Kentucky-Gonzaga clash set for Bridgestone Arena in Nashville

NASHVILLE – Music City will serve as the backdrop for the next matchup in the thrilling Kentucky-Gonzaga men’s basketball series when the two powerhouse programs battle at Bridgestone Arena on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.

Tip time and television information will be announced later. Tickets go on-sale to the public on Friday, March 7 at 10 a.m. CT at www.bridgestonearena.com and on the Ticketmaster app.

“We are excited to continue the series with Gonzaga in Nashville next season,” UK head coach Mark Pope said. “I have a ton of respect for Mark Few and his program, which has been one of the best over the last two decades. We want to continue to put our team in challenging situations and provide BBN with opportunities to see Kentucky’s team play across the country. Nashville has been good to BBN over the years, and we look forward to seeing lots of Blue in Bridgestone Arena in December.”

The upcoming meeting in Nashville will mark the fourth in the series between Kentucky and Gonzaga originally announced prior to the 2022-23 campaign. Kentucky rallied from an 18-point deficit to claim a 90-89 overtime win in a matchup of Top 10 teams earlier this season (Dec. 7) in Seattle. Gonzaga won the first two meetings in the current series, 88-72 at the Spokane Arena in Washington in 2022 and an 89-85 decision at Rupp Arena in Lexington in 2024.

The all-time series is tied 2-2, beginning with an 80-72 Kentucky victory in the 2002 Maui Invitational.

The December 2025 Kentucky-Gonzaga contest marks the first regular-season game the Wildcats have played at Bridgestone Arena, which boasts the NHL’s Nashville Predators as its primary tenant. The venue also currently serves as the host site for the Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament through 2035. UK owns a 20-6 all-time postseason record in the arena, including five league tournament titles (2001, 2010, 2015-2017) and two NCAA Tournament game victories (both in 2003).

7th annual Gulf Coast Showcase men’s and women’s pairings feature seven NCAA Tournament teams

ESTERO, Fla. – Seven teams that competed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament will be among the 16 men’s and women’s teams competing in the seventh annual Gulf Coast Showcase on Thanksgiving week at Hertz Arena. Murray State, which won the Ohio Valley Conference and beat Marquette in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, and Northeastern, champs of the CAA, headline the men’s field while Arizona State, Auburn, Drake, Gonzaga and Maine are teams in the women’s field that went dancing last March.

“It has been so rewarding to watch this event mature since we first launched in 2013 and that maturity is never more evident than seeing eight programs returning to the Gulf Coast Showcase for the second time, “ said Brooks Downing, whose company bdG Sports manages the annual event. “It is a testament to our partners at Hertz Arena, our first-class headquarter’s hotel at Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, the beautiful beaches of Fort Myers and the southern hospitality that Southwest Florida offers.”

The Gulf Coast Showcase men’s tournament, created specifically for mid-major programs only, tips on Monday, Nov. 25 with the following pairings:

  • 11 a.m. ET – Northeastern vs. South Alabama
  • 1:30 p.m. ET – Drake vs. Miami (OH)
  • 5 p.m. ET – Wright State vs. Weber State
  • 7:30 p.m. ET – Murray State vs. La Salle

Game times for Tuesday and Wednesday will be the same with semifinal games on Nov. 26 at 5:00/7:30. Wednesday’s championship game will tip at 7:30.

After a day-off on Thanksgiving, the women’s tournament tips on Friday, Nov. 29 with the following match-ups:

  •  11 a.m. ET – Auburn vs. Middle Tennessee
  • 1:30 p.m. ET – Gonzaga vs. Dayton
  • 5 p.m. ET – Arizona State vs. Maine
  • 7:30 p.m. ET – Drake vs. Purdue

Game times for Saturday and Sunday will be the same as the men’s tournament.

