2017 and 2018 Wooden Legacy Tournaments to be Played Exclusively at Titan Gym

2017 and 2018 Wooden Legacy Tournaments to be Played Exclusively at Titan Gym

FULLERTON. Calif.--- The 2017 and 2018 Wooden Legacy– the three-day, multi-team men's college basketball event played yearly over the Thanksgiving holiday – will be played in its entirety at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Gym. In previous years, the final day of competition was held at the Honda Center in Anaheim after playing the opening days on CSUF campus.

The 2017 Wooden Legacy will be held on Thursday, Nov. 23, Friday, Nov. 24 and Sunday, Nov. 26. The field consists of Cal State Fullerton, DePaul, Georgia, Harvard, Saint Joseph's, Saint Mary's (Calif.), San Diego State and Washington State. The bracket – including game times and networks – will be released this summer. Stay tuned to FullertonTitans.com for full details.
  • Cal-State Fullerton makes its third appearance in the Wooden Legacy (2008 & 2013) and advanced to the 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
  • DePaul will appear in the Wooden Legacy for the second time (2010)
  • Georgia and Saint Joseph's will be making their first appearances in the Wooden Legacy
  • Harvard has appeared in the NCAA Championship four of the last six seasons
  • No. 12 Saint Mary's earned its 10th-straight postseason berth advancing to the NCAA Championship Round of 32 as a No. 7 seed
  • The 2013 Wooden Legacy champion—San Diego State—has advanced to the postseason 11 of the past 12 season
  • Washington State will make its second appearance in the Wooden Legacy (2011)
  • Additional information, including travel packages, can be found on TheWoodenLegacy.com  
 

The 2018 field will be announced in conjunction with the opening day of the 2017 event. The Wooden Legacy is one of 11 college basketball events owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN.

 

ESPN Events
ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, owns and operates a large portfolio of 31 collegiate sporting events worldwide. The roster includes three Labor Day weekend college football games; FCS opening-weekend game; 14 college bowl games, 11 college basketball events and two college award shows, which accounts for approximately 300-plus hours of programming, reaches almost 64 million viewers and attracts over 700,000 attendees each year. With satellite offices in Albuquerque, Birmingham, Boca Raton, Boise, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Montgomery and St. Petersburg, ESPN Events builds relationships with conferences, schools and local communities, as well as providing unique experiences for teams and fans.

 

ESPN Events also manages the Big 12 Corporate Partner Program.

 

Collegiate Football
AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (Houston); Bahamas Bowl (Nassau); Birmingham Bowl (Alabama); Boca Raton Bowl (Florida); Camping World Kickoff (Orlando, Fla.); Celebration Bowl (Atlanta); Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise); Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas); Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff (Montgomery, Ala.); Hawai'i Bowl (Honolulu); Las Vegas Bowl (Nevada); Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth); MEAC/SWAC Challenge (Baton Rouge, La.); Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.); St. Petersburg Bowl (Florida); Texas Bowl (Houston); The Home Depot College Football Awards (Atlanta) and Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth)

 

Collegiate Basketball

AdvoCare Invitational (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Armed Forces Classic (Ramstein Air Base, Germany); College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy's (Los Angeles); Gildan Charleston Classic (South Carolina); Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Jimmy V Men's  Classic presented by Corona (New York City); Jimmy V Women's Classic presented by Corona (TBD); NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.); PK80 (Portland, Ore.); Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); State Farm Champions Classic (Chicago) and Wooden Legacy (Fullerton, Calif.)

 

For more information, visit the official website, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube pages.

 

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ESPN Media Contact: Anna Negron at 860-766-2233 or anna.m.negron@espn.com.

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