College Hoop Blog: Good 'N Plenty
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SCHEDULES AND TOURNEYS: MICHIGAN STATE LOADS UP - AGAIN
May 07, 2008 | 7:45AM | report this

Here’s some info on some of the preseason tournaments and other key matchups.

First of all, it looks like Tom Izzo and Michigan State will once again have a brutal non-conference slate.

We’ve got the Spartans as our preseason No. 2 team in the country and it could provide a matchup of FOXSports.com No. 1 vs. No. 2 when Michigan State plays North Carolina at Ford Field on Dec. 3.

Michigan State will also play in a loaded tournament down in Orlando (see field below) and will play defending national champion Kansas on Jan. 10 in East Lansing and Texas in Houston on Dec. 20.

PRESEASON NIT

The four regional hosts for the Preseason NIT are: Purdue, Oklahoma, Arizona and Boston College.

Purdue site – Georgia, Loyola (Ill.), Eastern Michigan
Arizona site – Santa Clara, Drake and a likely WAC team
Oklahoma site – Davidson, James Madison and one more team
BC site – St. John’s, Cornell and Loyola (Md.)

ANAHEIM CLASSIC

Here are the teams confirmed for the Anaheim Classic (Nov. 27-30)

- Arizona State
- Baylor
- Wake Forest
- Providence
- Cal State Fullerton
- Charlotte
- UTEP

There will be one more team added to the field.

PUERTO RICO TIP-OFF (Nov. 20-23)

- Xavier
- USC
- Virginia Tech
- Missouri
- Seton Hall
- Hofstra

There will be two more teams added to the field

LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL (Nov. 28-29)

- Kansas State vs. Kentucky
- West Virginia vs. Iowa

THE FOLLOWING FIELDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED:

PARADISE JAM (Nov. 21-24 in The Virgin Islands)

- UConn, Miami, Wisconsin, San Diego, Southern Miss, La Salle, Valparaiso, Iona

OLD SPIICE CLASSIC (Nov. 27-30 in Orlando)

- Michigan State, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Georgetown, Maryland, Oklahoma State, Siena, Wichita State

MAUI INVITATIONAL (Nov. 24-26)

- North Carolina, Notre Dame, Texas, Alabama, Indiana, St. Joe’s, Oregon, Chaminade

OTHER SCHEDULING NOTES: Louisiana Tech and Grambling will play for the first time in the history of both programs in men’s basketball this year. The two teams will play at Grambling on Nov. 18 and at La Tech on Dec. 6.

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