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Men's Basketball To Host Wisconsin In Gavitt Tipoff Games
5/3/2016 12:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Teams have split two all-time meetings, including an 84-74 Creighton win in 2012
NEW YORK – The Creighton men's basketball team will host Wisconsin on November 15th as part of the second annual Gavitt Tipoff Games.
The match-up was announced on Tuesday by the Big Ten and BIG EAST Conference, with eight men's basketball contests set for Nov. 14-18, 2016. Game times and television assignments will be announced at a later date.
The Gavitt Tipoff Games is a unique early-season series played between the two conferences and named in honor of Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. The BIG EAST home games will be telecast on FS1, while Big Ten home games will air on BTN or an ESPN network.
The annual series features battles between local foes and attractive intersectional matchups. Eight teams in this year's event advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season. The eight NCAA teams are: Villanova, Purdue, Maryland, Wisconsin, Butler, Providence, Seton Hall and Iowa. Creighton and Ohio State played in the NIT.
The 2016 Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule begins with NCAA Tournament champion Villanova traveling to Purdue on Monday, Nov. 14.
There is one rematch from last year, as Maryland plays at Georgetown on Nov. 15. Also on Tuesday, Wisconsin travels to Creighton. Northwestern at Butler is the lone game on Wednesday's schedule. Thursday's schedule includes three games: Seton Hall at Iowa, Providence at Ohio State and Rutgers at DePaul.
The Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule ends on Nov. 18 with St. John's playing at Minnesota.
The 2016 Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule:
Monday, Nov. 14
Villanova at Purdue
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Maryland at Georgetown
Wisconsin at Creighton
Wednesday, Nov. 16
Northwestern at Butler
Thursday, Nov. 17
Seton Hall at Iowa
Providence at Ohio State
Rutgers at DePaul
Friday, Nov. 18
St. John's at Minnesota
Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball season. The series will span eight years, with games played at home sites. Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in the upcoming seasons.
The unique series between the two conferences is named to honor the late Gavitt, who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball on the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Creighton made its 18th postseason in the last 19 years with last season's trip to the NIT quarterfinals. The Bluejays will return four starters from last year's team that finished 20-15, securing the program's 16th 20-win season in the past 18 years.
Wisconsin went 22-13 last season while playing in its 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Badgers defeated Pittsburgh and Xavier in last year's Big Dance to become the only team to advance to the Sweet 16 in five of the last six seasons. The Badgers are annually among the nation's best defensive teams, and have the nation's third best road/neutral winning percentage (.686) among major conference teams in the previous three seasons.
The Nov. 15 match-up between the Bluejays and Badgers will be the third meeting in program history. Most recently Creighton defeated Wisconsin, 84-74, in the 2012 Las Vegas Invitational. The teams also met on January 8, 1949, a 75-39 Wisconsin victory in Madison.
This will not be UW's first trip to CenturyLink Center Omaha, however. The Badgers went 2-0 in both 2008 and 2015 in NCAA Tournament games contested at the facility.
The match-up was announced on Tuesday by the Big Ten and BIG EAST Conference, with eight men's basketball contests set for Nov. 14-18, 2016. Game times and television assignments will be announced at a later date.
The Gavitt Tipoff Games is a unique early-season series played between the two conferences and named in honor of Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. The BIG EAST home games will be telecast on FS1, while Big Ten home games will air on BTN or an ESPN network.
The annual series features battles between local foes and attractive intersectional matchups. Eight teams in this year's event advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season. The eight NCAA teams are: Villanova, Purdue, Maryland, Wisconsin, Butler, Providence, Seton Hall and Iowa. Creighton and Ohio State played in the NIT.
The 2016 Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule begins with NCAA Tournament champion Villanova traveling to Purdue on Monday, Nov. 14.
There is one rematch from last year, as Maryland plays at Georgetown on Nov. 15. Also on Tuesday, Wisconsin travels to Creighton. Northwestern at Butler is the lone game on Wednesday's schedule. Thursday's schedule includes three games: Seton Hall at Iowa, Providence at Ohio State and Rutgers at DePaul.
The Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule ends on Nov. 18 with St. John's playing at Minnesota.
The 2016 Gavitt Tipoff Games schedule:
Monday, Nov. 14
Villanova at Purdue
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Maryland at Georgetown
Wisconsin at Creighton
Wednesday, Nov. 16
Northwestern at Butler
Thursday, Nov. 17
Seton Hall at Iowa
Providence at Ohio State
Rutgers at DePaul
Friday, Nov. 18
St. John's at Minnesota
Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball season. The series will span eight years, with games played at home sites. Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in the upcoming seasons.
The unique series between the two conferences is named to honor the late Gavitt, who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport of basketball on the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Creighton made its 18th postseason in the last 19 years with last season's trip to the NIT quarterfinals. The Bluejays will return four starters from last year's team that finished 20-15, securing the program's 16th 20-win season in the past 18 years.
Wisconsin went 22-13 last season while playing in its 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Badgers defeated Pittsburgh and Xavier in last year's Big Dance to become the only team to advance to the Sweet 16 in five of the last six seasons. The Badgers are annually among the nation's best defensive teams, and have the nation's third best road/neutral winning percentage (.686) among major conference teams in the previous three seasons.
The Nov. 15 match-up between the Bluejays and Badgers will be the third meeting in program history. Most recently Creighton defeated Wisconsin, 84-74, in the 2012 Las Vegas Invitational. The teams also met on January 8, 1949, a 75-39 Wisconsin victory in Madison.
This will not be UW's first trip to CenturyLink Center Omaha, however. The Badgers went 2-0 in both 2008 and 2015 in NCAA Tournament games contested at the facility.
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