UCLA basketball to open tournament against Prairie View A&M
UCLA BASKETBALL
Bruins will host regional action of the 2K Sports Classic in November at Pauley Pavilion. The final two rounds will be played at Madison Square Garden.
UCLA will play Prairie View A&M at about 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at Pauley Pavilion in the first round of the 2K Sports Classic basketball tournament, just after Miami of Ohio will play Weber State at 4:15 p.m at Pauley.
The winners will play at 8 p.m. Nov. 13 for the right to advance to the tournament semifinals at Madison Square Garden.
The three other first-round host schools in the 16-team tournament are Duke, Michigan and Southern Illinois.
Duke's four-team pod will have Georgia Southern playing Houston and Duke meeting Presbyterian on Nov. 10; Michigan will play Michigan Tech and IUPUI will meet Northeastern on Nov. 11; and Southern Illinois will play California of Pennsylvania while Arkansas-Monticello gets Massachusetts on Nov. 11.
The semifinal games in New York will be Nov. 20 at 4 p.m. with the UCLA pod winner against the Michigan winner. The consolation and championship games will be Nov. 21 beginning at 2 p.m.
diane.pucin@latimes.com
