Iowa, Clemson To Meet At Emerald Coast Classic

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Recreation matchups for the eighth annual Emerald Coast Basic, which embody the College of Iowa, have been introduced by World Sports activities on Tuesday.

Iowa will face Clemson in a semifinal spherical sport at 6 p.m. (CT) on Friday, Nov. 25, whereas TCU will play Cal at 8:30 p.m. (CT). The third-place sport will likely be performed at 3 p.m. (CT) on Saturday Nov. 26, with the championship sport scheduled for a 6 p.m. (CT) tip off on that Saturday. All video games will likely be held at Raider Area on the campus of Northwest Florida State Faculty. Tv info will likely be launched later this summer season.

Iowa captured the 2022 Massive Ten Convention Match championship, tied for fourth within the convention standings and received 26 general video games, the second most wins in a season in program historical past. Fran McCaffery has coached Iowa to 20-plus wins eight of the final 10 seasons, together with 4 straight years. The Hawkeyes have competed within the final three NCAA Tournaments and have been ranked within the ultimate Related Press Ballot every of the final three years: No. 16 in 2020, No. 8 in 2021 and No. 25 in 2022.

This 12 months will mark the second look for the Hawkeyes within the Emerald Coast Basic. Iowa beforehand competed within the 2016 event versus Virginia and Memphis.

Returning beginning forwards Hunter Tyson and PJ Corridor will key the fortunes for Clemson, which received 5 of its final six video games to shut out the 2021-22 marketing campaign. Brad Brownell is the winningest coach in Clemson historical past, incomes 218 victories in 12 years whereas guiding the Tigers to the 2021 NCAA Match, 2018 Candy 16, 2011 NCAA Match and three NIT appearances.

The Horned Frogs’ second NCAA Match bid underneath coach Jamie Dixon was their fourth postseason look within the 5 seasons that postseason was held, the most effective in program historical past. TCU has all 5 starters getting back from its 2021-22 staff which completed 21-13, its fourth 20-win season in six years underneath Dixon with a program-record 5 wins over AP High 25 groups. TCU surged late with consecutive victories over top-10 opponents in Texas Tech and Kansas to safe a NCAA Match berth.

Mark Fox will enter his fourth season as the pinnacle males’s basketball coach at Cal and has averaged practically 19 wins every year in his 17-year teaching profession. In earlier stops at Nevada and Georgia, Fox has guided groups to 5 appearances within the NCAA Match. Cal boasts 28 postseason appearances, together with 19 NCAA Match appearances.

On campus first-round video games begin Nov. 17 with TCU internet hosting Louisiana Monroe. Cal hosts Southern on Nov. 18 and Omaha travels to Iowa and Loyola Maryland visits Clemson on Nov. 21.

Tickets will go on sale later this summer season. For extra event info go to emeraldcoastclassic.com.