UCLA BASKETBALL

UCLA basketball team to open tournament against Prairie View A & M

Bruins will host regional action of the 2K Sports Classic in November at Pauley Pavilion. The final rounds will be played at Madison Square Garden.
By Diane Pucin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 3, 2008
UCLA will play Prairie View A&M about 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at Pauley Pavilion in the first round of the 2K Sports Classic basketball tournament, just after Miami of Ohio plays Weber State at 4:15 p.m at Pauley.

The winners will play at 8 p.m. Nov. 13 for the right to advance to the tournament semifinals at Madison Square Garden.

 
The three other first-round host schools in the 16-team tournament are Duke, Michigan and Southern Illinois.

Duke's four-team pod will have Georgia Southern playing Houston and Duke meeting Presbyterian on Nov. 10; Michigan will play Michigan Tech and Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis will meet Northeastern on Nov. 11; and Southern Illinois will play California of Pennsylvania with Arkansas Monticello getting Massachusetts on Nov. 11.

The semifinal games in New York will be Nov. 20 at 4 p.m., with the UCLA pod winner against the Michigan winner. The consolation and championship games will be Nov. 21 beginning at 2 p.m.

diane.pucin@latimes.com




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