KU, St. John’s slated to square off in 2021 Big 12/Big East Battle in New York

By Matt Tait     Jun 2, 2021

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Kansas forward David McCormack (33) roars after swatting a Baylor shot late in the second half on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 at Allen Fieldhouse. At right is Baylor guard Mark Vital (11).

The 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

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.