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The 2010-11 Kentucky Wildcats basketball schedule has finally been released. The Wildcats kick off the 2010-11 NCAA basketball season against East Tennessee State on November 12th, 2010. The Cats then play Portland before taking on the Oklahoma Sooners on November 22nd. The Wildcats then travel to play in Hawaii in the Maui Invitational on November 24th. This year’s matchup with the Tar Heels will be played at North Carolina on December 4th, 2010.

2010-11 Kentucky Wildcats Preseason Schedule

August 15, 2010 7 p.m. Windsor St. Denis Centre Windsor, Ontario

August 16, 2010 6 p.m. Western St. Denis Centre Windsor, Ontario

August 17, 2010 11 a.m. Windsor St. Denis Centre Windsor, Ontario

November 1, 2010 TBA Pikeville Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Big Blue Sports Network

November 5, 2010 TBA Dillard Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Big Blue Sports Network

2010-11 UK Basketball Regular Season Schedule

Nov. 1 a-PIKEVILLE TBA TBA

Nov. 5 a-DILLARD TBA TBA

Nov. 12 EAST TENNESSEE ST. TBA TBA

Nov. 19 b-Portland 10:30 p.m. ESPNU

Nov. 22 c-Oklahoma 5:30 p.m. ESPN2

Nov. 23 c-Virginia/Washington 4:30/9:30 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Nov. 24 c-Maui Invitational TBA ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU

Nov. 30 BOSTON TBA TBA

Dec. 4 At North Carolina 12:30 p.m. CBS-27

Dec. 8 d-Notre Dame 9:30 p.m. ESPN

Dec. 11 INDIANA 5:15 p.m. ESPN

Dec. 18 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. TBA TBA

Dec. 22 WINTHROP TBA TBA

Dec. 28 COPPIN ST. TBA TBA

Dec. 31 At Louisville Noon CBS-27

Jan. 3 PENN 7 p.m. ESPNU

Jan. 8 At Georgia 4 p.m. SEC Network

Jan. 11 AUBURN 7 p.m. ESPNU

Jan. 15 LSU 4 p.m. SEC Network

Jan. 18 At Alabama 9 p.m. ESPN

Jan. 22 At South Carolina 6 p.m. ESPN

Jan. 29 GEORGIA 4 p.m. ESPN

Feb. 1 At Mississippi 7 p.m. ESPNU

Feb. 5 At Florida 9 p.m. ESPN

Feb. 8 TENNESSEE 9 p.m. ESPN

Feb. 12 At Vanderbilt 1 p.m. CBS-27

Feb. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE 7 p.m. ESPN

Feb. 19 SOUTH CAROLINA 4 p.m. SEC Network

Feb. 23 At Arkansas 8 p.m. SEC Network

Feb. 26 FLORIDA 4 p.m. CBS-27

Mar. 1 VANDERBILT 9 p.m. ESPN

Mar. 6 At Tennessee Noon CBS-27

Mar. 10-13 e-SEC Tournament TBA ABC-36

a-exhibition; b-at Rose Garden, Portland, Ore.; c-Maui Invitational (Lahaina Civic Center,

Maui, Hawaii); d-SEC/Big East Invitational (Freedom Hall, Louisville); e-at Atlanta, Ga.

(Georgia Dome).

2011 Postseason Schedule

2011 SEC Tournament

March 10-13, 2011 vs. Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA SEC Network/ABC

2011 NCAA Tournament

March 15-April 4, 2011 vs. Reliant Stadium Houston, TX

(2011 Final Four) CBS

ESPN has announced the schedule for the third College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon that will take place on Tuesday, November 16^th, 2010. There will be 12 live college basketball games broadcast on ESPN for 24 consecutive hours for the second straight season. There will be 20 total live games across the ESPN network with games being show on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3.com.

Featured games in the Tip-Off marathon will feature three of the four teams that were in the 2010 NCAA Final Four (Butler, Michigan State, and Duke). The defending women’s champ, Connecticut, will also be playing against Louisville during the tip-off marathon. The day’s events will commence with Memphis hosting Miami at midnight. The marathon will also feature 21 conferences to include The SEC, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, and others. The final two games shown during the marathon will feature Butler playing at Louisville and South Carolina at Michigan State.

2010 College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon TV Schedule

Date Time (ET) Matchup Network

Tue, Nov 16, 2010

12:00 am Miami at Memphis ESPN / ESPN3.com

2 a.m. St. John’s at Saint Mary’s ESPN / ESPN3.com

4 a.m. Central Michigan at Hawaii ESPN / ESPN3.com

6 a.m. Stony Brook at Monmouth ESPN / ESPN3.com

8 a.m. Robert Morris at Kent State ESPN / ESPN3.com

10 a.m. Northeastern at Southern Illinois ESPN / ESPN3.com

12:00 p.m. Oral Roberts at Tulsa ESPN / ESPN3.com

2 p.m. La Salle at Baylor ESPN / ESPN3.com

4 p.m. Virginia Tech at Kansas State ESPN / ESPN3.com

5:30 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (from Villanova): Marist at Villanova ESPNU

6 p.m. Ohio State at Florida ESPN / ESPN3.com

6 p.m. State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic (from Hartford): Baylor at Connecticut ESPN2 / ESPN3.com

7:30 p.m. O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (from Durham): Miami (Ohio) at Duke ESPNU

8 p.m. Butler at Louisville ESPN / ESPN3.com

9:30 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (from Knoxville): Belmont at Tennessee ESPNU

10 p.m. South Carolina at Michigan State ESPN / ESPN3.com

11 p.m. O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (from Spokane): San Diego State vs. Gonzaga ESPN2 / ESPN3.com

11:30 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (from Los Angeles): Nevada or Pacific at UCLA ESPNU

TBD St. Joseph’s at Penn State ESPN3.com

TBD North Dakota at Wisconsin ESPN3.com

Scouting organizations had Memphis coach Josh Pastner as the second best recruiter this past off-season, but high hopes that the Tigers would be back to their best in 2010-11 have taken a serious hit.

Will Barton, who the best basketball tipsters consider as arguably the best shooting guard to join the college ranks this year, has been ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA and would now seem unlikely ever to pull on a Tigers jersey before heading off to the NBA next summer.

Barton was with the Tigers for their first few practices of the late summer before being told that he was ineligible, seemingly stemming from the fact he had been to a number of high schools before arriving at Memphis, something that always brings up a red flag with collegiate sporting officials.

Barton was expected to be a huge contributor in Pastner’s second season with the Tigers, and he will appeal the decision, but if it does come to light that he failed to graduate in the NCAA’s time-frame, then there is little he or Memphis can do about it.

He will have options even if the NCAA declares him ineligible, perhaps following Brandon Jennings’ example and heading off to Europe, but that is of no consolation to the Tigers, despite their incoming class oozing ability and skill without Barton.

Sadly, it appears that previous history may have also come back to haunt Memphis; this is not the first time they have had issues to answer over academic questions (Derrick Rose, Pierre Henderson-Niles) and it appears the NCAA has had enough of it, despite Barton’s ‘mistake’ being the least egregious.

So, for now, basketball betting pundits note how the Tigers have to move on without Barton, but the disappointment might just be lessened by the quality of the rest of their class, which could well include as many as five freshmen making up part of their rotation.

Chief among them seems to be Joe Jackson, who would appear likely to start in the backcourt, while Jelan Kendrick, Tarik Black and Chris Crawford could all play significant minutes in their first season, one that could see the Tigers back at the top of the Conference USA table after losing out to UTEP last time around.