The MSU basketball team will be taking over the Magic Kingdom during Thanksgiving weekend for the 2014 Orlando Classic.
The tournament will take place at the HP Field House at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. At 6:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, the Spartans will face off against Rider for the first round of the tournament. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN2.
The winner of that round will advance to face the winner of the Marquette University and Georgia Tech match at 8:30 p.m., which will also be broadcasted on ESPN2, in the semifinals on November 28.
Santa Clara, Tennessee, Kansas and Rhode Island will also participate in the event. While the tournament will take place over the weekend, Santa Clara will play at MSU the Monday before the Orlando Classic as part of the event.
The event will feature 12 games overall and each team will play in one game per day. Times and television networks for the later games will announced at a later date.
Three teams from the 2014 NCAA Championship — MSU, Tennessee and Kansas — will be competing in the tournament.
-Casey Holland
