LAWRENCE — The Kansas basketball team is opening and closing its 2016-17 nonconference season with a bang.

KU announced its full nonconference schedule Tuesday, with the Jayhawks beginning and ending their docket with perennial NCAA Tournament squads Indiana, Duke and Kentucky.

KU opens its regular season against the Hoosiers as part of the Armed Forces Classic on Nov. 11 in Honolulu, faces the Blue Devils four days later as part of the Champions Classic on Nov. 15 in New York and finishes its non-conference schedule against Kentucky as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Jan. 28 in Lexington.

"With this schedule, once again we will rank at the top of the toughest schedules in the nation," KU coach Bill Self said in a news release. "We’ll get our share of frequent flyer miles right off the bat playing Indiana in Honolulu and Duke in New York City. We’re playing 10 of our 12 non-league games against teams which went to the postseason last year, including four NCAA teams."

After hosting Washburn and Emporia State for a pair of exhibition games on Nov. 1 and 7, respectively, the Jayhawks do not return to Allen Fieldhouse until their regular season home opener Nov. 18 against Siena. It is the latest home opener for KU since the 2005-06 season.

Following five potential neutral-site contests, the Jayhawks’ first true road contest of the year comes Dec. 22 when KU will travel to Las Vegas to face UNLV.

Other highlights on the Jayhawks’ nonconference schedule include the CBE Hall of Fame Classic on Nov. 21-22 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., and home dates against Stanford (Dec. 3) and former Big 12 rival Nebraska (Dec. 10) at Allen Fieldhouse. The Cornhuskers feature former KU player Andrew White, who averaged 16.6 points and 5.9 rebounds as a junior last season.

The rest of KU’s nonconference slate includes games against UNC-Asheville (Nov. 25), Long Beach State (Nov. 29) and UMKC (Dec. 6), all at Allen Fieldhouse, and Davidson (Dec. 17) at Sprint Center.

"This schedule, like in the past," Self said, "will help us prepare for the always tough Big 12 season."

KANSAS MEN’S HOOPS SCHEDULE

2016-17 NONCONFERENCE

Nov. 1 — Washburn (Exh.)

Nov. 7 — Emporia State (Exh.)

Nov. 11 — Indiana (Armed Forces Classic)

Nov. 15 — Duke (Champions Classic)

Nov. 18 — Siena

Nov. 21-22 — TBD (CBE Hall of Fame Classic)

Nov. 25 — UNC-Asheville

NOv. 29 — Long Beach State

Dec. 3 — Stanford

Dec. 6 — UMKC

Dec. 10 — Nebraska

Dec. 17 — Davidson (at Kansas City, Mo.)

Dec. 22 — at UNLV

Jan. 28 — at Kentucky