For the fifth consecutive year, the tournament will support the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. The hospital is the only children’s hospital between Tampa and Miami and provides vital health care for the region’s sick and injured children and their families. The hospital’s facility provides 300,000 square feet of space, 128 pediatric and NICU beds with space to expand to 160 beds, a 17-bay emergency department, a freestanding pediatric pharmacy and in-hospital school classroom.

Ticket and Fan Travel Information

Tickets for the 2019 Gulf Coast Showcase go on public sale on Monday, July 22 at HertzArena.com or through Ticketmaster. All-Tournament passes for either the men’s tournament or women’s tournament are available for $74, $99 or $149 per tournament with single session tickets ranging from $10 General Admission to $45 Courtside for each two-game session. Each day of the tournament will feature an afternoon session (starting at 11 a.m.) and evening session (5 p.m.) and tickets will be good for both games of a given session.

Fan travel information, including preferred hotel rates at the official tournament resort hotel – the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point – is available on www.GulfCoastShowcase.com.

Campus Games Schedule

In addition to the tournament games in Southwest Florida, participating teams will play an additional game at home sites. The schedule for games at home sites is as follows:

  • 19 – West Coast Baptist @ Weber State
  • 19 – Springhill @ South Alabama
  • 20 – Urbana @ Wright State
  • 20 – Central State @ Miami (OH)

Nike Golf & bd Global announce three-city invitational series for 2019

BEAVERTON, OR– Nike Golf (www.nike.com) has announced a new pro-am series that will feature five of the nation’s top courses at three events during 2019. The Nike Golf Invitational Series will launch in April in Las Vegas with stops in Akron, Ohio and Bandon, Ore., later in the year.

“Nike Golf is excited to launch the NGI Series and welcome our Nike Swoosh Elite professionals to play these outstanding courses as part of this new pro-am series,” said Rick Gielow, North America Sales Director for Nike Golf. “The premium experience for both the professionals and amateurs will be exceptional, from the incredible courses to the nightly hospitality offerings.”

The series launches with the “Nike Golf Invitational: Las Vegas” on April 14-17. Participants will play three of Vegas’ finest courses over three days – Shadow Creek Golf Course (#5*), Southern Highlands Golf Club and Cascata (#56*).

Firestone Country Club in Akron, OH will play host to the “Nike Golf Invitational: Firestone” on July 30-Aug. 2. The pro-am tournament coincides with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Week and NFL Hall of Fame Game in nearby Canton. Participants will play Firestone’s North, South and West courses. The South course will play host to the SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, one of five major championships on the PGA TOUR Champions, two weeks before the NGI.

The action heads back west in September for the “Nike Golf Invitational: Bandon Dunes” on Sept. 4-7 at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. Participants will play the the Bandon Dunes (#7*), Pacific Dunes (#2*) and Old MacDonald (#10*) courses, anchoring the Pacific Coast shoreline along the southern coast of Oregon. Bandon Dunes will play host to the U.S. Amateur in 2020.

bd Global (www.bdglobalsports.com), an international sports marketing agency headquartered in Lexington, Ky., will manage the series. bdG currently manages the season-opening Bahamas Great Exuma Classic and Bahamas Great Abaco Classic on the Web.com Tour and operates college basketball events in Las Vegas, Vancouver, Southwest Florida and the Bahamas. The Web.com Tour recently recognized the bd Global team for providing the “Best Pro-Am Experience” at its Bahamas events last season.

“As a long-time partner with Nike in college basketball, we are excited to expand the relationship with the Nike Golf Invitational,” said Brooks Downing, President of bd Global. “The combination of Nike Golf, premium courses in destination locations and unique hospitality experiences will make the NGI a must-do for any golf enthusiast.”

Full information on the Nike Golf Invitational can be found at www.nikegolfinvitational.com and on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @NGISeries.

*Denotes Golf Digest Top 100 Public Courses (2018 Rating)

Three Top-10 teams headline Vancouver Showcase Women’s Tournament

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Top-ranked Notre dame will be joined by two other Top-10 teams in the inaugural Vancouver Showcase women’s tournament on Nov. 22-24 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The Fighting Irish earned all 31 first-place votes in the preseason Associated Press poll and will start the season as the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation. Notre Dame will be joined in Vancouver by No. 8 Oregon State and No. 10 South Carolina in what many believe is the best in-season tournament ever assembled in women’s college basketball.

