College Basketball Season Opens

College basketball schedule for the next four days as the 2002-03 season begins. All times PDT:

TODAY

Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

* Memphis vs. Syracuse at Madison Square Garden,

4 p.m.

* Alabama vs. Oklahoma at Madison Square Garden, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

* Marquette vs. Villanova at Madison Square Garden, 3:30 p.m.

* Georgia vs. Texas at Madison Square Garden, 6 p.m.

NABC Classic

At Madison, Wis., First Round

* N. Illinois vs. Winthrop, 4 p.m.

* E. Washington at Wisconsin, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY

NABC Classic

Third place, 4 p.m.; championship, 6 p.m.

SUNDAY

Guardians Classic

At South Bend, Ind., First Round

* Brown vs. Ind.-Pur.-Indpls., 10:30 a.m.

* Belmont at Notre Dame, 1 p.m.

At Omaha, Neb.

* Furman vs. Alabama St., 3 p.m.

* Texas-Arlington at Creighton, 5:30 p.m.