Basketball season is just around the corner and on Thursday, the Southeastern Conference announced the television schedule for 2011-12 women’s basketball season. Head coach Matthew Mitchell and his ascendant Kentucky Wildcats will play on television nine times.The Wildcats may be replacing Victoria Dunlap, one of the top players in school history, but UK boasts a young and promising roster with a number of highly regarded newcomers and returnees. Senior point guard Amber Smith and junior guard A’dia Mathies will lead the team this season as the Cats play four games on the ESPN family of networks, including two Big Monday games on ESPN2.Below is the complete schedule of televised games with home events in bold:Dec. 18 (Sun) at Notre Dame ESPNU – 1 p.m. ETJan. 1 (Sun) at Florida –  CSS – 1 p.m. ETJan. 8 (Sun) MISSISSIPPI STATE – FSN – 3:30 p.m. ETJan. 12 (Thurs) TENNESSEE – FSN – 7 p.m. ETJan. 22 (Sun) FLORIDA – SECN – 2 p.m. ETJan. 29 (Sun) ALABAMA – CSS –  2 p.m. ETFeb. 13 (Mon) at Tennessee – ESPN2 – 7 p.m. ETFeb. 20 (Mon) VANDERBILT – ESPN2 – 9 p.m. ETFeb. 26 (Sun) at Mississippi State – ESPNU – 5:30 p.m. ET