Sept. 21, 2004
FAIRFAX, Va. - George Mason's men's basketball program has been selected to participate in the 2004 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, The Gazelle Group announced Tuesday. The Patriots, who have advanced to the postseason four times in the last six years, including an NIT invite last season, will play IPFW in regional action Thursday, Nov. 11 in Memphis, Tenn. at a time to be determined. The winner will face either host Memphis or Savannah State for the regional championship Saturday, Nov. 13., also at a time to be determined.
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The Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, the nation's premier preseason college basketball tournament, takes on a new expanded format this season as this year's event features 16 teams from 16 conferences competing at four regional sites hosted by Syracuse, Memphis, Cal and Mississippi State (in Birmingham, Ala.). Regional action begins November 11th - 13th. The winners from each site will advance to play in the Championship Rounds at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 18th - 19th. All four Championship Round games will be nationally televised on ESPN2.
Other teams scheduled to participate at regional host sites include: Alabama A&M, Belmont, Birmingham-Southern, Bucknell, Fairfield, Northern Colorado, Princeton, St. Mary's and UC Riverside.
REGIONAL ROUNDS:
November 11th & 12th, 5:30 PM EST November 11th & 13th, Time TBA
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn.
Syracuse vs. Northern Colorado Memphis vs. Savannah State
Princeton vs. Bucknell George Mason vs. IPFW
November 11th & 12th, 5:30 PM PST November 11th & 12th, 6:00 PM CST
Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, Calif. Birmingham Jefferson Convention
Complex, Birmingham, Ala.
California vs. UC Riverside Mississippi State vs. Fairfield
St. Mary's vs. Belmont Alabama A&M vs. Birmingham-Southern
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS:
Semifinals: Finals:
November 18th, 7:00 PM EST November 19th, 7:00 PM EST
Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden
Reg. Winner (Memphis) vs. Reg. Winner (Cal) Consolation Game
Reg. Winner (Syracuse) vs. Reg. Winner (Miss. St.) Championship Game
The Coaches vs. Cancer program, created by the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches exists to leverage the strength, community leadership and celebrity of our country's basketball coaches to raise awareness and in turn, reduce cancer risk through education programs while raising funds for the American Cancer Society. Since 1995, The Gazelle Group, producer of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, has raised over $2.2 million for Coaches vs. Cancer.
For ticket information regarding the Patriots' games in Memphis, please contact the George Mason ticket office at 703-993-3270 or contact Memphis at 1-888-867-UofM (Individual game tickets on sale Oct. 15th). Championship Round tickets at Madison Square Garden are on sale now and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171 or through www.Ticketmaster.com. For more information about the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, please visit www.coachesvscancer.com or contact Christopher Makos at (609) 921-1300 or cmakos@gazellegroup.com.
