overall-in-the-NBA-Draft talent. There is still some question as to whether Ayton will actually play in college.

Mohamed Bamba takes recruiting visit to Harvard » UK recruiting blog
Bamba was on Harvard’s campus for an unofficial visit Tuesday. He took his first official visit to Michigan last weekend.

Hutchins’ Header, Clean Sheet Help UK Soccer Defeat Louisville - UK Wildcats News
Noah Hutchins headed a brilliant goal just before half, and the Kentucky men’s soccer defense kept another trademark clean sheet during a 1-0 victory over Louisville on Tuesday at The Bell.

Eliminator Week 1 -- Who's already eliminated from the CFB Playoff race
So long, Kentucky, Mississippi State and four other Power 5 teams that are already out of playoff contention.

Biggest Hits in College Football Week 1 - YouTube
A look back at the biggest hits from Week 1 in college football.

Sean Miller provides reminder that he's among game's top recruiters - CBSSports.com
DeAndre Ayton on Tuesday became the 15th five-star prospect to commit to Sean Miller's Wildcats in the past seven years

50 pieces of PFF data you need to know for 2016 - PFF
Senior Analyst Sam Monson gets you ready for the 2016 NFL season with these 50 bits of information from the PFF database.

Power Rankings: Top 10 teams go down - ESPN
Upsets and surprises all over the country in Week 1 led to a Power Rankings list that looks a lot different than in preseason.

Byron Maxwell very bluntly admits he left Seahawks for financial reasons - NFL. The Seahawks came out on the right end here.

Corey Kluber suffers his first loss since July - Fox Sports. The Astros managed to stifle a dominant Kluber, handing him his first loss in his last eight decisions.

Marlins activate Giancarlo Stanton from the DL - USA Today. Just three weeks after Stanton’s season was believed to be over due to a groin injury, the Marlins have brought him back to hopefully provide some much-needed pop.

Why Brian Cashman thinks its worth it sticking with Aaron Judge - New York Post. Judge has struggled with being a contact hitter as of late, posting a strikeout rate over 50%, but Cashman sees a reason to stick with him.

Texas ranked in AP Poll for first time under Charlie Strong - ESPN. The Horns catapulted up the rankings after defeating Notre Dame, and Texas has one sign that Strong’s rebuild is working.

Despite reports, giant pandas may still be endangered - Washington Post.

For sale: Creepy NASA robot that helped test space suits - Engadget.