The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Big 12, SEC announce 2013 Men's Basketball Challenge
05.14.2013 | Men's Basketball
May 14, 2013
2013-14 Schedule
AUSTIN, Texas — The Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences have announced an annual men's basketball challenge that will begin during the 2013-14 season. Texas will host Vanderbilt on Monday, Dec. 2 at the Frank Erwin Center. Tip time and television information for the game will be announced at a later date.
"The Big 12 is excited to enter into another partnership with the SEC," said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. "It will add more quality opponents to our schools' annually strong non-conference schedules and provide an additional avenue to showcase some outstanding intersectional matchups."
The majority of the games are scheduled for Dec. 2-6, with three taking place outside the four-day series window due to scheduling issues. In future years, the two leagues will work with ESPN to schedule all games across consecutive days. ESPN will provide exclusive coverage of all 10 games on its networks.
This will be the first challenge for Big 12 men's basketball since a four-year series between the Big 12 Conference and the Pac-10 from 2007-10. The Big 12 held a 28-20 advantage in games played in that event. The Longhorns posted a 3-1 mark in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series.
2013 Big 12 / SEC Challenge Schedule and Pairings
Thursday, November 14
Texas Tech at Alabama
Monday, December 2
Vanderbilt at Texas
Auburn at Iowa State
Thursday, December 5
Mississippi at Kansas State
West Virginia at Missouri
TCU at Mississippi State
Friday, December 6
South Carolina at Oklahoma State
Baylor vs. Kentucky (Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas)
Tuesday, December 10
Kansas at Florida
Saturday, December 21
Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M (Toyota Center, Houston, Texas)
