SoCal College Tournament Report

November NCAA Tournaments--(November 23, 1997)

No, it's not March, but it is time for November madness (just wait till it gets really crazy over the Christamas holidays). There are a bunch of NCAA Tournaments scheduled during this time of the year. Some have already taken place, some are happening now, a whole slew will happen next week, and then there are the December/Christmas holiday tourneys. For now, we'd like to let you know about all of the November NCAA D-I touraments, listed by conference and/or region of the country. Since we are SoCalHoops.com, we'll give you the West first, then the rest.

Far West Tournaments

Big Island Invitational
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
When: November 28-30
Who: Valparaiso v. Montana; Wisconsin v. Pacific; Oklahoma v. Butler; Stanford vo Hawaii-Hilo

Great Alaska Shootout
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
When: November 26-29
Who: UCLA v. UNC; Purdue v. UAB; UMass v. Southerwestern Louisiana; Seton Hall v. Alaska-Anchorage

Maui Invitational
Location: Lahaina, Hawaii
When: November 24-26
Who: Arizona, Boston College, Chaminade, DePaul, Duke, George Washington, Kentucky, Missouri

Top of the World Classic
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
When: November 28 and 30
Who: Mississippi State v. Alaska-Fairbanks; Gonzaga v. Tulsa; Clemson v. Iona; SW Missouri State v. Duquesne

United Airlines Tip-Off Classic
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
When: November 28 and 30
Who: Indiana v. Hawaii; Northeast Louisiana v. Illionis State

Southwest Region Tournaments

Lobo Classic
Location: New Mexico
When: November 21-22
Who: New Mexico v.Texas Southern; Canisius v. Arkansas State

Premier Classic
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
When: November 29
Who: Kentucky v. Clemson
Arkansas v. Fresno State

Atlantic Coast Region Tournaments

Fayetteville Tip-Off Tournament
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
When: November 28-29
Who: UNC Wilmington v. Western Carolina; Campbell v. Charleston Southern

Red Auerbach Classic
Location: Washington D.C.
When: November 14-15
Who: Delaware, George Washington, Howard, Siena

Deep South Tournaments

Golden Panther Tournament
Location: Miami, Florida
When: November 29-30
Who: Long Beach State v. Brown; Lafayette v. Florida International

Racer Tournament
Location: Murray, Kentucky
When: November 28-29
Who: Murray State v. Holy Cross; Idaho State v. Western Illinois

Midwestern Region Tournaments

Oldsmobile Spartan Classic
Location: East Lansing, Michigan
When: November 28-29
Who: Gonzaga v. Arkansas-Little Rock; Michigan State v. Central Michigan

East Region Tournaments

Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
When: November 11-12
Who: Princeton v. Georgia; Texas v. North Carolina State

Fairfield Tournament
Location: Fairfield, Connecticut
When: November 21-22
Who: Brwon, Bucknell, Fairfield, Hofstra

Pepsi-Marist Classic
Location: Poughkeepsie, New York
When: November 28-29
Who: Marist v. Dartmouth; Howard v. Wagner

Puerto Rico Tournaments

Puerto Rico Shootout
Location: Bayamon, Puerto Rico
When: November 28-30
Who: Washington State, Penn, Dayton, Rice, Illinois, South Florida, Evansville, Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

San Juan Shootout
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
When: November 27-29
Who: American University of Puerto Rico, Alabama, Georgia Tech, Hofstra, Illinois, Louisville, St. John's , Wichita State

Preseason National Invitational Tournament (NIT)

November 17:
Boston University v. Connecticut
Loyola (Maryland) v. Florida State
North Carolina-Wilmington v. Rhode Island
Utah State v. Minnesota

November 19:
Detroit v. Cincinnati
Arizona State v. Wagner
Eastern Michigan v. UNLV
Kansas v. Western Kentucky

November 21:
Second round

November 26 & 28
Semifinals, Consolation and Finals at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

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