Cards Will Play at Kentucky on New Year's Eve

UofL men's basketball will play at Kentucky on Dec. 31, 2022 at noon on CBS.

August 26, 2022 | Men's Basketball

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville men's basketball team will face intrastate rival Kentucky in Lexington on Dec. 31 at noon in a game televised by CBS.

While the Cardinals and Wildcats were scheduled to play their rivalry game in Louisville in 2022, COVID-related issues forced last year's matchup in Lexington to be canceled and the schools agreed to move the planned schedule a year forward and play this year's New Year's Eve contest in Lexington.

Louisville won the last meeting 62-59 in Louisville on Dec. 26, 2020, but the Wildcats have a 37-17 series advantage. The two teams had not met in regular season play for 62 years before the current series was renewed in 1983. The rivals had played all 38 seasons since then until last year's missed contest broke the streak.