Via Kansas Athletics
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The last two NCAA men’s basketball champions will square off when 2023 champ Connecticut plays at 2022 champ Kansas in the Big EAST-Big 12 Battle on Dec. 1 in historic Allen Fieldhouse. Both conferences announced the Big EAST-Big 12 pairings Thursday.
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Kansas leads the series with Connecticut, 3-0, with the last meeting being a 73-61 win on March 19, 2016, in the NCAA Tournament second round in Des Moines, Iowa. KU won the first meeting against UConn, 88-59, on Jan. 1, 1995 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, and the second, 73-65, on Jan. 19, 1997, in Hartford, Conn.
This will be the fifth BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle with Kansas holding a 3-1 record. Last season, Kansas defeated Seton Hall, 91-65, on Dec. 1, 2022, in Allen Fieldhouse. KU won at St. John’s, 95-75, in 2021 and defeated Creighton, 73-72, in 2020. Kansas’ sole loss in the battle was at Villanova, 55-56, in 2019.
2023 BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle Schedule
Nov. 30 – Texas Tech at Butler
Nov. – Creighton at Oklahoma State
Dec. 1 – Iowa State at DePaul
Dec. 1 – Houston at Xavier
Dec. 1 – CONNECTICUT AT KANSAS
Dec. 1 – St. John’s at West Virginia
Dec. 2 – TCU at Georgetown
Dec. 5 – Texas at Marquette
Dec. 5 – Providence at Oklahoma
Dec. 5 – Villanova at Kansas State
Dec. 5 – Seton Hall at Baylor
