No. 23 Kentucky Wildcats host the Manhattan Jaspers on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 6 p.m. ET at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Kentucky, entering the second year of the Mark Pope era, went 22-14 last season before losing in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats finished 10-8 in SEC play for the second consecutive season. They added star transfer forward Milan Momcilovic from Iowa State and return 7-foot center Malachi Moreno, a defensive anchor.
Manhattan finished 12-20 last season and is picked to finish 10th out of 13 teams in the newly named Metro Conference, formerly the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The under was 18-13 in Jaspers games last season, reflecting a lack of offensive firepower.
Betting lines list Kentucky as a 33.5-point favorite with an over/under of 158.5 points. The money line sits at Kentucky -20000 and Manhattan +4000. The SportsLine Projection Model, which has simulated the matchup 10,000 times, projects the under to hit 56% of the time with a total of 157 points. The model also indicates one side of the spread hits in nearly 70% of simulations.
The game will be available for streaming on Fubo.
