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St. John’s To Host Nebraska As Part Of Third Annual Gavitt Tipoff Games
Red Storm Will Square Off With Cornhuskers On November 16
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QUEENS, N.Y. (May 24, 2017) – The Gavitt Tipoff Games lineup was revealed on Wednesday by the BIG EAST and Big Ten Conferences for the third annual event that runs from Nov. 13-17, 2017. As part of the early-season showdown between two of the nation’s top college basketball leagues, St. John’s will host Nebraska on Thursday, Nov. 16 with a national broadcast carried on FS1. Game times will be announced at a later date.
The unique eight-game event is named in honor of Dave Gavitt, who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball on the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
St. John’s faces Nebraska for the first time in program history. The Red Storm split its pervious two contests in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, defeating Rutgers in the inaugural event before falling on the road last season at NCAA Tournament bound Minnesota.
Scheduled to take place through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball campaign. The series will span eight years, with games played at home sites. Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in upcoming seasons.
St. John’s To Host Nebraska As Part Of Third Annual Gavitt Tipoff Games
Red Storm Will Square Off With Cornhuskers On November 16
Web Releasehttp://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052417aaa.html
QUEENS, N.Y. (May 24, 2017) – The Gavitt Tipoff Games lineup was revealed on Wednesday by the BIG EAST and Big Ten Conferences for the third annual event that runs from Nov. 13-17, 2017. As part of the early-season showdown between two of the nation’s top college basketball leagues, St. John’s will host Nebraska on Thursday, Nov. 16 with a national broadcast carried on FS1. Game times will be announced at a later date.
The unique eight-game event is named in honor of Dave Gavitt, who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball on the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
St. John’s faces Nebraska for the first time in program history. The Red Storm split its pervious two contests in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, defeating Rutgers in the inaugural event before falling on the road last season at NCAA Tournament bound Minnesota.
Scheduled to take place through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball campaign. The series will span eight years, with games played at home sites. Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in upcoming seasons.
