Rice University is one of six teams announced Wednesday by ESPN Regional Television to participate in the 2011 Cancun Governor's Cup. The tournament will be held in late December around the Christmas holiday, at Poliforum Benito Juarez in Cancun, Mexico. The remaining two teams for the tournament field will be announced at a later date.
The second annual Cancun Governor's Cup field also includes the College of Charleston, Kansas State, Massachusetts, Southern Illinois and Utah. Kansas State, currently ranked No. 3 in the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, advanced to the Elite of the NCAA Championship in 2010, falling to national runner-up Butler. Charleston participated in the College Basketball Invitational.
The 2011 Cancun Governor's Cup, a bracket-format tournament, will feature 12 games over three days in late December 2011. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The two teams that remain undefeated throughout will face off in a championship game on the final day.
The inaugural Cancun Governor's Cup will take place Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 22-24, 2010, at the Poliforum Benito Juarez. Conference USA will serve as the event's sponsoring conference. C-USA member Southern Miss is in the 2010 field.
The tournament offers teams an opportunity to practice, play and be immersed in the Mexican culture and landscape. Additional information, including travel packages, can be found on the Cancun Governor's Cup Web site at CancunGovernorsCup.com.
The Cancun Governor's Cup is owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television, Inc. (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN.
The nation's largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,000 telecasts of sporting events. Collegiate basketball events include the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Cancun Governor's Cup; Charleston Classic (S.C.); DIRECTV SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Honda Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); Lane Furniture All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City) and BracketBusters.
