Terps to Host Coaches vs. Cancer Games
6/9/2010 8:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
June 9, 2010
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland has been selected as one of four regional sites for the 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic men's basketball tournament which opens in early November.
Maryland will play host to Seattle on Nov. 8 and Charleston on Nov. 10 before moving on to New York's Madison Square Garden for championship rounds on Nov. 18 and 19.
Pittsburgh, Texas and Illinois have been announced as the other regional hosts. Pairings for the championship rounds will be announced at a later date.
Seattle, which is currently in the process of reclassifying to Division I, went 17-14 last season while playing a schedule against primarily Division I opponents. Charleston was 22-12 last year, the third time in four seasons under head coach Bobby Cremins the Cougars earned a 20-win season.
Maryland head coach Gary Williams has been among the national leaders in the Coaches vs. Cancer initiative, recently serving as the national chairman of the program.
The Coaches vs. Cancer program, a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, 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 raised more than $4.5 million for the benefit of Coaches vs. Cancer.
2010 COACHES VS. CANCER TOURNAMENT REGIONAL ROUNDS
College Park Regional
Nov. 8 - Seattle at Maryland
Nov. 10 - Charleston at Maryland
Pittsburgh Regional
Nov. 8 - Rhode Island at Pittsburgh
Nov. 10 - Illinois-Chicago at Pittsburgh
Austin Regional
Nov. 8 - Navy at Texas
Nov. 10 - Louisiana Tech at Texas
Champaign Regional
Nov. 8 - UC Irvine at Illinois
Nov. 10 - Toledo at Illinois
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