State Farm Champions Classic Men’s Hoops Doubleheader to Continue


Marquee Early-Season Event Matches Four of the Nation’s Best – Duke, Kansas, Kentucky & Michigan State

 The State Farm Champions Classic – a neutral site doubleheader featuring Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State – has been renewed for three years. The early-season event, that matches four of the winningest programs against each other begin in 2011. The doubleheader will be played in Indianapolis (2014), Chicago (2015) and New York City (2016) with venues to be determined. The marquee matchups will continue to be the culminating games of ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon that provides more than 24 hours of consecutive basketball coverage to mark the start of the college basketball. 

The third installment of the State Farm Champions Classic – on Tuesday, Nov. 12, from the United Center in Chicago – will showcase four of the top five teams in the nation: No. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 1 Kentucky (7:30 p.m.) and No. 5 Kansas vs. No. 4 Duke (9:30 p.m.). The inaugural game was held at Madison Square Garden in 2011 followed by the Georgia Dome in 2012.

 Future Champions Classic Matchups

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 (Indianapolis)

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 (Chicago)

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 (New York City)

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