– Possible Preseason Prime 10 Groups UConn and BYU to Face Off in Their Second Ever Assembly –
PHOENIX – Place Sports activities, in partnership with the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame, introduced that projected preseason Prime 10 groups UConn and BYU will meet within the Corridor of Fame Collection Boston occasion on Saturday, November 15, at TD Backyard. This marks simply the second assembly between the packages, with the Huskies defeating the Cougars within the first matchup through the opening spherical of the 2003 NCAA Event.
“We’re thrilled to determine TD Backyard as our latest Corridor of Fame Collection venue, making a basketball showcase within the coronary heart of New England, only a brief journey from our residence in Springfield,” mentioned John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame. “The matchup between UConn and BYU brings collectively one of many sport’s premier packages and considered one of its most fun up-and-coming groups, led by a neighborhood expertise in AJ Dybantsa. This occasion not solely highlights elite faculty basketball but additionally reinforces our ongoing relationship with the Boston Celtics and our shared dedication to celebrating the sport’s wealthy historical past within the area.”
This can be UConn’s second look within the Corridor of Fame Collection, following a win over Gonzaga at Madison Sq. Backyard final December. The Huskies are led by two-time Nationwide Champion Alex Karaban, who hails from Southborough, Mass. BYU, that includes Brockton, Mass., product and consensus No. 1 incoming recruit A.J. Dybansta, can be set to take part within the Corridor of Fame Collection Las Vegas occasion on Opening Evening, November 3.
“We’re thrilled to welcome the Corridor of Fame Collection to TD Backyard this November,” mentioned Glen Thornborough, President of TD Backyard and COO of the Boston Bruins. “Internet hosting a high-profile faculty basketball matchup like UConn vs. BYU is an ideal match for Boston, and with a number of homegrown abilities within the highlight, it’s positive to be a particular evening for our followers.”
Additional particulars concerning ticketing, sport occasions, broadcast particulars, and media credentials for the occasion can be shared at a later date.
“Bringing the Corridor of Fame Collection to Boston for the primary time is an thrilling milestone, particularly simply down the highway from the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in Springfield,” mentioned Melissa Meacham-Grossman, President of Place Sports activities. “UConn’s championship legacy and BYU’s rising star energy—highlighted by Massachusetts’ personal A.J. Dybansta—set the stage for a memorable evening at TD Backyard, in a metropolis the place the sport’s historical past runs deep, due to the custom of the Boston Celtics and the legacy of their many Corridor of Famers.”
The Corridor of Fame Collection, owned and operated by Place Sports activities, is a premier assortment of multi-game, singular occasions that characteristic high collegiate basketball packages in high-profile non-conference matchups performed each domestically and overseas. Previous stops have included the next cities: Baltimore (2024), Charlotte (2023), Las Vegas (2023-24), New York (2024), Phoenix (2023-24), San Antonio (2023), and Toronto (2023).
For extra Corridor of Fame Collection info and updates, please go to HOFSeries.com or observe @HOFSeries on all social platforms.
UConn (5) knocked off BYU (12) within the first spherical of the 2003 NCAA Event, 58-53, in Spokane, Wash.
Quotes from Head Coaches:
“The Corridor of Fame Collection has been nice to us prior to now so it was a no brainer to leap at a chance to play an elite opponent in ‘Storrs North.’ We all know it will likely be a top quality occasion with an ideal crowd and a stiff take a look at to see the place we’re as a group.”
Dan Hurley | UConn
“The Corridor of Fame Collection continues to ship nice non-conference matchups for males’s faculty basketball. The sport in opposition to UConn in Boston goes to be an ideal take a look at for our group and permit Cougar followers all around the East Coast to see us play in one of many premiere venues within the NBA.”
Kevin Younger | BYU
About Place Sports activities
Place Sports activities, established in 2005, is a premium occasion manufacturing and model advertising agency that makes a speciality of occasion operations, activation growth, media relations, and digital engagement. Through the years, Place Sports activities has labored with most of the world’s main manufacturers, together with Nike, Jordan Model, Pink Bull, the Basketball Corridor of Fame, ESPN Occasions, USA Basketball, Higher Deck, MLB, and T-Cell in practically each main U.S. metropolis and on a world scale. Place Sports activities supplies purchasers with the expanded strategic path wanted to reach the sports activities advertising area, also called Positioning. To be taught extra, go to positionsports.com or observe @positionsports on Twitter and Instagram.
About TD Backyard
TD Backyard, owned and operated by Delaware North, first opened its doorways to the general public on September 30, 1995. Within the practically 30 years since, the venue has generated greater than $365 million in direct financial affect to the Better Boston area from its main nationwide occasions alone, not together with its high-profile Bruins and Celtics tenants. The sector has performed host to numerous marquee occasions, together with the Democratic Nationwide Conference, NHL All-Star Sport, NCAA Frozen Fours, NCAA Girls’s Closing 4, U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials, U.S. Determine Skating Championships, and ISU World Determine Skating Championships amongst others.
About Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame
Positioned in Springfield, Massachusetts, town the place basketball was born, the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame is an unbiased nonprofit 501(c)(3) group devoted to selling, preserving, and celebrating the sport of basketball at each degree—women and men, novice {and professional} gamers, coaches, and contributors—each domestically and internationally. The Corridor of Fame museum is residence to greater than 475 inductees and over 40,000 sq. toes of basketball historical past. Almost 200,000 folks go to the Corridor of Fame museum every year to be taught in regards to the sport, expertise the interactive displays, and take a look at their expertise on the Jerry Colangelo “Courtroom of Desires.” Finest identified for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the sport’s elite, the Corridor of Fame additionally operates over 70 highschool and collegiate competitions yearly all through the nation and overseas. For extra info on the Basketball Corridor of Fame group, its museum, and occasions, go to hoophall.com and observe @hoophallU.
