LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball has released its non-conference schedule for the 2024-25 season.

This Jayhawks team, once again led by head coach Bill Self, won’t go without tests ahead of Big 12 Conference play. Veteran returning players such as graduate center Hunter Dickinson, graduate guard Dajuan Harris Jr. and senior forward KJ Adams Jr. will have their opportunities to learn what it’s like to play alongside a group of high-profile newcomers. Those additions include junior guard AJ Storr, graduate guard Shakeel Moore and senior guard Zeke Mayo.

But what are those tests Kansas will encounter? Which teams stand in the way of the Jayhawks getting off to the start they want this year? One is a rival, and another is the team KU beat to win the 2022 national championship.

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Here’s a full looks at Kansas’ non-conference slate, which follows Late Night in the Phog on Oct. 18 and an exhibition at home against Washburn on Oct. 29:

Kansas basketball’s non-conference schedule

Nov. 4 (home) — Howard

Nov. 8 (home) — North Carolina

Nov. 12 (neutral, Atlanta) — Michigan State in Champions Classic

Nov. 16 (home) — Oakland

Nov. 19 (home) — UNC-Wilmington

Nov. 26 (neutral, Las Vegas) — Duke in Vegas Showdown

Nov. 30 (home) — Furman in Vegas Showdown

Dec. 4 (away) — Creighton in Big 12-Big East Challenge

Dec. 8 (away) — Missouri

Dec. 14 (home) — NC State

Dec. 22 (home) — Brown

Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.

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