In-Season Tournaments

Georgetown

Gonzaga

Michigan State

Tennessee

Other (Maryland, Oklahoma St, Siena, Wichita St)

CBE Classic (Nov 24-25)

Syracuse vs. Florida

Kansas vs. Washington

 

Before you turn on the TV for this tournament, do yourself a favor.  Forget about last season.  None of these teams resemble what you saw a year ago.

National champion Kansas lost no less than eight players from their roster, five of them to the NBA Draft.  For just about any other program this would mean a dreadful rebuilding year.  Not Kansas. 

North Carolina

Notre Dame

Texas

Other (Alabama, Chaminade, Indiana, Oregon, St. Joseph's)

EA SPORTS Maui Invitational (Nov 24-26)

Key Games:

-       Texas / St. Joseph's winner vs. Indiana / Notre Dame winner

-       UNC vs. Alabama / Oregon winner

-       Championship game

 

Duke

Michigan

Southern Illinois

UCLA

Usually, with all the hope and excitement that naturally accompanies the start of yet another great season, college basketball fans anxiously gather around their sets in November to take in all the...blowouts. 

Whether you're awaiting Duke's season opener against the always dangerous Presbyterian College Blue Hose, or mighty UConn testing their mettle against the likes of Bryant and Delaware State, there doesn't seem to be much to look forward to in the very early season.

ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Valley Conference and the Mountain West Conference announced today an agreement in principle to the formation of an annual Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge for men’s basketball. All 19 members of both leagues will participate in the Challenge, which will feature head-to-head competition between nine Mountain West and nine Missouri Valley teams annually.

ESPN Regional Television announced today the schedule of matchups for the inaugural Charleston Classic, set for Nov. 14-16 at the new Carolina First Center in Charleston, S.C.

The event will include 12 games in three days, with six games being broadcast on CSS. The Southern Conference, based in Spartanburg, S.C., will serve as the event's sponsoring conference.

NEW YORK - The 16-team field for the 2008 Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament was announced today by C.M. Newton, chair of the NIT Selection Committee.

"Once again, the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament features an outstanding field and we look forward to another exciting start to college basketball," commented Newton.

The 2008 NIT Season Tip-Off teams and brackets are as follows:

Texas will face Villanova, and Davidson will face West Virginia in the 14^th annual Jimmy V Men’s Basketball Classic on Tuesday, Dec. 9, ESPN and the V Foundation announced today. The Horns and Wildcats are scheduled to tipoff at 9 p.m. Eastern at Madison Square Garden, while Davidson and West Virginia is slated for