<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3VtBOz_1Got1Cpv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3VtBOz_1Got1Cpv00" width="1200" height="600" >STATELINE, Nev. (KOLO) - College basketball’s non-conference invitationals are usually held in warm destinations. Tropical locales such as Maui, coastal spots in the Carolinas like Myrtle Beach, and Las Vegas, which has grown increasingly popular in recent years.A new invitational makes its debut this year, and it is right in our backyard up in the Sierra Nevada: the Caesars Lake Tahoe Classic.The event started with just two perennial mid-major contenders on the West Coast in Saint Mary’s and Nevada. However, it will now feature one women’s game and three men’s games, showcasing both the Cal men’s and women’s teams, San Francisco women’s, and—on the men’s side—Wichita State, USC, and national championship contender Houston.The tournament was put together by none other than Steve Alford’s right-hand man, Craig Neal, and the hope is that the event can expand even further in the coming years.“He just gets it, and I appreciate what he did with our schedule of getting us in there, and it’s just grown,” said Nevada men’s basketball head coach Steve Alford. “Now those teams have changed. There’s a lot of things that have changed on that, but I think next year it’s probably going to be 16 teams in that. I think there could be a potential of eight games where you get to play two games instead of just one. I think it’s going to grow.”Houston versus Cal and USC versus Wichita State will be broadcast on The CW on Sunday night. Play-by-play broadcaster Chris Fisher, who frequented Lake Tahoe while growing up nearby in the Bay Area, will be calling the event and hopes Lake Tahoe can showcase itself to a new audience in the college basketball world to establish a foothold in the non-conference tournament mix.“So you’ve got the golf tournament that kind of gets a lot of the publicity for just anything sports,” Fisher said. “Lake Tahoe, I’d put it up against anything in the country in terms of natural beauty and geography and experiences and outdoor life. So I hope that somehow we can showcase that beauty a little bit through these games and how special the area is.”The young Tahoe Blue Event Center in Stateline, Nevada, the home of the Knight Monsters, is set for its first marquee national event this Sunday.</div></body>

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STATELINE, Nev. (KOLO) - College basketball’s non-conference invitationals are usually held in warm destinations. Tropical locales such as Maui, coastal spots in the Carolinas like Myrtle Beach, and Las Vegas, which has grown increasingly popular in recent years. A new invitational makes its debut this year, and it is...

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