Notre Dame returns four starters from last year’s team that overcame several season-ending knee injuries to capture the school’s second national championship under coach Muffet McGraw. The Irish open play in Vancouver against West Coast Conference favorite and defending league champion Gonzaga at 12 p.m. PT on Thursday, Nov. 22.

“We talked about our goals and what we wanted to do and nothing was based on last year,” Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said to The Associated Press. The Fighting Irish return four starters from last year’s championship squad and they have their sights set on returning to the Final Four in Tampa in March. “I see a team that really wants to prove something again.”

Oregon State and South Carolina could meet in a semifinal match-up if both teams advance out of first-round play. The Beavers open with defending Conference USA champion Western Kentucky while South Carolina will play East Tennessee State. Both first-round games will be part of the evening session on Nov. 22. 

The Vancouver Showcase will tip on Sunday, Nov. 18 with a men’s round-robin event featuring Washington, Santa Clara, Minnesota and Texas A&M. Last week, Washington earned Top-25 status in the preseason AP poll earning enough votes to occupy 24th place.

Ticket Information

Tickets for both the men’s and women’s sessions are on-sale now at TicketsTonight.ca or order by phone at 877.840.0457 (additional $5 per order via phone).

Full tournament info can be found at VanShowcase.com and on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @VanShowcase.

Gulf Coast Showcase Women’s Tournament to feature three Top-25 teams

ESTERO, Fla. – Three top-25 teams from the preseason AP poll highlight the sixth-annual Gulf Coast Showcase women’s tournament to be played on Nov. 23-25 at Hertz Arena. No. 11 Texas, No. 16 Missouri and No. 21 Duke will all be in-action in Southwest Florida on Thanksgiving weekend.

Texas will open play on Friday, Nov. 23 at 5 p.m. against preseason MAAC favorite and defending champion Quinnipiac. The second game of that session will feature Missouri facing a Michigan program that was just outside the top-25 rankings.

On the men’s side, four ranked teams in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 will compete at Hertz Arena. No. 5 South Dakota State is once again the favorite in the Summit League. The Jackrabbits will joined by No. 11 Louisiana, No. 13 Toledo and No. 24 UC Irvine. Local favorite FGCU also will make the 2.5-mile trek from campus to Hertz Arena. The Eagles will open tournament play on Monday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET vs. Toledo.

For the fourth consecutive year, the tournament will support the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. The hospital is the only children’s hospital between Tampa and Miami and provides vital health care for the region’s sick and injured children and their families. The hospital’s new $242 million facility provides 300,000 square feet of space, 128 pediatric and NICU beds with space to expand to 160 beds, a 17-bay emergency department, a freestanding pediatric pharmacy and in-hospital school classroom.

Ticket and Fan Travel Information

Tickets for the 2018 Gulf Coast Showcase are on-sale now at GermainArena.com or through Ticketmaster. All-Tournament passes for either the men’s tournament or women’s tournament are available for $74, $99 or $149 per tournament with single session tickets ranging from $10 General Admission to $45 Courtside for each two-game session. Each day of the tournament will feature an afternoon session (starting at 11 a.m.) and evening session (5 p.m.) and tickets will be good for both games of a given session.

Fan travel information, including preferred hotel rates at the official tournament resort hotel – the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point – is available on www.GulfCoastShowcase.com.

FGCU, South Dakota State, Louisiana lead 2018 Gulf Coast Showcase men’s field

ESTERO, Fla. – Dunk City returns to Germain Arena when the hometown FGCU men’s basketball team makes the 3.5-mile drive from campus for the Gulf Coast Showcase men’s tournament, to be played Nov. 19-21, 2018.

