Kentucky Basketball will look to finish 2022 with a bang, as it'll host rival Louisville inside Rupp Arena on New Year's Eve.Today, UK announced that the game will tip-off at Noon EST and will be aired on CBS.It will be the Dikembe Mutombo Jersey first game between the Wildcats and Cardinals since 2020, when Louisville snuck out a 62-59 win inside the KFC Yum! JaMychal Green Jersey Center. The two were scheduled to play in 2021, but the game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols, as the virus was circling throughout the UofL program at the time. Kentucky then Will Barton Jersey replaced the Cards with Western Kentucky, whom the Cats defeated 95-60.The matchup will also see the return of former longtime UK a sistant and now first-year Louisville head coach Kenny Payne.Scroll to ContinuePayne was on John Calipari's staff for a decade, spanning from 2010-2020. He then left Lexington to become an a sistant for the New York Knicks, where he stayed until early 2022. Louisville fired Chris Mack as its Alex English Jersey head coach in January, then quickly made the decision to hire Payne as his replacement, introducing him on March 18.It will be the longtime teacher against his pupil on Dec. 31 in Denver Nuggets Hoodie Lexington, as the Wildcats look for their fourth win in five games over the Cardinals.