July 30th, 2010
ESPN Owned and Operated Basketball Events



MVP! MVP! Dwayne Collins was the most valuable player in the 2009 Charleston Classic. Other early season MVPs were Villanova's Antonio Pena (Puerto Rico Tip-Off), West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler (76 Classic), Florida State's Chris Singleton (Old Spice Classic) and USC’s Mike Gerrity (Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic). Photos by AP, Doug Benc/Getty Images, Mitchell Layton/Getty Images; and Matt A. Brown/Icon SMI

ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including basketball events: the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Cancun Governor’s Cup; Charleston Classic (S.C.); SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Puerto Rico Tipoff (San Juan); All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City) and BracketBusters; as well as the new ESPNU Warrior Classic (Lacrosse) and the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com


Charleston Classic
That was then: Miami rolled past South Carolina 85-70 in the 2009 championship. This is now:  George Mason, Georgetown and North Carolina State among the field for the third installment of the Charleston Classic. MORE
2009 Recap | 2010 Field

Puerto Rico Tip-Off
The 2010 Puerto Rico Tipoff promises to be just as thrilling as the 2009 championship, as five-time NCAA champions North Carolina headline November’s field. Joining the Tar Heels are Davidson, Hofstra, Minnesota, Nebraska, Vanderbilt, West Virginia and Western Kentucky. MORE

2009 Recap | 2010 Field

76 CLASSIC
The 2010 field, which includes five teams that played in the 2009-10 postseason, is set: Cal State Northridge, DePaul, Murray State, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Tulsa, UNLV and Virginia Tech. Get your popcorn ready, folks. MORE

2009 Recap | 2010 Field

Old Spice Classic
Has it been five years already? That’s right, the Old Spice Classic turns five this November. The eight-team field includes Boston College, California, Georgia, Manhattan, Notre Dame, Temple, Texas A&M and Wisconsin, and promises to be just as exciting as 2009. MORE

2009 Recap | 2010 Field

SEC/BIG EAST Invitational
Dwight Hardy scored 12 points and St. John's used a balanced offense to beat Georgia in the 2009 two-night men’s college basketball event. In Game 2, freshman sensation John Wall scored a season-high 25 points as the Wildcats beat Connecticut. In Tampa, Mississippi State cruised past DePaul while sixth-ranked Syracuse defeated Florida to wrap up the event. MORE


SONIC All-College Basketball Classic
The 75th annual All-College Basketball Classic will be held Dec. 18 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City. The doubleheader will feature Oklahoma State vs. Alabama followed by Oklahoma vs. Cincinnati. Last December UTEP beat Oklahoma, 89-74, while Oklahoma State never trailed on its way to a 77-62 win against La Salle. MORE


Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic
Tournament host school Hawai‘i will again be part of the field for the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, along with Baylor, Butler, Florida State, Mississippi State, San Diego, Utah and one team to be determined. Last December’s championship game set the bar pretty high, but the 2010 field is up to the task. MORE

2009 Recap | 2010 Field

Cancun Governor's Cup
ESPN, in conjunction with Cancun Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and the state of Quintana Roo, recently added the Cancun Governor’s Cup, an eight-team men’s college basketball tournament, to its rosters of events. MORE


BracketBusters
Now in its eighth year, the BracketBusters event, a two-day men’s college basketball extravaganza pitting potential NCAA Tournament hopefuls against each other, will feature nationally televised games—on either ESPN2, ESPNU, or ESPN360.com—selected from a pool of 98 teams. MORE



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