Nick KrugThe Kansas men’s basketball program will face St. John’s in New York City in this year’s Big 12/Big East battle during the 2021-22 regular season.
The game, which was officially announced Wednesday, will take place on Dec. 2 at UBS Arena in Elmnot, N.Y., the future home of hockey’s New York Islanders.
It will mark KU’s second trip to the Big Apple during the 2021-22 season, as the Jayhawks are also slated to face Michigan State at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan on Nov. 9.
KU and St. John’s have met 13 times since 1950 with the Jayhawks winning the last two meetings and four of the last five. KU leads the all-time series 8-5. The most recent KU-SJU showdown came on Nov. 10, 2000, when KU won 82-74.
The game will mark KU’s third appearance in the Big 12/Big East Battle. The Jayhawks defeated No. 8 Creighton at Allen Fieldhouse last December and fell to No. 18 Villanova in Philadelphia in December of 2019.
According to a release announcing the game, this year’s matchups were jointly determined by the two conferences. The home school has the right to determine the venue of its game. Broadcast arrangements for the games will be determined by the national television rights holder of the home team, which is ESPN for the Big 12 and FOX Sports for the BIG EAST.
The four-year agreement between the two conferences runs through the 2022-23 season and features an equal number of games played in each conference’s home market each year.
Tipoff times and television designations will be announced when available.
Here’s a look at all of the matchups in the 2021 Big 12/Big East Battle:
Dec. 1 – Texas Tech at Providence
Dec. 2 – Kansas at St. John’s
Dec. 4 – Iowa State at Creighton
Dec. 5 – Xavier at Oklahoma State
Dec. 7 – Butler at Oklahoma
Dec. 8 – Marquette at Kansas State
Dec. 8 – Connecticut at West Virginia
Dec. 9 – Texas at Seton Hall
Dec. 12 – Villanova at Baylor
Dec. 18 – TCU at Georgetown
