Future tournaments

[runsoastowin]

If this has already gotten around here, feel free to ignore this.

 

But I saw this article on the huskers.com website, which talked about Nebraska's being part of the Charleston Classic gets us in other tournaments for the next two years:

 

"Miles told me Charleston is Part One of a three-year Husker Triple Play for ESPN. Next year, Nebraska will play in a tournament in Hawaii. “It’ll be a Blue Christmas for us because we’ll play the last game of that tournament on December 24th,” Miles said before adding that the Huskers also have committed to an ESPN-sponsored tournament in Anaheim in 2015."

 

Two thoughts and a question:

 

1. I love that Miles is upping our schedule and getting us in some of these tournaments.  With the way I see our team improving, this will be vital for coming years and getting us the SOS and win opportunities for the tourney.

 

2. I love that these tourneys have national coverage on ESPN, something big for our non-conference schedule which is normally a sporadic game on BTN here or there.  Greater coverage equals more recruits knowing Nebraska (or at least not thinking Nebraska = football).

 

Q.: Wasn't there a limit on how many tournaments you could participate in at some point? Is that rule gone now?

[uneblinstu]

I want them to play in Maui...

 

It's been a long time since they've played there.

[REDZONEDAN]

I hope we play in the Las Vegas tournament again. I would definitely go to that tournament.

[HuskerCager]

I hear there is this cool tournament that plays in March that invites all the best teams in the country.  It has 68 teams in it.  Has four letters in it... I can't recall what they are....  Do you suppose we could get invited to that one?

[uneblinstu]

Did a little digging, it looks like Wichita St. and UNLV will also be at the tourney in Hawaii next year.  Not sure if Hawaii is in that field every year or not.  If so, that's a decent start to that field.

[HuskerFever]

I hear there is this cool tournament that plays in March that invites all the best teams in the country.  It has 68 teams in it.  Has four letters in it... I can't recall what they are....  Do you suppose we could get invited to that one?

 

A trip to Madison Square Garden this year wouldn't be so bad either.