Acrisure Series kicks off today with five college basketball games
What organizers bill as the nation's largest collection of college basketball multiple-team events begins today at Acrisure Arena with five games.
Of the 21 teams participating in the Acrisure Series, 10 qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season. Seven former Pac-12 squads are making the journey to the desert, including both the men's and women's teams from USC.
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California will face Michigan State at 11 a.m. in a matchup of 6-0 teams and Vanderbilt (6-0) will meet Arizona (6-1) at 1:30 p.m. in Acrisure Holiday Invitational women's games.
Those clashes will be followed by men's games between Stanford (6-0) and Grand Canyon (3-2) at 4 p.m., California Baptist (4-2) and SMU (4-2) at 6:30 p.m., and Fresno State (3-2) and Washington State (5-1) at 9 p.m.
All five games will be broadcast by TruTV and streamed by Max.
Wednesday's five games include USC's sixth-ranked women's team facing Seton Hall at 4 p.m. and additional matchups to be determined based on Tuesday's results.
The 19-game Acrisure Series will conclude Friday.
News Channel 3's Blake Arthur and Kenji Ito will have coverage of the tournament all week long. Tune in for more on the tournament.
Join us for KESQ Night at the Acrisure Series on Wednesday, Nov. 27 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.