Jayhawks will play Buckeyes

April 25, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan.

Kansas will play Kentucky, Ohio State and maybe Duke too next season.

The Jayhawks, who lost six key members of the team that just went 35-3, could face as many as three defending regular-season champions.

In a non-conference schedule released Sunday, Kansas will play Kentucky on Nov. 15 in the inaugural Champions Classic in Madison Square Garden. Duke will play Michigan State in the other game.

Ohio State, the Big Ten regular-season and tournament champion, visits Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 10. On Dec. 22, the Jayhawks will travel to Los Angeles to play USC, which lost to Kansas 70-68 in Allen Fieldhouse last December.