A home date with Missouri in December, two trips to New York City and a Thanksgiving tournament in Orlando highlight the non-conference portion of the 2021-22 Kansas men’s basketball schedule, which was released Tuesday.
The rebirth of the longtime bitter rivalry with Missouri was supposed to begin last season, but scheduling changes brought about by the pandemic forced the start of the six-year series to be pushed back to the upcoming season.
It will mark the first meeting between the two former conference foes since the 2011-12 season.
KU will host the first matchup and the two will play at Mizzou Arena during the 2022-23 season. After that it’s back to Allen Fieldhouse in 2023-24, Mizzou Arena in 2024-25 and consecutive games at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., in 2025-26 and 2026-27.
Prior to Missouri’s departure for the SEC in 2012, KU and…
