Kentucky has flexed its considerable talent and muscle over the past two weeks but will have to be even better when it travels to surging, surprising Texas A&M on Wednesday for a key Southeastern Conference dustup in College Station, Texas.
It's a titanic game for both teams as they look to keep pace with Auburn in the conference race and continue to build on terrific early-season success. And while most could have expected the Wildcats to be playing this well, few would have thought the same of the Aggies, who have been one of the nation's Cinderellas.
Kentucky impressed voters in the AP poll enough to move up from 18th to 12th on Monday. Meanwhile, Texas A&M (15-2, 4-0 SEC) is on the outside, placing 10th among the teams that also received votes.
The Wildcats (14-3, 4-1) have won three straight games, including a 107-79 shellacking of then-No. 22 Tennessee on Saturday in Lexington, Ky. Freshman TyTy Washington Jr. scored a career-best 28 points in the win, with Sahvir Wheeler adding 21 as Kentucky shot a season-best 67.9 percent from the floor.
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Wed., Jan. 19 – 8:30 p.m. ET Reed Arena College Station, Texas Game Notes: UK (PDF) | TAMU (PDF) UK Athletics App |
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TV:
The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network. That's DirecTV 611, Dish 408 (Hopper 404), U-Verse 607/1607, FiOs 75/575 and Spectrum Cable 516/517 in Louisville and Lexington.
Stream:
Eligible subscribers can stream the game online via WatchESPN.
Listen:
Tom Leach (play-by-play) and Mike Pratt (analyst) will have the UK radio network call on 840 AM in Louisville and both 630 AM and 98.1 FM in Lexington or online at UKAthletics.com.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.