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March 6, 2012
Barclays Center to Host Winter College Hoops Doubleheaders
The Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival and Holiday Invitational will take place in December, and tickets for both will go on sale this month.
Park Slope Patch
by Jamie Schuh
From the Department of Rewritten Press Releases...
The Barclays Center is still about seven months from opening day, but the arena has already announced the college basketball teams that will be going head to head at the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival and Holiday Invitational, both in December.
On December 15, Michigan will take on West Virginia and Fordham will go up against Princeton for a college hoops doubleheader. This will be the first time that Michigan and West Virginia meet on the court, and the game will be telecast on ESPN.
On December 22, the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational will feature Long Island University versus Seton Hall, and Manhattan College versus South Carolina.
...“Barclays Center is quickly becoming a must-play for major college basketball teams in the nation,” Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark said, in a statement.
NoLandGrab: Yes, a "must-play" arena — that has yet to host a game.
Posted by eric at March 6, 2012 9:39 PM