Play Now <br> <a href="https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket" class="">Men's Brackets</a> <br> Play Now <br> <a href="https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaaw-tournament/bracket" class="">Women's Brackets</a> <br> <a href="/podcasts/the-early-edge-a-daily-sportsline-betting-podcast/" class="">A Daily SportsLine Betting Podcast</a> <br> <a href="/podcasts/fantasy-football-today-podcast/" class="">NFL Draft recap</a> <br>The potential game of the year in college basketball is set for the 2024-25 season after the <a href="https://www.secsports.com/news/2024/05/2024-25-sec-mens-basketball-conference-opponents-announced" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">SEC released this season's opponents</a> Monday. John Calipari's new-look <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/ARK/arkansas-razorbacks/">Arkansas</a> squad will travel to Rupp Arena to face <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/UK/kentucky-wildcats/">Kentucky</a>, but there will be only one sceduled matchup this season between the Razorbacks and the Wildcats, Calipari's former school.<br>Each SEC team will plays the other 15 teams in the conference at least once and will face three teams a second time in a "home-and-home" series. Two of those three teams will be play twice each season as permanent opponents with the other team changing every year.<br>The three teams Kentucky will play twice this season are <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/BAMA/alabama-crimson-tide/">Alabama</a>, <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TENN/tennessee-volunteers/">Tennessee</a> and <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/VANDY/vanderbilt-commodores/">Vanderbilt</a>. The three teams Arkansas will play twice are LSU, <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/MIZZOU/missouri-tigers/">Missouri</a> and <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TEXAS/texas-longhorns/">Texas</a>.<br>The SEC will announce dates and times laterfor conference games later.<br>Arkansas and Kentucky will feature rosters that will look drastically different from the previous season.<a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/arkansas-2024-25-roster-kentuckys-adou-thiero-transfers-follows-john-calipari-to-razorbacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Since Calipari's arrival in Arkansas, he's helped land five former Kentucky pledges</a> (Karter Knox, Zvonimir Ivišić, Boogie Fland, Adou Theiro, and Billy <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/RICH/richmond-spiders/">Richmond</a>) to pair with former <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TENN/tennessee-volunteers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> big man <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/26777165/jonas-aidoo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonas Aidoo</a> and <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/FAU/florida-atlantic-owls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAU</a> star guard <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3178145/johnell-davis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnell Davis</a>.<br>Kentucky coach Mark Pope is building a roster that features zero returning scholarship players. His first transfer portal commitment came from incoming freshman guard Collin Chandler, who spent the last two years on a Mormon mission. Chandler was Pope's highest-rated signee (No. 33 overall) during his tenure at <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/BYU/brigham-young-cougars/">BYU</a>.<br><a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/kentucky-2024-25-roster-daytons-koby-brea-nations-top-3-point-shooter-last-season-transfers-to-wildcats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky has landed high-profile commitments</a> from <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/DAYTON/dayton-flyers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dayton</a> sharpshooter <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3177797/koby-brea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Koby Brea</a>, <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/WVU/west-virginia-mountaineers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Virginia</a> guard <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3178197/kerr-kriisa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kerr Kriisa</a>, <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/SDGST/san-diego-state-aztecs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Diego State</a> guard <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3177407/lamont-butler/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lamont Butler</a>, and <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/OKLA/oklahoma-sooners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oklahoma</a> guard <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/28954181/otega-oweh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Otega Oweh</a>. All four players project as impact players as Kentucky enters a new era.<br>Another wrinkle of the schedule release includes Texas and <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/OKLA/oklahoma-sooners/">Oklahoma</a> receiving their respective conference opponents as part of an expanded SEC. 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