Update (5/9): Just hours after I posted this, the Horizon League’s Milwaukee Panthers announced their participation in the Belfast Classic, with Buffalo also on the list, along with the Albany Great Danes (America East), Dartmouth Big Green (Ivy League), LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (NEC), Marist Red Foxes (MAAC), and San Francisco Dons (WCC). Given the fact teams will play a pair of games in Northern Ireland and Buffalo has two home games as part of the event, one team is still TBA and there will be some sort of split-bracket arrangement for this event.
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As for the other events needing teams . . .
A Penn State message board discovered that the Nittany Lions, SMU Mustangs, and Wright State Raiders are set to be hosts in the Cancun Challenge. While the visitors’ quartet is full, one host, who naturally won’t come from the American, Big Ten, or Horizon, is required to fill that field.
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11 non-committed teams from the top tier of mid-major conference are other possibilities to fill these spots, and again, if Richmond and Wyoming are no longer tied to the Suncoast Classic, that number will stand at 14 13.
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MVC: Bradley Braves
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Mid-Major Focused Tournaments
The remaining events without teams are either ones that are totally focused on mid-majors or visitors’ brackets of tournaments with (primarily) power conference headliners. Two returning events—the Gulf Coast Showcase and Savannah Invitational—fit in the first category. So might the Rocky Mountain Challenge, a new event the Mountain West Conference will sponsor that’s set for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s headquarters in Colorado Springs.
But there look to be plenty of places available for mid-majors willing to exchange a possible beating for a sizable pay check in the visitors’ brackets of a split-field event.
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The host Chaminade Silverswords will play in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on the Mainland for the first time, with the Evansville Purple Aces apparently joining them.
Tommy Strine Named Director of Basketball Operations at CSU--csuvikings.com
Titans Mourn The Passing Of Frank Dulapa--detroittitans.com
Plenty Of Titans On Display At University Honors Convocation--detroittitans.com
George Hill on IUPUI graduation: 'It’s not about how long it took me, it’s about finishing the job'--The Indy Star
MEN'S BASKETBALL INKS HIGH SCORING TRANSFER--iupuijags.com
HILL SAYS GRADUATING WAS ABOUT FINISHING THE JOB--iupuijags.com
Milwaukee Athletics Honors Student-Athletes At Annual Golden Panther Awards--mkepanthers.com
NKU releases Jeff Garrett, signs grad transfer Zaynah Robinson from Norfolk State--Cincinnati Enquirer
Another Departure from NKU Basketball Roster Announced--River City News
@NKUNorseMBB welcomes Zaynah Robinson to squad--nkunorse.com
Sports Today: College basketball roster churn offers distraction from bad baseball--Dayton Daily News
Former WSU star putting new twist on summer basketball camps--Dayton Daily News
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