(KU) The National Champion Kansas Jayhawks have released their non-conference schedule for the 2022-23 season.
The non-conference schedule is highlighted by games in Allen Fieldhouse against Indiana, Seton Hall, and Harvard as well as Southern Utah and Texas Southern. KU defeated Texas Southern in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament en route to the national title.
Kansas will host three games prior to the Champions Classic, including an exhibition contest against Pittsburg State on Wednesday, November 2. KU will then host Omaha on Monday, November 7 and North Dakota State on Thursday, November 10 before playing Duke in the Champions Classic, Tuesday, November 15, in Indianapolis.
Kansas will return home to host Southern Utah on Friday, November 18, before heading to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis, November 23-25. The event’s field includes future Big 12-member BYU, Butler, Dayton, N.C. State, USC, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
KU will then host Texas Southern on November 28 and Seton Hall on December 1 in the Big 12/BIG EAST Battle. Next, Kansas will travel to Missouri on December 10. Last year, Kansas defeated Missouri, 102-65, in Allen Fieldhouse in the first meeting between the two schools since 2012.
Kansas will close out the calendar year when it hosts Harvard on December 22. The 2022-23 Big 12 league schedule will begin on December 31. On Saturday, January 28, Kansas will play at Kentucky in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Last year, KU passed UK in becoming the winningest program in NCAA Division I history, currently at 2,357 all-time wins. Kentucky is at 2,353.