Three months from the Big Blue Madness, the official start of the Kentucky men’s basketball season, UK has unveiled its nonconference schedule for the 2011-12 season.

UK will play a total of 15 nonconference games this season out of a possible 16 teams from 11 different leagues (UK will play Old Dominion or South Florida on Dec. 20 based on previous Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament results in Uncasville, Conn.). Six of those squads were in the NCAA Tournament a year ago, including two Elite Eight teams.

This year's schedule features the likes of North Carolina and Kansas, the nation's second- and third-winningest schools in NCAA history, along with rising programs like St. John's, Penn State and Old Dominion. There's a five-game home stand in December, the annual clash with archrival Louisville, and a tough three-game stretch against Portland, St. John's and North Carolina.