The Eagles join perhaps the most-competitive field in the six years of the tournament with four teams that each won 20 or more games last season as well as a league title. South Dakota State earned an NCAA Tournament berth as Summit League champions finishing at 28-7 after falling to Ohio State in the Big Dance. Louisiana (Sun Belt), FGCU (A-Sun) and Toledo (MAC West Division) each won regular-season titles.

“I think it speaks volumes of how this event has grown since 2013 when you have two very recognizable programs such as Tulane and Colorado State, and yet they are not among your four top teams from last season in this field,” said Brooks Downing, whose company bd Global manages the annual event. “And to have FGCU back in the event with new coach Michael Fly hands down makes this our best tournament field yet.”

The Gulf Coast Showcase men’s tournament, created specifically for mid-major programs only, tips on Monday, Nov. 19 with the following pairings:

  • 11 a.m. ET – South Dakota State vs. Tulane
  • 1:30 p.m. ET – UC Irvine vs. UTSA
  • 5 p.m. ET – Louisiana vs. Colorado State
  • 7:30 p.m. ET – FGCU vs. Toledo

Game times for Tuesday and Wednesday will be the same with semifinal games on Nov. 20 at 5:00/7:30. Wednesday’s championship game will tip at 7:30.

For the fourth consecutive year, the tournament will support the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. The hospital is the only children’s hospital between Tampa and Miami and provides vital health care for the region’s sick and injured children and their families. The hospital’s  new $242 million facility provides 300,000 square feet of space, 128 pediatric and NICU beds with space to expand to 160 beds, a 17-bay emergency department, a freestanding pediatric pharmacy and in-hospital school classroom.

Ticket and Fan Travel Information

Tickets for the 2018 Gulf Coast Showcase are on-sale now at GermainArena.com or through Ticketmaster. All-Tournament passes for either the men’s tournament or women’s tournament are available for $74, $99 or $149 per tournament with single session tickets ranging from $10 General Admission to $45 Courtside for each two-game session. Each day of the tournament will feature an afternoon session (starting at 11 a.m.) and evening session (5 p.m.) and tickets will be good for both games of a given session.

Fan travel information, including preferred hotel rates at the official tournament resort hotel – the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point – is available on www.GulfCoastShowcase.com.

Campus Games Schedule / Official Name

In addition to the tournament games in Southwest Florida, participating teams will play an additional game at home sites. To comply with the NCAA By-Laws on scheduling, the official title for this year’s event is the NIT Tip-Off – Gulf Coast Showcase Regional. The schedule for games at home sites is as follows:

  • 7 – Colorado Christian @ Colorado State
  • 9 – Louisiana @ Tennessee
  • 10 – Wilberforce @ Toledo
  • 12 – Life Pacific @ UC Irvine
  • 16 – South Dakota State @ FGCU
  • TBD – St. Edwards @ UTSA

UNLV-BYU, Saint Mary’s-LSU headline nationally televised doubleheader on Dec. 15 at T-Mobile Arena

LAS VEGAS– A rivalry will be renewed when UNLV plays BYU on Saturday, Dec. 15 at T-Mobile Arena as part of a nationally televised doubleheader that includes LSU vs. Saint Mary’s. The event, dubbed the Neon Hoops Showcase, is now in its sixth year in Las Vegas as a benefit for Coaches vs. Cancer.

UNLV and BYU have not played each other since 2011 when both teams were members of the Mountain West Conference. The Runnin’ Rebels, coming off a 20-win season, are playing on the Las Vegas Strip for the fifth straight year. In 2016, UNLV opened T-Mobile Arena to college basketball before a record crowd of more than 19,000 versus Duke. Last season, coach Marvin Menzies raised the championship belt for the MGM Resorts Main Event on the same floor, defeating Utah in the title game.

“We are excited to continue our tradition of playing on the Las Vegas Strip in December,” said UNLV head coach Marvin Menzies. “UNLV and BYU have a strong basketball history and Coach Rose’s program has been successful for so many years. It will certainly be a challenge. We have had strong support from our fans in Las Vegas away from the Thomas & Mack Center and look forward to being at T-Mobile Arena on Dec. 15.”

