2008 Old Spice Classic Pairings Revealed

ESPN Regional Television, Inc. (ERT) announced the 2008 Old Spice Classic matchups last week. Georgetown University will go head-to-head against Wichita State in the first round of the Old Spice event, which will be held on Thanksgiving weekend at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida. Eight teams will be competing at the Classic, of which seven qualified for postseason play during the 2007-08 season. The slated teams also include five in the NCAA Tournament, and two advancing to the Sweet 16. The first round of the tournament will begin Thursday, Nov. 27 and each team will compete in one game per day of the bracket-tournament style Classic.

The first round includes face-offs with Tennessee and Siena (noon); Wichita State vs. Georgetown (2 p.m.); Maryland squares off against Michigan State (7 p.m.); Oklahoma State and Gonzaga finish the first day (9 p.m.). The winning team of the Wichita State-Georgia game will go up against either Siena or Tennessee on Nov. 28 at 1 p.m. while the losing team will play the other team that Friday at 10:30 a.m. The winning teams of the Old Spice Classic openers will compete in a championship at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 30. For a complete list of tournament pairings, find the full article on the NCAA website. All of the 2008 Old Spice Classic will be broadcast live on the ESPN Networks (ESPN2 and ESPNU).

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