UTEP and St Mary will square off in opening round stroke of the next annual Anaheim Classic on Thursday.
UTEP and St Mary will honest off in first round engagement of the following annual Anaheim Classic on Thursday. Nov 27 at the 7,800-seat Anaheim Convention Center. Tournament pairings were announced on Tuesday by ESPN Regional Television.
The Miners and the Gaels will meet in the key game of the day at 11 a.m. PST (noon MST). UTEP has been the home team for that game. Other Nov. 27 matchups are Cal State Fullerton vs. Wake Forest (1:30 p.m. PST), Arizona State vs. Charlotte (6 p.m. PST) and Baylor vs. Providence (8:30 p.m. PST).
UTEP returns seven and three from last years 19-14 crew that advanced to the Conference USA Tournament semifinals and a bid to the germinal College Basketball Invitational. Returning starters are oldest security Stefon Jackson (23.6 ppg in 07-08), sophomore sentinel Julyan Stone (2.8 ppg) and elder forthright Tavaris Watts (6.9 ppg). Starters lost are lookout Marvin Kilgore (12.7 ppg) and advancing Victor Ramalho (5.9 ppg). UTEPs players for 69.1 percent of the teams points, 63 of its and 56 of its assists last period.
Led by tutor Randy Bennett, the Gaels earned additional NCAA outward show in four years in 2007-08. St. Marys won 25 meet and finished succeeding in the West Coast Conference with a 12-2 record. The Gaels lost a twofold-overtime conclusion to San Diego in the semifinals of the WCC Tournament, and an NCAA Tournament at-hefty bid.
The UTEP-St. Marys game will be nationwide on-screen on ESPNU. The Miners will face whichever Cal State Fullerton or Wake Forest on Friday, Nov. 28, also on ESPNU. The battle game will be carried by ESPN2 on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. PST.
The Anaheim Classic is hosted by ESPNU and the Big West Conference. Five of the in the sports ground earned post-spell berths in 2007-08, with Baylor, Cal State Fullerton and St. Marys selected to the NCAA Tournament, Charlotte in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and UTEP invited to the first College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
