Texas Tech University Athletics
16-Team CBE Classic Field Set
September 19, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Sept. 19, 2006
Princeton, NJ (September 19, 2006) - Duke, Marquette, Stanford and Texas Tech will be the four host schools in the College Basketball Experience (CBE) Classic. Air Force, Akron, Arkansas-Little Rock, Columbia, Detroit, Gardner-Webb, Georgia Southern, Idaho State, Long Beach State, Maine, UC Davis, and San Jose State will join them to complete the field.
In the Lubbock Regional, Arkansas-Little Rock will face Akron at 7:00 PM in the opening game on November 13. Texas Tech will tip against Gardner-Webb in the second game of the evening at 9:00 PM. On November 14, the Regional Consolation Game will begin at 7:00 PM and followed by the Regional Championship Game at 9:00 PM.
In the 2005 event (formally known as the Guardians Classic) the Texas Longhorns defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 68-59 in the championship game.
The Regional Rounds of the tournament will be played November 12th-15th. The winner of each Regional Round will compete for the Championship at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 20th and 21st. Outlined below are the dates, locations and match-ups for the tournament. (Click here for a complete bracket.)
---- REGIONAL ROUNDS ----
Durham Regional Rounds
November 12th & 13th
Cameron Indoor Stadium -- Durham, N.C.
Georgia Southern vs. UC-Davis
Duke vs. Columbia
Milwaukee Regional Rounds
November 13th & 14th
Bradley Center -- Milwaukee, Wisc.
Detroit vs. Maine
Marquette vs. Idaho St.
Palo Alto Regional Rounds
November 14th & 15th
Maples Pavilion -- Palo Alto, Calif.
Air Force vs. Long Beach St.
Stanford vs. San Jose St.
Lubbock Regional Rounds
November 13th & 14th
United Spirit Arena -- Lubbock, Texas
Arkansas-Little Rock vs. Akron
Texas Tech vs. Gardner-Webb
---- CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS ----
Semifinal Doubleheader
November 20th
Municipal Auditorium -- Kansas City, Mo.
Durham Winner vs. Palo Alto Winner
Milwaukee Winner vs. Lubbock Winner
Championship Doubleheader
November 21st
Municipal Auditorium -- Kansas City, Mo
Consolation Game
Championship Game
The College Basketball Experience Classic was created to promote the NABC's "College Basketball Experience" and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, currently being developed within the new Sprint Center Arena located in downtown Kansas City. The CBE Classic will fold into the College Basketball Experience Weekend, a three-day event celebrating the best of men's college basketball. The weekend kicks off Sunday, November 19th, 2006, when five of the greatest names in college basketball history - John Wooden, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Dean Smith, Dr. James Naismith - headline the founding class to be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Ticket Information:
Tickets for the Championship Rounds of the CBE Classic are on sale now and can be purchased at the following locations:
For more information on Regional Round tickets please contact each host school's box office:
The CBE Classic is produced by the Gazelle Group. For more information please visit www.CBEclassic.com or contact John Celestand at (609)921-1300 or jcelestand@gazellegroup.com.
