2020 early season tournaments

[Da Coach]

Illinois State and Northern Iowa are among at least 10 schools participating in a large "bubble" event at the University of Nebraska-
https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/st...29472583700480

List of tournaments-

https://www.bloggingthebracket.com/21505871/2020-21-college-basketball-early-season-events-mte-thanksgiving-holiday-tournaments-covid-updates

[64NIT]

There is a 4-team "bubble" event being organized at the Yum Center in Louisville starting Nov. 25. Initially, 4 teams committed to the event- Arkansas Little Rock, Duquesne, UNC Greensboro and Winthrop, but there were plans to expand it to as many as 8 or 12 teams-
https://www.courier-journal.com/stor...le/5909695002/

Now Southern Illinois is rumored to be joining the event-
https://bigredlouie.com/2020/10/09/l...bubble-update/

Looks like seven teams, as of now, will be participating in this event:

During the 10 day trip, Duquesne will be staying in the bubble with a still undetermined number of teams. At this point, Louisville, UNC-Greensboro, Winthrop and Arkansas Little-Rock are signed up but that list will grow in the coming days and weeks. Jeff Goodman is reporting that Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois are likely to join this event.

Apparently, five games will be played over a ten-day period (as per the article).

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2020...etball-bubble/

[Da Coach]

The remnant of the 2020 Paradise Jam will be a 4-team tournament in Washington DC on Nov. 26-28. The 4 teams all will be East Coast teams- George Mason, Howard, UMBC, and Northeastern

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1316369026436730886

[Da Coach]

Article listing all the current early-season tournaments and participants-

https://watchstadium.com/college-basketballs-2020-21-events-schedule-10-07-2020/

Bradley is in the 4-team, 3-game Xavier University event Nov. 25-27
Illinois State and Northern Iowa are in the Nebraska event Nov. 25-Dec. 2- currently includes 10 teams
Indiana State is in the Gulf Coast Classic Nov. 25-27- currently includes 6 teams
SIU is in the Louisville event Nov. 25-Dec. 4- currently includes 7 teams
Drake is in the Kansas event Nov. 25-27- includes 4 teams
Loyola is in the Orlando Hoops event Nov. 25-Dec. 6- currently includes 18 teams
Not currently in an event- Missouri State, Valparaiso, Evansville

[Da Coach]

Wake Forest is having an early-season tournament of their own, but I had to chuckle when I saw the field.
Here are the 3 other participating team they invited with last year's RPIs:
Delaware State (RPI 349)
Alabama State (RPI 328 )
Longwood (RPI 303)
https://twitter.com/LongwoodStats/st...70396006928391

I have never seen a more pathetic field for a 4-team event, especially by a team from a Power 5 conference.
Wake Forest's RPI last year was 149, but only because they had a good SOS playing in the ACC. Their non-conference RPI was in the 180's. They finished the season 13-18, and 6-14 in the ACC, good for last place. So I guess they must not believe they will be any good this season, so they opted for 3 of the easiest games they could get, all on their home court. They should get 3 easy wins.

[Da Coach]

Drake is now confirmed in the 4-team tournament at Kansas State, named The Little Apple Classic (Manhattan, Kansas is known as "the Little Apple").
It includes Kansas State, Colorado, Drake, and South Dakota State. Each team will play just 2 games. Drake will play Kansas State on Wed., Nov. 25 and South Dakota State on Fri., Nov. 27-
https://twitter.com/ChrisLillyKAKE/s...97584640630784

South Dakota State has pulled out of the Kansas State event, The Little Apple Classic. SDSU will join the Crossover Classic instead in Sioux Falls, SD, joining a much better field- WVU, Memphis, Texas A&M, Ohio St, Wichita St, Creighton & Dayton in the 8-team tournament. Plus, they will get 3 games instead of 2. They replace Utah, which pulled out because of Covid concerns.

Drake is scheduled to play Kansas State on Nov. 25 and was scheduled to play South Dakota State on Nov. 27. Drake's schedule still shows them playing So. Dakota State on Nov. 27, but will change now that SDSU has pulled out. According to the Kansas State site, They have been replaced by the University of South Dakota Coyotes. Drake's second opponent on Nov. 27 will now be South Dakota-

https://godrakebulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

[Da Coach]

Illinois State pulled out of the Cancun Challenge, which was moved to Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida. Then they were slated to be in the Golden Window Classic (Nebraska multi-team event), but pulled out of that last week. And now they are confirmed to be in a new multi-team event being hosted by Ohio State at the Value City Arena in Columbus, OH, starting November 25. The event is not oficially filled yet, and doesn't have a name, but Dan Muller says the Redbirds will play two games there, starting with Ohio State in the opening game on Nov. 25. But Muller also said things could still change.
https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/co...ef90f67de.html

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa follows ISU as they pull out of the Lincoln, Nebraska multi-team event. Instead, UNI will compete in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They replace Texas A&M, which pulled out of the South Dakota event yesterday.
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/sta...90526797172736
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/te...d-19-concerns/

Northern Iowa will play West Virginia in the first game.
Bracket-

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1329090914518585349

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa follows ISU as they pull out of the Lincoln, Nebraska multi-team event. Instead, UNI will compete in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They replace Texas A&M, which pulled out of the South Dakota event yesterday.
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/sta...90526797172736
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/te...d-19-concerns/

Northern Iowa will play West Virginia in the first game.
Bracket-
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/sta...90914518585349

The Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, SD (the event that UNI is in) has already undergone several changes with teams pulling out, and now one more. Wichita State has withdrawn due to a couple positive Covid tests on players that were detected after the team arrived in Sioux Falls today..
https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/st...51069443457026

Updated bracket in this tournament-
Northern Iowa vs. Western Kentucky
Saint Mary's vs. Memphis
West Virginia vs. South Dakota State
VCU vs. Utah State