Only two schools per conference invited.

As for the ACC, Syracuse is not included. Time to start getting used to who runs the show down there...

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...hil-knight

That's a sweet tournament. UCONN should thank Nike for all the cash ($4.55M per year) they pay us per year. This is a good payback. That's sweet lineup of teams they assembled.

As for Cuse, yeah they will find out who is in charge in the ACC. Everything in the ACC will center around the Carolina 4.

Well played by Nike. Very well played.

How long before the other companies start their own tournaments for their brand?

Pretty cool idea, Adidas will probably follow suit with a tournament involving Cincinnati, Louisville, Baylor, Michigan (I think), etc

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

The true King of College Athletics.

I'm surprised Memphis isn't in it.

(08-16-2012 12:41 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I'm surprised Memphis isn't in it.

They took two teams from eight conferences. They took Georgetown & UConn as the Big East teams.

Look at the Pac-12 teams they took. Not powerhouses. UCLA is Adidas. Same with Kansas from the Big 12. Why Arizona wasn't chosen? Don't know b/c they are Nike.

The article also admits that if a school switches conferences or shoe contracts, it could affect the list of participants. A school could change its mind on participating.

good luck portland lol.
under armor could try this, but it'd be a stretch and it wouldn't be 16 teams.
could be: auburn,boston college, maryland, northwestern, south carolina, south florida, temple, texas tech and utah (could subtract one for 8 or add mid majors to get more teams)
from wikipedia, no idea if any of those teams are changing soon

(08-16-2012 01:41 PM)mattsarz Wrote:  

(08-16-2012 12:41 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I'm surprised Memphis isn't in it.

They took two teams from eight conferences. They took Georgetown & UConn as the Big East teams.

Look at the Pac-12 teams they took. Not powerhouses. UCLA is Adidas. Same with Kansas from the Big 12. Why Arizona wasn't chosen? Don't know b/c they are Nike.

The article also admits that if a school switches conferences or shoe contracts, it could affect the list of participants. A school could change its mind on participating.

That makes sense. Guess there was nobody else in C-USA with a Nike contract worth dragging along. Sorry to whoever I offend, lol.

Haha, just kidding. I know it's a few years from now, and the BE already has 2 teams.

"There are discussions to bring a professor from each of the 16 schools for a think-tank educational session for the event, Hollis said, and the coaches and athletic directors want a tie-in with the Jimmy V Fund for cancer research, as well."

Can UNC (since they have been invited) bring one of the professor's who helps schedule those fake classes...all so that UNC players can stay eligible to play ball at UNC?

Now that would be a fun "think-tank" because information like that should definitely be shared.

(08-16-2012 12:35 PM)Bearcat_Bounce Wrote:  Pretty cool idea, Adidas will probably follow suit with a tournament involving Cincinnati, Louisville, Baylor, Michigan (I think), etc

Agree, I think UCLA, Kansas, IU, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Tennessee and NC State are also Adidas.

Why not this

Cincinnati, Louisville, Notre Dame (pick one)
UCLA
Kansas, Baylor (pick one)
IU, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Northwestern (pick one)
NC State (pick one)
Tennessee, Texas A & M, Miss State (pick one)
Saint Mary's
Harvard

There are some decent smaller schools plus solid programs like UMass and UTEP that could be used to fill the tournament.

they ought to do a Nike/Adidas Challenge....

Nike schools vs similar Adidas schools.

that would be cool