LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – The highly anticipated matchup between St. John’s and Kentucky now has a time to go with the date. The Wildcats and Red Storm will kick off the CBS Sports Classic, tipping off at 12:30 P.M. on December 20th from State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

This is a matchup fans have been looking forward to as it puts Mark Pope against his former head coach, and Kentucky head coach, Rick Pitino. Pitino was a major advocate for Pope when he got the Kentucky job, and the two had been trying to find a way to get the game on the schedule. It was announced a couple of months ago that this would come to fruition as St. John’s joined the lineup for the CBS Sports Classic.

St. John’s will be replacing UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic starting this season. The other team

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