CHARLESTON, S.C. — Baylor will take on Boston College to open the Charleston Classic in November.
Tournament organizers released pairings of the eight-team tournament Thursday. Baylor reached the round of eight in the NCAA tournament before losing to eventual national champion Kentucky.
The Bears and Eagles will be the second of four games Nov. 15. The tournament opens with Dayton taking on Colorado. The last two games feature St. John’s against College of Charleston and Murray State against Auburn.
“The Charleston Classic is a great field for us to be in, in terms of finding out where our program is on a national level,” said CU men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle in a statement. “There are some nationally ranked caliber teams in this tournament and it’s an opportunity to find out with a young team (six freshmen) like we’re going to have real quick. It will be much like Puerto Rico was for us last year.”
The tournament will be played at the TD Arena. Winners and loser’s bracket games take place Friday. The tournament will conclude Sunday with the seventh, fifth, third and championship games.
