Booster Tickets Sold Out for 2008 Old Spice Classic; All-Tournament and Single-Session Tickets Still Available
MAAC Sports
Booster tickets are sold out for the third annual Old Spice Classic, ESPN Regional Television announced today. Only all-tournament and single-session tickets remain for the event, which will be held on Thanksgiving weekend at the Milk House at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Fla.
The booster tickets allow entrance to all three sessions (six games) involving a pre-designated team of the fans’ choice. Fans can still purchase tickets to all six sessions (12 games) for $90 each, or single-session tickets (two games) for $15 each. Tickets are available at www.Ticketmaster.com, by calling Ticketmaster at (407) 839-3900 or through walk-up at the ESPN’s Wide World of Sports? Complex Box Office.
The 2008 Old Spice Classic field includes eight teams: Georgetown, Gonzaga, Maryland, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Siena, Tennessee and Wichita State. Seven of those eight teams qualified for postseason play in 2007-08, including five in the NCAA Tournament and two in the Sweet 16.
The tournament consists of 12 games through three days, Nov. 27-28 and 30. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The full schedule is listed below.
Fans can also purchase tickets and travel packages to the tournament by going to www.AnthonyTravel.com or calling 1-800-736-6377.
The inaugural Old Spice Classic was played in 2006, with Arkansas defeating West Virginia in the championship game at Disney’s Milk House. In 2007, North Carolina State edged Villanova for the Old Spice Classic championship.
Additional information, including travel packages, can be found on the Old Spice Classic Web site at www.oldspiceclassic.com. For more information on Disney’s Wide World of Sports, visit www.disneysports.com.
2008 Old Spice Classic Schedule
(Home team listed second; Siena will be home team in each of its games)
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
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Thu. Nov. 27 |
Noon |
Tennessee vs. Siena |
ESPN2 |
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2 p.m. |
Wichita State vs. Georgetown |
ESPN2 |
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7 p.m. |
Maryland vs. Michigan State |
ESPN2 |
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9 p.m. |
Oklahoma State vs. Gonzaga |
ESPN2 |
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Fri. Nov. 28 |
10:30 a.m. |
Game #5 |
ESPNU |
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1 p.m. |
Game #6 |
ESPN |
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5:30 p.m. |
Game #7 |
ESPN |
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8 p.m. |
Game #8 |
ESPNU |
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Sun. Nov. 30 |
10:30 a.m. |
Game #9 (7th/8th Place) |
ESPNU |
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12:30 p.m. |
Game #10 (4th/6th Place) |
ESPNU |
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5:30 p.m. |
Game #11 (3rd/5th Place) |
ESPN2 |
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7:30 p.m. |
Game #12 (Champion/2nd Place) |
ESPN2 |
ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 900 sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. ? BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, Sun Belt, WAC).
ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several other sporting events, including collegiate football events: the St. Petersburg Bowl; the Papajohns.com Bowl; the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl; the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl; the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl, the New Mexico Bowl; the MEAC/SWAC Challenge; and The Home Depot College Football Awards; collegiate basketball events: the O’Reilly Auto Parts All-College Classic (Oklahoma City); the Old Spice Classic (Orlando, Fla.); the SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); and the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters; as well as the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit www.espnplus.com.
Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex
Opened in 1997 at Walt Disney World Resort, Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex is a leading sports and entertainment venue for amateur and professional sports in the United States. The sprawling 220-acre state-of-the-art complex features the Milk House, a 165,000-square-foot field house which seats 5,500 for basketball; the 9,500-seat Champion Stadium ballpark; the Hess Sports Fields, which include multiple baseball, softball and soccer fields; and the Jostens Center, an 80,000 square foot multi-sport field house. In addition, the complex has 11 tennis courts, including a stadium court, and a track and field complex. The complex is home to more than 180 amateur and professional sports and entertainment events each year, including the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp, the Major League Baseball Atlanta Braves spring training, a Tampa Bay Rays regular-season series, the NBA Pre-Draft Camp, the Pop Warner Super Bowl, Chelsea Football Club events, the Special Olympics Florida Summer Games and the AAU National Championship events. Please visit www.disneysports.com for more information.