COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M men’s basketball team has been selected to serve as an opening-round host for the 2012 CBE Hall of Fame Classic as announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Thursday.
Texas A&M, which will play four games during the course of the event, joins other host schools Kansas, Saint Louis and Washington State as the sites for the tournament’s opening-round games, beginning on Nov. 9. Each team will play two games on campus before advancing to the championship rounds on Nov. 19-20 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Joining the four host schools in the 2012 CBE Hall of Fame Classic are Eastern Washington, Louisiana Tech, Santa Clara, Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Troy, USC-Upstate and Utah Valley. Santa Clara and Tennessee-Chattanooga will serve as sub-hosts for games played November 18-23.
The Aggies will face Louisiana Tech to begin the event and kick off the 2012-13 season on their home court at Reed Arena on Nov. 9 before returning action Nov. 12 when A&M will play host to Troy.
ESPN Networks will broadcast the four championship round games. The semifinal doubleheader featuring Texas A&M and Saint Louis will be aired on ESPNU at 6:30 p.m. (CT), followed by Washington State and Kansas on ESPN2. The next evening, the consolation game will be shown on ESPN3 at 6:00 p.m. (CT), followed by the championship game on ESPNU.
Tickets for the championship round games at the Sprint Center are on sale and may be purchased through www.axs.com, www.sprintcenter.com, or www.cbehalloffameclassic.com, by phone at 1-888-929-7849 or in person at Sprint Center Box Office.
---- CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS ----
Semifinal Doubleheader
Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO
Monday, November 19 – 6:30 p.m. CT
Texas A&M vs. Saint Louis (ESPNU)
Washington State vs. Kansas (ESPN2)
Championship Doubleheader
Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO
Tuesday, November 20 – 6:00 p.m. CT
Consolation Game (ESPN3)
Championship Game (ESPNU)
---- HOST ROUNDS ----
College Station Host Round
Reed Arena – College Station, Texas
Friday, November 9 – 7:00 p.m. CT
Louisiana Tech at Texas A&M
Monday, November 12 – 7:00 p.m. CT
Troy at Texas A&M
Pullman Host Round
Beasley Coliseum – Pullman, WA
Saturday, November 10 – TBD
Eastern Washington at Washington State
Wed, November 14 – 9:00 p.m. CT
Utah Valley at Washington State
Lawrence Host Round
Allen Fieldhouse – Lawrence, KS
Friday, November 9 – 7:00 p.m. CT
Southeast Missouri State at Kansas
Thursday, November 15 – 7:00 p.m. CT
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Kansas
Saint Louis Host Round
Chaifetz Arena – St. Louis, MO
Friday, November 9 – 7:00 p.m. CT
USC-Upstate at Saint Louis
Wed, November 14 – 7:00 p.m. CT
Santa Clara at Saint Louis
---- SUB- HOST ROUNDS ----
Chattanooga Sub-Host Round
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, TN
Sunday, November 18 – 2:00 p.m. CT
SEMO vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga
Louisiana Tech vs. Troy
Monday, November 19 – 4:00 p.m. CT
SEMO vs. Louisiana Tech
Troy vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga
Tuesday, November 20 – 4:00 p.m. CT
SEMO vs. Troy
Louisiana Tech vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga
Santa Clara Sub-Host Round
Leavey Center – Santa Clara, CA
Tuesday, November 20 – 8:00 p.m. CT
Eastern Washington vs. Utah Valley
USC-Upstate vs. Santa Clara
Wednesday, November 21 – 8:00 p.m. CT
Eastern Washington vs. USC-Upstate
Utah Valley vs. Santa Clara
Friday, November 23 – 4:00 p.m. CT
USC-Upstate vs. Utah Valley
Eastern Washington vs. Santa Clara
