PRINCETON, N.J. — The 12-team field, schedule and television coverage for the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic men's college basketball tournament has been completed.
Texas, Pittsburgh, Wichita State and Iowa will serve as the four Regional Round hosts for the event. The tournament will begin with regional round action, Nov. 15-19, with the four host schools automatically advancing to the Championship Rounds at Sprint Center in Kansas City on Nov. 23-24. The Cullowhee and Richmond subregional rounds will be held on Nov. 23-25.
A total of ten games will be televised on the ESPN family of networks. ESPN2 will televise the first Pittsburgh regional round game on Nov. 17, both championship round doubleheaders on Nov. 23 and the championship game on Nov. 24. The consolation game on Nov. 24 will be televised on ESPNU. ESPNU will also televise all four games from the Iowa City and Austin regional rounds, along with the first Wichita regional round game on Nov. 15.
Outlined below are the dates, times, locations, match-ups and television coverage for the tournament (UTSA games in bold italics). For more information on this year's classic, click here.
Iowa City Regional
Carver-Hawkeye Arena — Iowa City, Iowa
Nov. 15 — 5 p.m.
UTSA vs. Iowa (ESPNU)
Nov. 17 — 8 p.m.
Duquesne vs. Iowa (ESPNU)
Austin Regional
Frank Erwin Center — Austin, Texas
Nov. 15 — 1 p.m.
UC Irvine vs. Texas (ESPNU)
Nov. 18 — 8 p.m.
Western Carolina vs. Texas (ESPNU)
Pittsburgh Regional
Petersen Events Center — Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nov. 17 — 4:30 p.m.
Binghamton vs. Pittsburgh (ESPN2)
Nov. 19 — 6 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky vs. Pittsburgh
Wichita Regional
Charles Koch Arena — Wichita, Kan.
Nov. 15 — 3 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Wichita State (ESPNU)
Nov. 18 — 7 p.m.
Arkansas Monticello vs. Wichita State
Richmond Subregional
Alumni Coliseum — Richmond, Ky.
Nov. 23 — 5 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Eastern Kentucky
UTSA vs. UC Irvine
Nov. 24 — 5 p.m.
UC Irvine vs. Eastern Kentucky
Fairleigh Dickinson vs. UTSA
Nov. 25 — 5 p.m.
UTSA vs. Eastern Kentucky
UC Irvine vs. Fairleigh Dickinson
Cullowhee Subregional
Liston Ramsey Center — Cullowhee, N.C.
Nov. 23 — 4 p.m.
Duquesne vs. Binghamton
Arkansas Monticello vs. Western Carolina
Nov. 24 — 4 p.m.
Arkansas Monticello vs. Duquesne
Binghamton vs. Western Carolina
Nov. 25 — 4 p.m.
Binghamton vs. Arkansas Monticello
Duquesne vs. Western Carolina
Semifinal Doubleheader
Sprint Center — Kansas City, Mo.
Nov. 23 — 6:30 p.m.
Wichita State vs. Pittsburgh (ESPN2)
Texas vs. Iowa (ESPN2)
Championship Doubleheader
Sprint Center — Kansas City, Mo.
Nov. 24 — 6:45 p.m.
Consolation Game (ESPNU)
Championship Game (ESPN2)
