Regional round pairings for Coaches vs. Cancer Classic announced
June 9, 2010
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Regional Round pairings for the 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic are officially set, the Gazelle Group announced Wednesday. Texas, Pittsburgh, Maryland and Illinois will serve as the four regional hosts for the 16th annual tournament. Each institution will host two Regional Round games before heading to New York's Madison Square Garden for the Championship Rounds on Nov. 18-19. In the Austin Regional, UT will host Navy on Monday, Nov. 8. The Longhorns will then host Louisiana Tech on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Tip times and television plans for both games will be announced at a later date. The matchups for the Championship Rounds at Madison Square Garden will be announced at a later date, as will game times and television information. The Coaches vs. Cancer program, a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), exists to leverage the strength, community leadership and celebrity status of the nation's basketball coaches in an effort to raise awareness and reduce cancer risk through education programs while raising funds for the American Cancer Society's vision of a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Since 1995, the event has raise more than $4.5 million for the benefit of Coaches vs. Cancer. Championship round tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased by visiting TicketMaster.com or calling TicketMaster at 866-448-7849. For more information on the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, please visit CoachesvsCancer.com. 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Regional Round Pairings Pittsburgh Regional Rounds (Petersen Events Center - Pittsburgh, Pa.) College Park Regional Rounds (Comcast Center - College Park, Md.) Champaign Regional Rounds (Assembly Hall - Champaign, Ill.)
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