Kentucky and Kansas have both released their schedules, and they're both interesting, not least of all because KU plays Duke.
Kentucky plays Michigan State, UNC, Louisville and somewhat dangerous Boise State and Belmont at home.
They also went to the trouble of scheduling a payback/psychic healing against Robert Morris, the upstarts who whacked them in the NIT.
We might have passed on that one and left the wound to fester.
Michigan State is on the 12th of November and the Spartans will bring a rugged, experienced team against a very talented group of freshmen and sophomores. Should be fascinating, really.
Kansas, meanwhile, faces Duke in Chicago on the same card as UK/MSU, heads to the islands for the Battle4Atlantis along with Iowa, Villanova, Tennessee, UTEP, Xavier, USC and Wake Forest.
They also get New Mexico in Kansas City, at Florida, at Colorado and Georgetown and San Diego State at home. It's going to look good in March.