INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Four of the nation’s premier teams will headline The Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase as the first basketball event to be played in the new Lucas Oil Stadium on Dec. 6, 2008 in Indianapolis. New Indiana head coach Tom Crean will lead his Hoosiers against preseason top-10 favorite Gonzaga in the 1:30 p.m. opener followed by Big East-power Notre Dame versus 2007 NCAA runner-up Ohio State at 4 p.m. The event, which is owned and managed by BEST, is in its third year and serves as an annual fundraiser for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

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The Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase to open Lucas Oil Stadium for basketball

Desert Classic returns elite college basketball to U.S. Airways Center

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Four of the nation’s premier teams will headline the Desert Classic on Dec. 14 at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. All-America candidate James Harden and his Arizona State Sun Devils face off against IUPUI in the 1:15 p.m. MST opener followed by Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson and his Arizona Wildcats against preseason top-10 favorite Gonzaga at 4 p.m. MST. The event is managed by BEST Collegiate.

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