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Stage set for the 2023 Empire Classic

By Stacy Podelski April 5, 2023 Leave a comment

The Empire Classic always has the best College Basketball teams in action at Madison Square Garden. The 2023 edition is going to be no different as reigning Champs UConn, Indiana, Texas and Louisville will have a chance to compete in front of fans. The 2023 Empire Classic is presented by Continental Tire will benefit Wounded […]

Action Packed Day One of Empire Classic as Battle for Big Apple Game Set for Day Two

By Stacy Podelski November 22, 2022 Leave a comment

With two action packed College Basketball events, the Empire Classic thrilled fans at the Barclays Center as Syracuse University, the University of Richmond, Temple University and St. John’s University all showed the quality of their basketball programs. The teams playing in front of their hometown crowd had themselves moments of sizzling plays, thunderous dunks, comebacks […]

St. John’s Men’s Basketball to Open 2022 Empire Classic Against Temple

By Stacy Podelski November 21, 2022 Leave a comment

Riding the program’s first 4-0 start in four seasons, the St. John’s Men’s Basketball team will leave the friendly confines of Carnesecca Arena for the first time on Monday when it heads to Barclays Center for the Red Storm’s opening game of the Empire Classic against Temple. Tip-off against the Owls is set for 9:30 […]

Gonzaga and UCLA to meet in the 2021 Empire Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project presented by Continental Tire

By Stacy Podelski July 26, 2021 Leave a comment

The top two teams in the country, Gonzaga and UCLA, headline the 27th annual Empire Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project presented by Continental Tire, which will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on November 22nd and 23rd. Joining them will be Central Michigan and Bellarmine. Gonzaga and UCLA will meet on Tuesday, November […]

UConn, Notre Dame, USC, Vanderbilt to compete in the 2020 Legends Classic

By Stacy Podelski February 13, 2020 Leave a comment

The 14th annual Legends Classic will return to Barclays Center with Connecticut, Notre Dame, Southern California, and Vanderbilt competing in the Championship Rounds from November 23-24. General public tickets for the Legends Classic Championship Rounds will go on sale during the week of March 9. To receive presale ticket information, follow the Legends Classic on […]

Villanova, Michigan, Baylor, and NC State headline the 2020 Empire Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project

By Stacy Podelski January 26, 2020 Leave a comment

The 26th annual Empire Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project (@empireclassicbb) returns to Madison Square with a loaded field, featuring No. 9 Villanova, Michigan, No. 1 Baylor, and NC State competing in the Championship Rounds presented by Continental Tire on November 19-20. General public tickets for the Empire Classic Championship Rounds presented by Continental Tire will […]