MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The bracket and matchups for the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship has been announced and is an event that will feature two four team brackets with games to be played on Nov. 24 and 26 at the Baha Mar Convention, Arts & Entertainment Center in Nassau, The Bahamas.
The eight-team field will be divided into separate, four-team brackets that will crown two champions. The Mountaineers will be featured in the Goombay Division along with Belmont, McNeese State and Ohio State.
West Virginia opens play on Nov. 24 against McNeese State with tipoff set for 1:30 p.m. ET. Two days later, WVU will face either Belmont or Ohio State in the consolation or championship game. The consolation game is scheduled to tipoff at 11 a.m. ET followed by the championship game at 1:30 p.m. ET.
BAHA MAR HOOPS PINK FLAMINGO CHAMPIONSHIP (Nov. 24 & 26)
(WOMEN'S TEAMS: GOOMBAY DIVISION – Belmont, McNeese State, Ohio State, West Virginia;
JUNKANOO DIVISION – Alabama, Harvard, Minnesota, USF)
GOOMBAY DIVISION
Monday, Nov. 24 - First Round
Game 1: Ohio State vs. Belmont (11 a.m. ET/Streaming TBA)
Game 2: West Virginia vs. McNeese State (1:30 p.m. ET/Streaming TBA)
Wednesday, Nov. 26 - Consolation/Championship
Game 3: Consolation: TBA vs. TBA (11 a.m. ET/Streaming TBA)
Game 4: Championship: TBA vs. TBA (1:30 p.m. ET/Streaming TBA)
JUNKANOO DIVISION
Monday, Nov. 24 - First Round
Game 1: Minnesota vs. USF (4 p.m. ET/Streaming TBA)
Game 2: Alabama vs. Harvard (6:30 p.m. ET/Streaming TBA)
Wednesday, Nov. 26 - Consolation/Championship
Order for playing Consolation and Championship games will be determined following conclusion of first round.
(4 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. ET)
TICKETS AND VIP PACKAGES ARE ONSALE NOW
Tickets and VIP packets are currently available for purchase at
www.bahamarhoops.com. Amenities of the VIP packages include a four-night stay at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, two courtside tickets to all games of the event, two tickets to the tournament's VIP reception (Nov. 25) with dinner and open bar included, round-trip ground transportation from the airport and resort, two daily breakfast vouchers, welcome gifts and personal concierge service. (Airfare not included in the packages.)
MORE THAN BASKETBALL AWAITS AT THE BEAUTIFUL BAHA MAR RESORT
The remarkable Baha Mar resort serves as the backdrop to this basketball showcase. Anchored by Grand Hyatt and featuring SLS Baha Mar and Rosewood Baha Mar, the resort is situated on 1,000 acres overlooking Nassau's famous turquoise ocean waters. The destination resort boasts more than 2,300 rooms, the largest casino in the Caribbean, a $200 million luxury water park, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, the Caribbean's first and only flagship ESPA Spa and a collection of more than 45 restaurants and lounges.
ABOUT BAHA MAR HOOPS
Baha Mar annually plays host to one of the largest regular-season events in the sport of college basketball. Each November around the Thanksgiving holiday, 20 NCAA Division I men's and women's teams visit the stunning resort to compete in various basketball tournaments. In total, 20 games will be played over an 11-day span.
Each August, the resort also holds the Baha Mar Hoops Summer League, offering NCAA teams exhibition games against international competition as part of a foreign tour. The resort has welcomed men's basketball teams from Kentucky, Louisville, Penn State, Rhode Island and Xavier for summer exhibition tours in recent years.
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In basketball, bdG has a lengthy history of producing college basketball content. From summer exhibition tours to multiple high-profile in-season tournaments, bdG will contract nearly 150 regular-season men's and women's Division I basketball games annually. It boasts the record for the largest hoops crowd in Nevada state history (Duke-Gonzaga 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas) and the second-most watched game since 2008 (Arkansas-Illinois on Thanksgiving Day 2024 with 5.1 million viewers). bdG is proud to be the only third-party operator which manages a conference tournament, assisting The Big West Conference Tournament each March in Henderson, Nevada. In professional basketball, bdG managed home games for the NBA G-League's Ignite for its two years at the Dollar Loan Center.
In professional golf, bdG owns and operates two season-opening Korn Ferry Tour tournaments, The Bahamas Golf Classic at Paradise Island and The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, both featuring $1 million purses. And among its newest events, the ESPN Ultimate Fantasy Football Weekend at Baha Mar each August.
