There will be a ton of star power at the Acrisure Classic college basketball event held at Acrisure Arena during Thanksgiving week, according to tournament organizers.
Organizers confirmed Monday that final arrangements are being made to add the University of Southern California women's basketball team to the event, including elite talent JuJu Watkins and top transfers Kiki Illiafen and Talia van Oelhoffen. did.
The plan is for the Trojans' women's team, which is almost certain to finish in the top five early this year, to play two nightly showcase games at the Acresure Classic, a multi-day college basketball event that includes women's basketball and men's basketball. He plans to participate in the event. team. The Trojans' opponents for these games have not yet been determined.
The USC women's game will be added to a week of 16 games with daily quadruple headers during Thanksgiving week, from Tuesday, Nov. 26 to Friday, Nov. 29. The event includes one four-team women's tournament and three four-team men's tournaments.
The women's tournament originally scheduled included Michigan State, California, Arizona State and Vanderbilt.
The originally scheduled men's tournament includes the following four team spots:
Acrisure Classic: USC, St. Mary's, New Mexico, Arizona State
Acrisure Invitational: TCU, Santa Clara, Washington, Colorado
Holiday invitations: Washington State, Fresno State, SMU, California Baptist
Therefore, USC fans in the desert will have the opportunity to watch a game between the women's basketball team and the men's basketball team.
Tickets for the event will go on sale in May. The proposed ticket structure would give him one ticket valid for all games on the day, but ticket details are yet to be finalized.
Here are the complete schedules and brackets for the 16 teams already in the tournament:
Acresure Classic schedule
One four-team women's tournament and three four-team men's basketball tournaments will be held as part of the Acrisure Classic. The pods and schedules are:
invitation to women's holiday
November 26th: Michigan State University vs. California State.Arizona vs. Vanderbilt
November 27th: Championship match and 3rd place match
men's holiday invitation
November 26th: Washington State vs. Fresno State. SMU vs. Cal Baptist
November 27th: Championship match and 3rd place match
Acresure invitation
November 28th: TCU vs. Santa Clara.Washington vs. Colorado State University
November 29th: Championship match and 3rd place match
Acresure Classic
November 28th: USC vs. Saint Mary's.New Mexico State vs. Arizona State University
November 29th: Championship match and 3rd place match
Additionally, multiple on-campus games will be held under the Acresure Classic umbrella prior to the Thanksgiving week competition. Those games include:
- November 17th: Northern Colorado, Washington
- November 18th: SMU player view
- November 19th: Alcorn State University at TCU
- November 20th: Fresno State Prairie View
- November 20th: Cal Baptist, Northern Colorado
- November 20th: UC Riverside at Washington
- November 20th: Grambling at the University of Southern California
- November 20th: Cal Poly at Arizona State University
- November 22: Alcorn State University in Colorado
- November 23rd: Prairie View of Northern Colorado
- November 23rd: University of California Riverside at Santa Clara
- November 23rd: Grambling State, New Mexico
- November 23rd: california poly at st mary's
- November 25: Alcorn State at UC Riverside
- November 26th: Grambling at Cal Poly