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August 13, 2008
Tickets for 2008 Old Spice Classic Go On Sale August 15
Tickets for the third annual Old Spice Classic will go on sale Friday, Aug. 15, at 10 a.m. ET. The 2008 Old Spice Classic will be held on Thanksgiving weekend at the Milk House at Disney’s Wide World of Sports® Complex near Orlando, Fla.
The 2008 Old Spice Classic field includes eight teams: Georgetown, Gonzaga, Maryland, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Siena, Tennessee and Wichita State. Seven of those eight teams qualified for postseason play in 2007-08, including five in the NCAA Tournament and two in the Sweet 16.
The tournament consists of 12 games over three days, Nov. 27-28 and 30. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The full schedule is listed below.
Fans can purchase tickets to all six sessions (12 games) for $90 each, or single-session tickets (two games) for $15 each. “Booster tickets” are also available for $45, allowing entrance to all three sessions (six games) involving the pre-designated team of your choice. Tickets are available at www.Ticketmaster.com, by calling Ticketmaster at (407) 839-3900 or through walk-up at the Disney Wide World of Sports® Complex Box Office.
Fans can also purchase tickets and travel packages to the tournament by going to www.AnthonyTravel.com or calling 1-800-736-6377.
The inaugural Old Spice Classic was played in 2006 with Arkansas defeating West Virginia in the championship game at Disney’s Milk House. In 2007, North Carolina State edged Villanova for the Old Spice Classic championship.
Additional information, including travel packages, can be found on the Old Spice Classic Web site at www.oldspiceclassic.com. For more information on Disney’s Wide World of Sports, visit www.disneysports.com.
2008 Old Spice Classic Schedule
(Home team listed second; Siena will be home team in each of its games)
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Date
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Time (ET)
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Game
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Network
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Thu. Nov. 27
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Noon
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Tennessee vs. Siena
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ESPN2
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2 p.m.
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Wichita State vs. Georgetown
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ESPN2
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7 p.m.
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Maryland vs. Michigan State
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ESPN2
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9 p.m.
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Oklahoma State vs. Gonzaga
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ESPN2
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Fri. Nov. 28
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10:30 a.m.
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Game #5
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ESPNU
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1 p.m.
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Game #6
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ESPN
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5:30 p.m.
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Game #7
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ESPN
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8 p.m.
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Game #8
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ESPNU
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Sun. Nov. 30
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10:30 a.m.
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Game #9 (7th/8th Place)
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ESPNU
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12:30 p.m.
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Game #10 (4th/6th Place)
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ESPNU
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5:30 p.m.
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Game #11 (3rd/5th Place)
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ESPN2
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7:30 p.m.
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Game #12 (Champion/2nd Place)
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ESPN2
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ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 900 sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, Sun Belt, WAC).
ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several other sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl; The Home Depot College Football Awards; the MEAC/SWAC Challenge; the New Mexico Bowl; the Papajohns.com Bowl; the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl; the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl; and the St Petersburg Bowl; collegiate basketball events: the Anaheim Classic (Calif.); the Charleston Classic (S.C.); the Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); the O’Reilly Auto Parts All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City); the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters; and the SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; as well as the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit www.espnplus.com.
Media contacts:
Jenny Zimmerman, ESPN, (407) 566-2213 or jennifer.j.zimmerman@espn.com
Charley Green, Media Coordinator, (214) 734-8028 or cgreen@breakaway-sports.com
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