FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason University men's basketball team's pair of neutral site games in the 2018 Emerald Coast Classic will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network.
During the Thanksgiving week tournament in Niceville, Fla., Mason will open play on Friday, November 23, with a 7 p.m. (ET) contest against 2017-18 AAC champion Cincinnati. Then, depending on that result, the Patriots will play either Baylor or Ole Miss on Saturday, November 24, at either 4 or 7 p.m. Both games will air on CBS Sports Network.
It's the second straight season Mason has competed in a tournament with CBS Sports Network ties. In 2017-18, the Patriots played a pair of games in the Cancun Challenge that aired live on the network.
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Nicholls State, North Carolina Central, Southern and Western Michigan round out the list of teams competing in the tournament.
First and second-round games will be played at on-campus sites Nov. 10 through Nov. 20 with the third round and championship round scheduled Thanksgiving weekend in Niceville, Fla.
Other third-round games on Friday feature Nicholls State against North Carolina Central at Noon and Southern playing Western Michigan at 2:30 p.m.
Global Sports has produced 40 multi-team college basketball tournaments in the past 11 years including three during the 2017-18 season.
About the Patriots
George Mason returns every letter winner from a 2017-18 team that placed fifth in the Atlantic 10. That finish marked Mason's best in its five-year tenure in the league. The Patriots will be led by 2018 All-Atlantic 10 second team selection
Otis Livingston II, who is one of just six Div. I players returning who has posted at least 1,400 points, 350 assists and 250 rebounds in a career.
In addition to welcoming back all five 2017-18 starters, the Patriots also will add former University of Virginia forward
Jarred Reuter (Marion, Mass.), as well as a recruiting class that features guards Jason Douglas-Stanley (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) and Jamal Hartwell II (Los Angeles, Calif.), as well as forward Jordan Miller (Purcellville, Va.).
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