PITTSBURGH PA - DECEMBER 11: Brad Wanamaker #22 of the Pittsburgh Panthers lays one in against the Tennessee Volunteers during the SEC/BIG EAST Invitational at Consol Energy Center on December 11 2010 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.The Volunteers defeated the Panthers 83-76. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
ESPN announced the pairings for the annual Big East-SEC Challenge for the 2011-2012 basketball season today. There are several intriguing matchups that should give basketball fans a pretty good idea how strong both the top and bottom of the respective conferences will be this year. Big East teams South Florida, Notre Dame, Marquette, and Villanova are not participating this year.
All of the games will be televised by ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU. Here are the matchups.
Thursday, December 1
- St. John's at Kentucky
- Georgetown at Alabama
- Providence at South Carolina
- Ole Miss at DePaul
Friday, December 2
- Vanderbilt at Louisville
- Florida at Syracuse
- Cincinnati at Georgia
- Auburn at Seton Hall
Saturday, December 3
- Arkansas at Connecticut
- Pittsburgh at Tennessee
- West Virginia at Mississippi State
- LSU at Rutgers


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