The SEC has announced the matchups for this year’s SEC/Big East Challenge and there will only be 12 games played. Some had wondered if Missouri and Texas A&M would get to take part this season — the Big East still has about 40 basketball schools — but the answer is no. Sorry Tigers and Aggies.
This year’s games are as follows:
Thursday, November 29, 2012
South Carolina at St. John’s
Seton Hall at LSU
Kentucky at Notre Dame
Marquette at Florida
Friday, November 30, 2012
Georgia at South Florida
DePaul at Auburn
Tennessee at Georgetown
Syracuse at Arkansas
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Mississippi State at Providence
Rutgers at Ole Miss
Alabama at Cincinnati
Villanova at Vanderbilt
UPDATE — Hold off on buying those Syracuse/Arkansas tickets. As part of their ongoing battle to escape the Big East, Syracuse officials have told the league they are “overcommitted” and can’t take part in the game. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh officials — also trying to escape — say they were expecting to get a home game this year. Instead, they were left out.
