Men's Basketball: Old Spice Classic Tickets
September 28, 2006 01:04 PM | General
September 28, 2006
ORLANDO -- It was announced today that tickets for the inaugural Old Spice Classic are now on sale through various distributors, including Ticketmaster and Anthony Travel. The ESPN Regional Television (ERT) owned-and-operated event will feature eight-teams competing in a 12-game college men’s basketball tournament played over three days during the Thanksgiving weekend at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex® near Orlando, Fla.
Individual tournament tickets are $90 for all 12 games and will be available through Ticketmaster at 407-839-3900 or by logging on to www.ticketmaster.com. Basketball fans who want to attend this event can also purchase travel packages through Anthony Travel’s website at www.anthonytravel.com or by calling 800-736-6377. In addition, tickets can be purchased at Disney’s box office located at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex®.
The entire competition will take place Nov. 23, 24 and 26. The tournament field will feature a number of top quality teams: Arkansas, Marist, Minnesota, Montana, Southern Illinois, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Western Michigan. The tournament will include four games on each day with every participating team playing daily. The two undefeated teams will face off in a championship match to culminate the final day of competition.
For more information on the bracket or the event, please log onto www.oldspiceclassic.com.
OLD SPICE CLASSIC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday, Nov. 23
12:00 p.m., Arkansas vs. Southern Illinois
2:00 p.m., Marist vs. Minnesota
7:30 p.m., Virginia Tech vs. Western Michigan
9:30 p.m., West Virginia vs. Montana
Friday, Nov. 24
10:30 a.m., Game #5
12:30 p.m., Game #6
5:00 p.m., Game #7
7:30 p.m., Game #8
Sunday, Nov. 26
11:00 a.m., Game #9 (7th/8th Place)
1:00 p.m., Game #10 (5th/6th Place)
5:30 p.m., Game #11 (3rd/4th Place)
7:30 p.m., Game #12 (Champion/2nd Place)
ESPN REGIONAL TELEVISION/EVENT OWNERSHIP
ESPN Regional Television (ERT) is the nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming. ERT produces more than 900 sporting events annually, including football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events, which accounts for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rightsholder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – Big Ten, BIG EAST and the Big 12); as well as the marketing rightsholder for select schools (Kansas, Oregon and South Florida).
ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several other sporting events, in addition to college basketball games. Examples include the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, Birmingham Bowl, Ford MEAC/SWAC Challenge, O’Reilly Auto Parts All College Classic, Spartan Clash, ESPNU Invitational Series presented by ConocoPhillips and the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway Golf.
