MU to Face LSU in Legend's Classic

[IWB]

Legends Classic Championship Rounds Schedule Announced
NC State to face Arizona State and LSU to meet Marquette in Championship Rounds at Barclays Center in November
Subregional Round match-ups also set


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gazelle Group
August 6, 2015

PRINCETON, N.J. - The Championship Round schedule, as well as the Subregional Round schedule, for the ninth annual Legends Classic (@legendsbball) have been finalized.

NC State will square off with Arizona State and LSU will take on Marquette in the Championship Rounds of the Legends Classic, Nov. 23-24, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. All four games will be televised on ESPN Networks.

The four teams combine for 92 NCAA Tournament appearances and eight Final Fours. Each will host a pair of Regional Round games before heading to Barclays Center. This will mark the fourth year that the Championship Rounds will be played at Barclays Center.

TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for the Championship Rounds of the Legends Classic at Barclays Center are on sale may be purchased online via Ticketmaster by visiting www.barclayscenter.com or www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling 800-745-3000.

The four Regional Round hosts will be joined in the Legends Classic by Belmont, IUPUI, Kennesaw State, and South Alabama. These four teams will play two Regional Round games before moving on to Kennesaw State for a pair of Subregional Round doubleheaders on Nov. 23 and 24. The semifinal doubleheader on Nov. 23 will pit Kennesaw State against IUPUI and Belmont against South Alabama.

Additional television information will be announced at a later date.

---- CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS ----

Semifinal Doubleheader
Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.
November 23 - 7:00 p.m. (ET)
LSU vs. Marquette (ESPN2)
NC State vs. Arizona State (ESPN3)


Championship Doubleheader
Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.
November 24 - 5:30 p.m. (ET)
Consolation Game (ESPNU)
Championship Game (ESPN2)

---- REGIONAL ROUNDS ----

Raleigh Regional Rounds
PNC Arena - Raleigh, N.C.
November 15
South Alabama at NC State (ESPNU)
November 18
IUPUI at NC State

Milwaukee Regional Rounds
BMO Harris Bradley Center - Milwaukee, Wis.
November 13
Belmont at Marquette
November 16
IUPUI at Marquette

Baton Rouge Regional Rounds
Maravich Center- Baton Rouge, La.
November 16
Kennesaw State at LSU (ESPNU)
November 19
South Alabama at LSU

Tempe Regional Rounds
Wells Fargo Arena - Tempe, Ariz.
November 16
Belmont at Arizona State
November 18
Kennesaw State at Arizona State

---- SUBREGIONAL ROUNDS ----

Kennesaw Subregional Rounds
KSU Convocation Center - Kennesaw, Ga.
November 23
Belmont vs. South Alabama
IUPUI vs. Kennesaw State
November 24
Subregional Consolation Game
Subregional Championship Game

[MU/Panther]

All the holiday exempt games on the "World Wide Leader" has been coming out today, but word has been leaking out for weeks now.

The big news story here as many have known MU vs LSU would be the match-up, is that the game is on TV game. Problem with the Legends Classic and ESPN having too much college programming is one game falls on TV and the other gets stuck to espn3. The same was last year as Villanova-VCU was on TV and Oregon-Michigan was on espn3.

November 23 - 6:00 p.m. (CT)
LSU vs. Marquette (ESPN2)
NC State vs. Arizona State (ESPN3)

[mufan2003]

All the holiday exempt games on the "World Wide Leader" has been coming out today, but word has been leaking out for weeks now.

The big news story here as many have known MU vs LSU would be the match-up, is that the game is on TV game. Problem with the Legends Classic and ESPN having too much college programming is one game falls on TV and the other gets stuck to espn3. The same was last year as Villanova-VCU was on TV and Oregon-Michigan was on espn3.

November 23 - 6:00 p.m. (CT)
LSU vs. Marquette (ESPN2)
NC State vs. Arizona State (ESPN3)

Interesting that while we sometimes complain about an ESPN anti-Big East bias for business reasons...they choose the matchup with a Big East team instead of an ACC/PAC 12 matchup.

[MUMac]

Interesting that while we sometimes complain about an ESPN anti-Big East bias for business reasons...they choose the matchup with a Big East team instead of an ACC/PAC 12 matchup.

Simple answer is Henry Ellenson/Ben Simmons. Two top 10 recruits. That was being mentioned last spring as an exciting matchup to watch. Add to that, LSU had a top 5 recruiting class against MU's class.

[MU/Panther]

The second game the last couple of years of the Legends Classic has had a west coast team which the game lands on espn3. ESPN2 does the 2nd game of the CBE in Kansas City at 8:30pm time slot.

[Beachwarrior]

Does anybody know if tickets will be available through MU, or if it is best to go through Ticketmaster? Thanks