BYU finished 24-11 last season, the 13th straight year with 20+ wins and postseason play for coach Dave Rose. The Cougars will be led by junior forward Yoeli Childs, who came back after testing the NBA Draft.

“We have a great history with UNLV so we’re excited to renew that rivalry and to support Coaches vs. Cancer,” said BYU head coach Dave Rose. “Coach Menzies has a talented team and it’s always a challenge playing UNLV in Vegas. It will be a great test for our team and we are excited to see all of our Vegas BYU fans at the game.”

LSU is widely expected to be a Top-25 team this season powered by a Top-5 recruiting class and All-SEC Freshman guard Tremont Waters. The Tigers will face a Saint Mary’s squad that was left out of the NCAA Tournament despite a 28-5 record on Selection Sunday. The LSU game marks the second trip to Vegas for the Gaels next season with SMC also playing in the MGM Resorts Main Event during Thanksgiving week.

The doubleheader will be televised on ESPN Networks. UNLV-BYU will tip at 5:30 p.m. PT on either ESPNEWS or ESPN3 following by LSU-St. Mary’s which will be shown on ESPNU. The event benefits Coaches vs. Cancer, an initiative spearheaded by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (www.nabc.com) and the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org).

Tickets will be made available to UNLV season ticket holders at a discounted rate through a private sale. Runnin’ Rebel season ticket holders will be contacted by UNLV with details. Tickets will be available to the public starting Friday, Aug. 31 and can be purchased at AXS.com, t-mobilearena.com, neonhoopsvegas.com or by calling 888-9AXSTIX.

For complete information, visit www.neonhoopsvegas.com or www.runninrebelsonthestrip.com or follow on Twitter at @NeonHoopsLV.

Defending Big Sky champ Montana, Towson, Georgia Southern headline The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase

NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS– Defending Big Sky champion Montana, Towson and Georgia Southern headline the field of the the second-annual “The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase” on Nov. 16-18, 2018 in Nassau. The event will feature 12 total games during the three-day event. The field and pairings for the tournament were released Thursday by the event’s organizer, bd Global.

“We are excited to once again partner with the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, the National Sports Authority, and the Bahamas Basketball Federation to bring this tournament to Nassau,” said bd Global president Brooks Downing. “This truly is becoming a community event for Nassau, and last year, they witnessed two teams in our championship game – Vermont and Northern Kentucky – that played in the NCAA Tournament just six months earlier. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a couple teams from this year’s tournament competing in March Madness this season as well.”

Montana finished 26-8 last year after capturing the Big Sky regular season and tournament titles to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Towson will look to win an early season tournament for the second straight season after beating Georgia Southern in the finals of the Gulf Coast Showcase in Southwest Florida. GSU went on to finish 21-12 on the season.

The field for the tournament features eight NCAA Division I teams:

  • Florida Atlantic (Conference USA)
  • Georgia Southern (Sun Belt Conference)
  • Incarnate Word (Southland Conference)
  • Miami (OH) (Mid-American Conference)
  • Montana (Big Sky Conference)
  • North Dakota State (Summit League)
  • Pepperdine (West Coast Conference)
  • Towson (Colonial Athletic Association)

All 12 games will be played at Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium with the teams residing at the exclusive Baha Mar resort. The schedule for the opening round of the tournament on Friday, Nov. 16 is as follows:

  • 11 a.m. ET – Montana vs. Incarnate Word
  • 2 p.m. ET – Miami (OH) vs. North Dakota State
  • 5 p.m. ET – Georgia Southern vs. FAU
  • 8 p.m. ET – Towson vs. Pepperdine

Consolation games will be played Saturday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m./2 p.m. followed by the semifinals at 5 p.m./8 p.m. Sunday’s championship game will be at 8 p.m. ET.

bd Global is no stranger to the Bahamas as the firm currently manages two Web.com Tour professional golf events in the country each January. bdG partnered with Tourism to create the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic and Bahamas Great Abaco Classic in 2017 and both events return at the start of next year’s Web.com Tour in January.

