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IOWA CITY The Iowa mens basketball team knows its opening round opponent for the 2017 Cayman Islands Classic. The Hawkeyes will face Louisiana to start the non-conference tournament Nov. 20 at noon. Television information is yet to be announced. <\/p>\n
Iowa and Louisiana are joined in the tournament by Cincinnati, UAB, Wyoming, South Dakota State, Richmond and Buffalo. <\/p>\n
For the full news release on the tournament, and the full bracket see below: <\/p>\n
Game matchups for the inaugural 2017 Cayman Islands Classic were announced Thursday by tournament officials. <\/p>\n
Eight teams will compete in the tournament, including the University of Iowa, held Nov. 20-22, at in the brand new John Gray Gymnasium, just minutes away from world famous Seven Mile Beach. Television information will be announced at a later date. <\/p>\n
The Hawkeyes will face Louisiana in the opening game at noon (EST) followed by South Dakota State meeting Wyoming at 2:30 p.m. This will be the first ever meeting between Iowa and Louisiana. <\/p>\n
In the first game of the evening session, Richmond plays UAB at 5 p.m. Buffalo and Cincinnati will conclude opening-day action in the final matchup starting at 7:30 p.m. <\/p>\n
Semifinal round games are slated for 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. the following day, Tuesday, Nov. 21. <\/p>\n
Losing teams will compete in their second game Nov. 21 with tip offs at noon and 5 p.m. <\/p>\n
The seventh-place game will open the final day of competition on Wednesday, Nov. 22 starting at noon, followed by the fifth-place game (2:30 p.m.), third-place game (5 p.m.) and title game (7:30 p.m.) to crown the Cayman Islands Classic champion. <\/p>\n
Each of the eight teams will play one preliminary home game prior to competing in tournament play. <\/p>\n
The Cayman Islands Classic is being sponsored by the Mountain West Conference. <\/p>\n
Five of the teams competed in postseason play in 2017 with Cincinnati, and South Dakota State advancing to the NCAA Tournament, while Iowa and Richmond participated in the NIT. <\/p>\n
Wyoming went 23-15 last season en route to winning the College Basketball Invitational - the schools first major postseason title since winning the 1943 NCAA Championship. <\/p>\n
Cincinnati was ranked No. 18 in the final 2017 Associated Press poll, posting a 30-6 record while making its seventh straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. <\/p>\n
Iowa had a 19-15 record, advancing to the second round of the 2017 NIT. The Hawkeyes return four starters from last years squad, along with eight other letterwinners. <\/p>\n
South Dakota State, which plays in the Summit League, made its fourth appearance in the last seven years (2012, 2013, 2016) in the 2017 NCAA Tournament facing eventual national runner-up Gonzaga. The Jackrabbits will feature the nations top returning scorer in 6-9 forward Mike Daum who averaged 25.1 points. <\/p>\n
Richmond, a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, posted a 22-12 record last season while advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2017 NIT. <\/p>\n
UAB owned a 17-16 mark last season. Louisiana Ragin Cajuns, which competes in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference, had a 21-12 record last season. <\/p>\n
Buffalo went 17-15 last year. The Bulls captured its first outright Mid-American Conference championship in 2015, while advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. <\/p>\n
The remainder of Iowas 2017-18 schedule will be released later this summer. <\/p>\n
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