NCAA Vancouver Showcase

Nov 18, 2018

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Nov 24, 2018

MEN’S  TOURNAMENT (NOV 18-21, 2018)

Basketball  fans in Vancouver will now have an additional opportunity to watch some of the best programs in U.S. college basketball when the Vancouver Showcase  tips-off at the Vancouver Convention Centre. A revised men’s format,  featuring a newly confirmed match-up between Washington vs. Minnesota on Nov.  21 was announced today as organizers released the final schedule for the  week-long event on Nov. 18-24. 

The  final schedule for the men’s field will feature evening doubleheaders on  Sunday, Nov. 18 and Tuesday, Nov. 20 with the additional game on Wednesday,  Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. PT.

 The full men’s schedule is as follows:

Sunday,  Nov. 18

  • Washington  vs. Santa Clara – 5 p.m. PT
  • Texas  A&M vs. Minnesota – 7:30 p.m. PT

Tuesday,  Nov. 20

  • Santa  Clara vs. Minnesota – 6 p.m. PT
  • Washington  vs. Texas A&M – 8:30 p.m. PT

Wednesday,  Nov. 21

  • Minnesota  vs. Washington – 5 p.m. PT

 

WOMEN’S  TOURNAMENT (NOV 22-24, 2018)

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. 

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.”

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MEN’S  TOURNAMENT (NOV 18-21, 2018)

Basketball  fans in Vancouver will now have an additional opportunity to watch some of the best programs in U.S. college basketball when the Vancouver Showcase  tips-off at the Vancouver Convention Centre. A revised men’s format,  featuring a newly confirmed match-up between Washington vs. Minnesota on Nov.  21 was announced today as organizers released the final schedule for the  week-long event on Nov. 18-24. 

The  final schedule for the men’s field will feature evening doubleheaders on  Sunday, Nov. 18 and Tuesday, Nov. 20 with the additional game on Wednesday,  Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. PT.

 The full men’s schedule is as follows:

Sunday,  Nov. 18

  • Washington  vs. Santa Clara – 5 p.m. PT
  • Texas  A&M vs. Minnesota – 7:30 p.m. PT

Tuesday,  Nov. 20

  • Santa  Clara vs. Minnesota – 6 p.m. PT
  • Washington  vs. Texas A&M – 8:30 p.m. PT

Wednesday,  Nov. 21

  • Minnesota  vs. Washington – 5 p.m. PT

 

WOMEN’S  TOURNAMENT (NOV 22-24, 2018)

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. 

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.”