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America East Basketball News & Notes: Early Season Tournaments

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It may say July on the calendar, but this is an important month in the world of college basketball. Teams get a chance to get together and have a bit of a summer camp before school gets underway. Schedules get finalized which will be the focus of the notes this time around. The America East Conference will have teams playing in early season tournaments in November. These events can go a long way toward helping a team to get ready for league play. Here is the list of teams and where they will be playing.

NJIT will be a part of the Hoop Garden State Classic on November 11-15. The four-team event will be played on campus sites. The other three teams involved are Merrimack from the Northeast Conference, Lehigh from the Patriot League, and Rutgers from the Big-10. Each team will be guaranteed three games. For the Highlanders, they will play the Warriors on November 11, the Engineers on November 13, then the Scarlet Knights on the 15. NJIT will have one home game in this event which will be the Merrimack contest. The other two will be road games.

The defending America East tourney champs, the Hartford Hawks, will be in a multi-team event at Duke University on Friday and Saturday, November 12-13. Along with the Blue Devils of the ACC, the other two teams will be Army West Point of the Patriot League and Campbell of the Big South. The first-round matchups for this tournament will be determined at a later date.

The runners-up to Hartford in last season’s tournament championship game, the UMass Lowell River Hawks, will be heading to Uncasville, CT. to play in the Hall of Fame Showcase on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 16-17. Along with the River Hawks will be North Carolina State of the ACC, Oklahoma State of the Big-12, and Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference. UMass Lowell will have games against OSU on the 16th. The Cowboys return six of their top seven scorers from last year’s NCAA tournament team. Then on the 17th, they will play Central Connecticut State, a team they have had some success with in the past.

UMBC will play in the Longwood/UMBC event that will take place on Friday, November 19 thru Tuesday, November 23. These games will be played on campus sites. The other three teams are Longwood of the Big South who will serve as the host of the event, American of the Patriot League, and Western Carolina of the Southern Conference. Only two matchups have been scheduled and they are American vs UMBC and Western Carolina vs Longwood.

The Vermont Catamounts are in the Gulf Coast Showcase on Monday, November 22 thru Wednesday, November 24. This eight-team tournament also featured Akron of the MAC, Appalachian State of the Sun Belt, Delaware of the CAA, Evansville of the MVC, Fordham of the A-10, Oakland of the Horizon, and Rice of Conference-USA. Matchups will be set up at a later date.

More will be announced as teams unveil their upcoming schedules. Stay right here to learn more.

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