The MSU women’s basketball team will host the Spartan Chevrolet Classic for the 14th time on Friday and Saturday at Breslin Center.

The tournament field includes Buffalo, Liberty, UCLA and MSU.

Boston College won the tournament last year, downing MSU 63-61 in the championship game.

Before last season’s championship game loss, the Spartans had won the tournament four consecutive years.

MSU has advanced to the title game 12 of 13 years, its only first-round defeat coming in 1989 to the eventual champion, Kentucky.

The first game sets Liberty against UCLA at 6 p.m. today with MSU squaring off with Buffalo at 8 p.m. in the second game.

Buffalo will also play at 6 p.m. on Saturday and MSU will play at 8 p.m. The two winners will play each other in the championship and the two losers will play in the consolation game.

After the tournament, the Spartans have two days to prepare for the next regular season contest on Tuesday at Arkansas State in State University, Ark.