For complete information, visit www.thebahamasshowcase.com or follow on Twitter at @BahamasShowcase.

Ticket & Hotel Information

All-session passes are now on-sale at www.thebahamasshowcase.com and are good for entry to any of the 12 games of the event. Fans can book rooms Grand Hyatt Baha Mar at the tournament rate, starting at $225 nightly, by visiting www.thebahamasshowcase.com.

Campus Games

  • Nov. 9 – Carver Bible @ Georgia Southern
  • Nov. 11 – Wesley @ Towson
  • Nov. 12 – Texas Lutheran @ Incarnate Word
  • Nov. 12 – Midway @ Miami (OH)
  • Nov. 12 – Montana Tech @ Montana
  • Nov. 21 – Palm Beach Atlantic @ FAU

Loaded Vancouver Showcase women’s fields tips with 2018 National Champion Notre Dame battling Gonzaga

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Defending NCAA Champion Notre Dame will tip-off the inaugural Vancouver Showcase women’s tournament against two-time defending West Coast Conference champion Gonzaga on Thursday, Nov. 22 at noon PT at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The loaded field also includes 2017 National Champion South Carolina and Pac-12 power Oregon State. Tournament organizer, bd Global, announced the pairings for the women’s tournament as well as game times for the Men’s Whistler Bracket.

“The Vancouver Showcase women’s tournament is as strong of a draw as anything in women’s NCAA basketball, including the Final Four, ” said local tournament organizer Howard Kelsey. “The tournament will showcase Vancouver and its traditionally excellent support for Women In Sports initiatives.”

In addition to boasting the last two national champions, the tournament features six teams that competed in this past season’s NCAA Tournament and three coaches that are a part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Notre Dame’s Muffett McGraw, Rutgers Vivian Stringer and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley, inducted as a player). The pairings for the women’s tournament are as follows (all times are Pacific):

  • Notre Dame vs. Gonzaga – Noon
  • Drake vs. Rutgers – 2:30 p.m.
  • South Carolina vs. ETSU – 6 p.m.
  • Oregon State vs. Western Kentucky – 8:30 p.m.

Game times will be the same on Friday with the semifinals being played at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s evening session featuring the championship/third place games will tip at 5 p.m.

“This is an incredible field in which to christen college basketball to Vancouver, and without question, the best early season tournament in the sport,” said ESPN analyst and women’s tournament director Debbie Antonelli. “It features three teams that finished in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight with Notre Dame, South Carolina and Oregon State, and three other teams that won their respective conference tournaments – Western Kentucky, Drake and Gonzaga. It will strongly resemble an NCAA Tournament regional weekend in Vancouver.”

Men’s Whistler Bracket

Action in the Men’s Whistler Bracket commences on Sunday, Nov. 18 with Washington vs. Santa Clara at 5 p.m. PT followed by Texas A&M vs. Minnesota on 7:30 p.m. PT. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN Networks. On Tuesday, Nov. 20, the third-place game will be played at 6 p.m. PT followed by the championship game at 8:30 p.m. which will be broadcast on ESPN2.

“We are excited to welcome all of these teams to Vancouver and showcase the vibrancy of the ocean and mountain-wrapped city and the beauty of British Columbia,” said local tournament organizer David Munro. “But it really gets exciting to know that these games will be broadcast to millions of homes in the United States and worldwide through ESPN networks. It truly will be a video postcard of Vancouver for those watching at home.”

Tournament Tickets

Tickets for the men’s Whistler Bracket and women’s tournament are on-sale now at TicketsTonight.ca.

