The Wildcats will also host Arizona State (Dec. 12) and meet Ohio State on Dec. 19 in Brooklyn, New York, in the non-league schedule released Thursday. They open at home Nov. 13-14 against Albany and NJIT respectively before meeting the champion Blue Devils on Nov. 17 in Chicago.
Kentucky follows with home games against Wright State, Boston and Illinois State sandwiched around a Nov. 27 meeting in Miami against South Florida, which is coached by former Wildcats assistant Orlando Antigua. The Wildcats face UCLA on Dec. 3 and will host Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 9) and Louisville (Dec. 26) and travel to Kansas on Jan. 30.