North Carolina State University Athletics
Pack to Play in Inaugural Vegas Showdown in November 2023
5/11/2023 2:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
NC State will be joined at event by Arizona State, BYU and Vanderbilt
Las Vegas, Nev. – ESPN Events announced today the inaugural Vegas Showdown will be one of 10 ESPN owned and operated events during the 2023-24 college basketball season. The new four-team event will feature Arizona State, BYU, NC State and Vanderbilt to be contested Nov. 23 and 24 in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino's Michelob ULTRA Arena.
Three of the four teams appeared in the 2023 postseason, with Arizona State and NC State earning at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament and Vanderbilt advancing to the postseason NIT Quarterfinals.
Matchups, ticket information, times and ESPN platform designations for all events will be released at a later date.
Vegas Showdown Tournament Field Notes:
• Arizona State, led by coach Bobby Hurley, has topped the 20-win mark in four of the last five full seasons, including three NCAA Tournament appearances during that span.
• BYU, led by coach Mark Pope, enters its first season in the Big 12 on a run of 20 postseason (NCAA or NIT) appearances in the last 23 years in which postseason tournaments were held.
• NC State joins Duke, Louisville and North Carolina as the only ACC schools to win multiple National Championships, as the Wolfpack won the title in 1974 and 1983. Coach Kevin Keatts
has taken the Wolfpack to the postseason four times in five postseason opportunities.
• Coach Jerry Stackhouse has guided Vanderbilt to a postseason berth in each of the past two years, advancing to the NIT Quarterfinals both years.
• Hurley, Pope and Stackhouse played a combined 29 seasons in the NBA, while Hurley (Duke 1991, 1992) and Pope (Kentucky 1996) added NCAA titles to their resumes.
For more information on ESPN Events, visit www.espnevents.com
Three of the four teams appeared in the 2023 postseason, with Arizona State and NC State earning at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament and Vanderbilt advancing to the postseason NIT Quarterfinals.
Matchups, ticket information, times and ESPN platform designations for all events will be released at a later date.
Vegas Showdown Tournament Field Notes:
• Arizona State, led by coach Bobby Hurley, has topped the 20-win mark in four of the last five full seasons, including three NCAA Tournament appearances during that span.
• BYU, led by coach Mark Pope, enters its first season in the Big 12 on a run of 20 postseason (NCAA or NIT) appearances in the last 23 years in which postseason tournaments were held.
• NC State joins Duke, Louisville and North Carolina as the only ACC schools to win multiple National Championships, as the Wolfpack won the title in 1974 and 1983. Coach Kevin Keatts
has taken the Wolfpack to the postseason four times in five postseason opportunities.
• Coach Jerry Stackhouse has guided Vanderbilt to a postseason berth in each of the past two years, advancing to the NIT Quarterfinals both years.
• Hurley, Pope and Stackhouse played a combined 29 seasons in the NBA, while Hurley (Duke 1991, 1992) and Pope (Kentucky 1996) added NCAA titles to their resumes.
For more information on ESPN Events, visit www.espnevents.com
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