Men's Hoops Heads To Anaheim Turkey Day Weekend For The 76 Classic

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Anaheim, CA—The UC Riverside Men’s Basketball Team takes a short trip down the 91 this Thanksgiving weekend to the Anaheim Convention Center where they are taking part in the fifth annual 76 Classic.

The three-day, eight-team tournament begins on Thanksgiving Day with the Highlanders taking on Villanova at 1:30 pm PT live on ESPN3.

Game two is Friday, November 25 against either Boston College or St. Louis, pending the outcome of Thursday’s games. The final game of the tournament is slated for Sunday, with opponent and tip time TBD.

This is the third in-season tournament in which UC Riverside has participated since the Highlanders made the move to Division I. Last year, they traveled to SMU where they went 1-2 defeating the host Mustangs, 73-69, in double overtime, but losing to Lamar, 90-75, and Portland State, 69-58.

UCR’s first tournament experience came at the beginning of the 2006-07 season. Iowa State hosted the event which saw the Highlanders lose 69-61 to the Cyclones on November 10, upend Eastern Illinois on November 11 by a 64-55 score, and drop a 76-64 decision to Louisiana Monroe on November 12.

Villanova and UC Riverside are facing off against one another for the first time. In fact, the Highlanders have only played two games against their seven potential tourney opponents: a 63-61 loss at Santa Clara on December 28, 2005 and an 86-55 loss to Washington State on November 19, 2005.

Men's Hoops Heads To Anaheim Turkey Day Weekend For The 76 Classic

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