UW-Milwaukee announces six-team showcase headed to Fiserv Forum, including ACC and Big Ten school

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has an arena that bears its name in downtown Milwaukee, but it’s taking its show a couple addresses north to a bigger venue for a six-team men’s basketball showcase Dec. 15.

The “MKE Tip-Off” will include the Panthers challenging Akron, but that’s only one of three battles set for the day inside Fiserv Forum, typically home to the Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette men’s basketball team. Big Ten entrant Northwestern will face off with ACC school Georgia Tech that day as well, as will two more mid-major programs with a recent track record of success, San Francisco and Loyola of Chicago.

The Milwaukee Athletics Ticket Office is selling packages that include all three games for the tripleheader, which has yet to announce concrete tip-off times. Fans interested can call the office at 414-229-5886. General seating ticket prices range from $35 to $60.

The event is considered a series of neutral-site games and not part of the UWM regular season-ticket package, even with UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena sharing a street. The event will be managed by Intersport, a Chicago-based sports marketing events coordinator.

This is separate from the program’s “Cream City Challenge,” which runs Nov. 22-24 at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena and features round-robin battles with Wofford, ST. Thomas and Portland State.