DETROIT (5/4/2020) -- The first three games of the 2020-21 men's basketball schedule was released today as the University of Detroit Mercy will play in the Bluegrass Showcase with three road games, including a match-up at legendary Kentucky.
The Titans will meet the Wildcats at Rupp Arena on Nov. 13 and will also play at Richmond on Nov. 15 and at Hartford on Nov. 21.
The battle against nationally-ranked Kentucky will feature a couple of dad-son combinations as Titans' head coach
Mike Davis and junior guard
Antoine Davis along with graduate senior
Brad Calipari will face a UK squad coached by Brad's dad, John Calipari.
The two other games will see the first time the Titans will ever visit Richmond and just the second meeting ever, while the red, white and blue have never squared off with Hartford.
Davis led the team in scoring at 24.3 points per game, fourth in the nation and seventh in Titan history, and became just the fourth player in league history to lead the league in scoring twice and the third to do it in back-to-back years. He posted 729 total points, sixth-most in the nation, and his 101 triples on the year was ninth in Division I. He also recorded 52 steals and handed out 4.5 assists per game, while netting 21 games with 20 or more points, six 30-point outings and a season-high and HL-best 43 points in just his second collegiate campaign.
Calipari - who suited up for Kentucky for three years before transferring to Detroit Mercy last year - saw action in 27 games as a Titan, with six starts, and posted 6.1 points, topping the team shooting 38.0 percent from three and finishing second on the squad with 46 triples.
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Tournament Notes
Titans vs. Kentucky Series
Tied at 1-1
Detroit Mercy won at home, 34-26, in 1938 and dropped an 83-46 contest on the road in 1982
Kentucky was 25-6, 15-3 in the Southeastern Conference last season
Titans vs. Richmond
Detroit Mercy leads 1-0
The red, white and blue defeated the Spiders 82-70 at Arizona State's Tribune Classic in 1992
Richmond was 24-7, 14-4 in the Atlantic 10 last season
Titans vs. Hartford
First career meeting
The Hawks were 18-5, 9-7 in the America East last season and were in the conference championship game when the season was canceled
2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule
Nov. 13 at Kentucky
Nov. 15 at Richmond
Nov. 21 at Hartford
