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Kentucky vs Kansas Open Game Thread

We go Rockin and Chalkin all the way to Chicago.

Purdue v Kansas Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Kansas meets Kentucky in the second game of the Champions Classic in Chicago, IL.

Kansas (1-0, 0-0) is currently ranked #4 in the AP Poll.

Kentucky (2-0, 0-0), comes in at #7 in the AP Poll.

Kentucky is coached by John Calipari, who is 251-53 in his 9th season with the Wildcats. Calipari is 654-191 in 26 seasons overall.

Kentucky leads the all-time series 22-8, but Bill Self is 5-3 against the Wildcats since he’s been in Lawrence.

Kansas has the longest active streak of top-25 rankings, going back 162 polls to Feb 3, 2009.

Of these two schools, it was NOT Kansas who lost to Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT in 2013.

For more information on how to catch the game, click here.

ROCK CHALK!