  • Men’s Tournament Whistler Bracket
    • Session 2 on Sunday, Nov. 18 (evening games) – Washington vs. Santa Clara and Minnesota vs. Texas A&M
    • Session 4 on Tuesday, Nov. 20 (evening games) – Third-Place and Championship games
    • Ticket prices range from $37.50 CAD to $213 CAD for courtside seats
    • All-session men’s tournament packages (Whistler and Harbour brackets) range from $110-$616 CAD
  • Men’s Tournament Harbour Bracket
    • Pairings to be announced at a later date with tickets to go on-sale at that time
  • Women’s Tournament
    • Two sessions each day with tickets good for both games of a given session
    • Women’s semifinals will be played on Friday, Nov. 23 (Session 4)
    • Women’s third-place and championship will be played on Saturday, Nov. 24 (Session 6)
    • Ticket prices range from $32 CAD to $162 CAD for courtside seats with all-session packages ranging from $110-$616 CAD

Tickets can be purchased at TicketsTonight.ca or order by phone at 877.840.0457 (additional $5 per order).

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Full tournament and hotel info can be found at VanShowcase.com and on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @VanShowcase.

Tickets for MGM Resorts Main Event on-sale Friday, Aug. 10

LAS VEGAS – College basketball returns to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when the fifth annual MGM Resorts Main Event tips off on November 19 & 21. The tournament’s Heavyweight Bracket will tip Monday, Nov. 19 with St. Mary’s vs. Utah State at 5:30 p.m. PT followed by Arizona State vs. Mississippi State at 8 p.m. The consolation and championship games will be played Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. PT, respectively.

“We have three teams in our top bracket that should be Top 25 teams this season, and many already have Mississippi State pegged inside the top 20 in their preseason polls,” said Brooks Downing, President and CEO of bd Global. “St. Mary’s is everyone’s Cinderella team and what Bobby Hurley has done to turn around the ASU program has been remarkable. Should be an exciting holiday week in Vegas!”

Arizona State finished 20-12 last season and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Sun Devils will be led by sophomore Romello White and Top 50 recruit Taeshon Cherry. Coach Ben Howland’s Mississippi State squad will be bolstered by two Top 50 recruits of its own in Reggie Perry and Robert Woodard II and will return all five starters from a 25-12 team last season including leading scorer and All-SEC standout Quinndary Weatherspoon.

Saint Mary’s has won 29+ games in each of the past three seasons and finished the regular season ranked among the nation’s Top 25 teams. Coach Craig Smith takes over the helm at Utah State after leading South Dakota to consecutive postseason appearances in his final two seasons. The Aggies will be led by Sam Merrill, last season’s leading scorer at 16.3 points, and Dwayne Brown, Jr.

Tickets will go on-sale on Friday, Aug. 10 at 10 a.m. PT at AXS.com or by calling 888-9AXSTIX. Ticket information and hotel room information for the MGM Resorts Main Event can also be found at www.mgmresortsmainevent.com.

MGM Resorts Main Event Schedule

Monday, Nov. 19

  • Mary’s vs. Utah State – 5:30 p.m. PT (ESPN Networks)
  • Arizona State vs. Mississippi State – 8 p.m. PT (ESPNU)

Wednesday, Nov. 21

  • Consolation Game – 5:30 p.m. PT
  • Championship Game – 8 p.m. PT (ESPNU)

 Middleweight Bracket

  • Features Hartford, Long Beach State and Utah Valley on November 19 & 21 in Las Vegas
  • Schedule to be announced 

Campus Games

  • McNeese State @ St. Mary’s (Nov. 7)
  • McNeese State @ Arizona State (Nov. 9)
  • Hartford @ Utah State (Nov. 9)
  • Hartford @ Mississippi State (Nov. 11)
  • Utah Valley at St. Mary’s (Nov. 11)
  • Long Beach State @ Arizona State (Nov. 12)
  • Long Beach State @ Mississippi State (Nov. 16)
  • Utah Valley @ Utah State (Nov. 16)
  • Loyola University New Orleans @ McNeese State (Nov. 16)
  • University of Mobile @ McNeese State (Nov. 20)

(Campus games subject to change)