ATLANTA (August 12, 2025) – Travel packages for the 2025 edition of the CBS Sports Classic, one of college basketball’s elite early season showcase events are now available. This year’s marquee doubleheader, that will take place Dec. 20 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, features Kentucky vs. St. John’s and North Carolina vs. Ohio State, matching up four of the sport’s most tradition-rich programs on one of the game’s biggest stages.

Official fan travel packages can be secured by visiting www.cbssportsclassic.com/travel. Packages include game tickets, good for both games of the doubleheader, VIP hospitality inside State Farm Arena and hotel accommodations in downtown Atlanta and walking distance to the venue.

State Farm Arena will serve as host for the event for the second time in three years, having last hosted the event in 2023. Throughout the 11-year history of the CBS Sports Classic, the United Center in Chicago (2014, 2018), Barclays Center in Brooklyn (2015), T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (2016, 2019, 2021), Smoothie King Center in New Orleans (2017), Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland (2020) and Madison Square Garden in New York (2022, 2024) have also hosted the event.

Kentucky and St. John’s have met 16 times previously, with the Wildcats owning an 11-5 advantage in the series. The last meeting between the programs came in 2012 in Lexington, where Kentucky scored an 81-59 win over the Red Storm. Pitino was the head coach at Kentucky from 1989-1997, and Pope was the captain of the 1995-96 Wildcat team that won the national championship.

Ohio State and North Carolina have also met 16 times previously, with the Tar Heels holding a firm 13-3 advantage in the series. North Carolina has won each of the three previous matchups in the CBS Sports Classic against the Buckeyes, including an 89-84 overtime win in the teams’ most recent meeting in 2022.

North Carolina is 7-4 in the CBS Sports Classic, Ohio State is 6-4 and Kentucky is 5-6.