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2026 Final Four logos

2026 NCAA Men’s Final Four Logo Revealed

The official logos for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Final Four and 2026 NCAA Division II and Division III men’s basketball championships have been unveiled, featuring elements and colors that represent Indianapolis and the state of Indiana. Indianapolis will host all three championships during the same weekend in 2026. The D-II and D-III games will take […]

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2026 Women’s Final Four Logo

2026 NCAA Women’s Final Four Logo Revealed

The official logo for the 2026 NCAA Women’s Final Four has been unveiled, featuring elements and colors that represent Phoenix and the state of Arizona ahead of the destination hosting the Women’s Final Four for the first time. Designed by Section 127 in Indianapolis, the logo includes area landmarks and tributes in the design. Its […]

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Duke-Gonzaga T-Mobile
Las Vegas has hosted many premier early-season college basketball events, and will now add the Players Era Festival to the list. In 2021, the city hosted a top 5 matchup between Duke and Gonzaga. Photo by Al Powers for T-Mobile Arena, courtesy of MGM Resorts International

MGM Resorts Welcomes NIL-Drive Players Era Tournament to Las Vegas

MGM Resorts International’s three arenas in Las Vegas — T-Mobile Arena, Michelob Ultra Arena and MGM Grand Garden Arena — have hosted everything from basketball, boxing and hockey to bull riding and professional wrestling. But even for an entity as big as MGM, there is opportunity to break new ground in the sports world. And […]

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2025 Rady’s Invitational

Sports San Diego Announces Field for 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational

The 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational tournament in San Diego will include the Kansas Jayhawks, Florida Gators, Providence Friars and Wisconsin Badgers. The third annual tournament will be held November 27–28, 2025, tipping off Thanksgiving Day. Each day features two games with the championship and third-place games taking place on November 28. The four teams have […]

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Puerto Rico Shootout

2024 Discover Puerto Rico Shootout Features Six Top Women’s Basketball Teams

Discover Puerto Rico and Sport Tours International will host the 2024 Discover Puerto Rico Shootout, a women’s college basketball tournament taking place November 28–30 at the Guillermo Angulo Coliseum in Carolina. The games will feature Wisconsin, Wyoming, Washington State, Norfolk State, Virginia and Drake. The Discover Puerto Rico Shootout has taken place annually since 1989. […]

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NC State Tennessee

Greensboro to Host Tennessee, N.C. State Women’s Basketball in 2025

Greensboro, North Carolina, will host the women’s basketball 2025–2026 season opener between North Carolina State and Tennesee at the First Horizon Coliseum on November 4, 2025. “We are excited to partner with Gazelle Group to bring another marquee college basketball game to First Horizon Coliseum,” said Scott Johnson, First Horizon Coliseum general manager. “As the […]

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2027 HOF Las Vegas

Allegiant Stadium to Host 2027 Hall of Fame Series with Arizona, Duke, Indiana and Kansas

Arizona will play against Duke and Indiana will tip off against Kansas at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in the 2027 Hall of Fame Series on November 12, the first time basketball will be played in the stadium that will host a future NCAA Men’s Final Four. Allegiant Stadium, home of the NFL’s Las Vegas […]

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Hawai’i Tourism Authority

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, University of Hawaii Bring Collegiate Basketball to Maui

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority along with the University of Hawai‘i and County of Maui’s Office of Economic Development will bring the UH men’s and women’s basketball teams to Maui for a pair of exhibition games against Chaminade University as well as a clinic for grade schoolers in what is billed as Kinipōpō Hīna‘i ma Pukalani, […]

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Sun Belt Basketball

Sun Belt Basketball Tournaments Staying in Pensacola

Pensacola, Florida, will host the Sun Belt Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships through 2030 as part of the league’s ongoing partnership with Pensacola Sports and Visit Pensacola. The five-year extension builds on an initial five-year agreement that brought the Sun Belt tournament to Pensacola from 2021–2025. During that span, the Sun Belt has grown […]

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APTOPIX SEC Tennessee South Carolina Basketball
South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso, middle, celebrates after scoring the game-winning basket with guard Te-Hina Paopao, left, against Tennessee during the second half of SEC women's basketball tournament semifinals on March 9, 2024, in Greenville, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

SEC Announces Extension With Greenville As Women’s Basketball Tournament Host

The Southeastern Conference will continue to hold its women’s basketball tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, through 2028. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey announced the three-year extension on Wednesday. Greenville previously hosted the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament in 2005, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 and it will host again in […]

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