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You guy's are crazy, that schedule is still brutal, we play UNC(ESPN preseason #2), Louisville(ESPN preseason topo 10), Indiana(ESPN preseason top 12), UAB, and if we win the two games at Rupp in the 2K tournament, we would play Memphis (ESPN preseason #1) and the play the winner or loser of Connecticut and Oklahoma. In no way is this a cupcake compared to last seasons, we could play upwards of 6 or 7 ranked teams in the non-conference. This a top 5 schedule.

There are not 6 or 7 ranked teams on there. UConn (17-14) and Oklahoma (16-15) may be big names, but neither team even made the NCAA tournament last year. I doubt either team will be ranked this year, nor will UAB. That leaves only 4 ranked teams at the most that UK could play.

I am still not even sure we will definitely play Memphis in the 2K tourney, I just went onto their official website and they have not posted any brackets yet. All they show are the 4 tournament hosts, but not how they would match up in the semi's, assuming they all made it. If we do draw Memphis, that will give us four top 25 teams. That does sound good, but the rest of the non-conf schedule is still very weak.