Big East - SEC Challenge Matchups Announced

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