Tip time, network announced for Texas-Ole Miss game in Big 12/SEC Challenge

IRVING, Texas — The networks and times for the men's basketball 2018 Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic have been finalized, the two conferences and ESPN have announced. Texas will host Mississippi in the Frank Erwin Center on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. Central on ESPN2.

For the third straight year, all 10 games in the Challenge are slated to be played on one day – Saturday, Jan. 27. The two leagues will own the air on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU for a minimum of eight consecutive hours, with matchups slated every two hours beginning at 11 a.m. Central.

UT holds an 8-6 lead in the all-time series against the Rebels. The series began with an 86-72 Texas victory in the championship game of the Blue-Gray Tournament (Montgomery, Ala.) on Dec. 17, 1955. In the most recent meeting (Dec. 6, 1975), the Longhorns recorded a 67-65 win in Austin.

The Big 12 is 25-15 (.625) in the Challenge, having won the first three and recording a split last year. The Big 12 has posted a 53-35 (.602) record in the last two conference challenge series it has played (vs. Pac-10, SEC) dating back to 2007.

Texas has registered a 2-2 mark in its previous four Challenge appearances. UT posted a 70-64 victory against Vanderbilt in Austin on Dec. 2, 2013, and the Longhorns fell at No. 1/1 Kentucky 63-51 on Dec. 5, 2014. Texas recorded a 72-58 home win against Vanderbilt on Jan. 30, 2016, and UT lost 59-57 at Georgia on Jan. 28, 2017.

2018 Big 12/SEC Challenge Pairings * Saturday, Jan. 27

(all times Central)

Game	TV	Time
Baylor at Florida	ESPN	11 a.m.
Texas Tech at South Carolina	ESPN2	11 a.m.
Mississippi at TEXAS	ESPN2	1 p.m.
Georgia at Kansas State	ESPNU	1 p.m.
Oklahoma at Alabama	ESPN	1:15 p.m.
TCU at Vanderbilt	ESPN2	3 p.m.
Tennessee at Iowa State	ESPNU	3 p.m.
Texas A&M at Kansas	ESPN	3:30 or 6 p.m.
Kentucky at West Virginia	ESPN	3:30 or 6 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Arkansas	ESPN2	5 p.m.

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Tip time, network announced for Texas-Ole Miss game in Big 12/SEC Challenge

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