HALL OF FAME SERIES RETURNS TO LAS VEGAS FOR OPENING NIGHT ON NOVEMBER 3 AT T-MOBILE ARENA

– Nationwide Champion Florida to play Arizona; BYU to face Villanova in Marquee Doubleheader – 

PHOENIX – Place Sports activities, in partnership with the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame, introduced the matchups for the 2025 Corridor of Fame Sequence Las Vegas on Monday, November 3, at T-Cell Area. The Corridor of Fame Sequence returns to the Sports activities and Leisure Capital of the World for the third consecutive yr following a profitable occasion this previous November.

For the second yr in a row, the Corridor of Fame Sequence Las Vegas will showcase a reigning nationwide champion, following final season’s look by the South Carolina girls’s staff. This doubleheader will highlight the lads’s nationwide champion, Florida, because the Gators tackle Arizona. Within the second matchup, BYU—that includes consensus No. 1 incoming recruit A.J. Dybantsa and former Las Vegas prep standout Xavion Staton—will face Villanova to formally tip off the 2025-26 faculty basketball season.

Tickets for the Corridor of Fame Sequence Las Vegas will go on sale Friday, Could 30, at 10:00 AM PT (1:00 PM ET) at HOFSeries.com.

“We’re thrilled to proceed our longstanding partnership with the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame because the Corridor of Fame Sequence returns to Las Vegas and T-Cell Area for a 3rd consecutive yr,” stated Melissa Meacham-Grossman, President of Place Sports activities. “Opening Evening guarantees to ship an amazing begin to the season, with defending nationwide champion Florida tipping off their title protection and each video games airing throughout TNT Sports activities‘ nationwide platforms. It’s an thrilling solution to showcase Las Vegas and have a good time the Corridor of Fame’s influence on faculty basketball.”

Each video games can be nationally televised throughout TNT Sports activities‘ networks and platforms, with extra programming particulars to be introduced. 

Additional particulars relating to recreation occasions and media credentials for the doubleheader can be shared at a later date. 

The Corridor of Fame Sequence, owned and operated by Place Sports activities, is a premier assortment of multi-game, singular occasions that characteristic prime collegiate basketball packages in high-profile non-conference matchups performed each domestically and overseas. Previous stops have included the next cities: Baltimore (2024), Charlotte (2023), Las Vegas (2023-24), New York (2024), Phoenix (2023-24), San Antonio (2023), and Toronto (2023).

For extra Corridor of Fame Sequence info and updates, please go to HOFSeries.com or observe @HOFSeries on all social platforms.

The Wildcats and Gators have break up the 4 all-time matchups, with two of these video games determined by a single level and one other going to time beyond regulation. Arizona claimed the newer assembly on December 15, 2012, in Tucson, edging Florida 65-64 after rallying from a six-point deficit within the closing 58 seconds. The packages additionally confronted off in a Corridor of Fame occasion on the 2003 Tip-off Basic in Springfield, Mass. (Florida received, 78-77). 

Quotes from Head Coaches:

“Opening the season within the Corridor of Fame Sequence towards a staff like Florida in Las Vegas is an amazing alternative for our program and our followers. I do know T-Cell Area can be rocking that night time, and we sit up for competing towards among the best groups within the nation on opening night time.”

Tommy Lloyd | Arizona

“Arizona is a top-level program, and I’ve a variety of respect for Coach Lloyd from our days teaching towards one another at San Francisco and Gonzaga. This matchup can be an important take a look at for our staff, and marquee opening day occasions just like the Corridor of Fame Sequence Las Vegas are improbable for basketball followers. I do know our guys can be excited to compete.”

Todd Golden | Florida

Villanova holds a 2-1 edge within the all-time sequence, with all three matchups going down at impartial websites. The Wildcats earned a 72-58 victory within the first assembly on December 29, 1951, on the Sugar Bowl Match in New Orleans. The Cougars then posted a 102-93 time beyond regulation win on December 29, 1970, on the Rainbow Basic in Honolulu, Hawaii. Villanova received the latest contest 91-61 on December 28, 1984, on the Cotton State-Kiwanis Basic in Atlanta.

Quotes from Head Coaches:

“One in all our predominant focuses heading into the 2025-26 season was enjoying a more durable non-conference schedule, and the Corridor of Fame Sequence Las Vegas helps us obtain that. We’re excited to open the season towards Villanova at T-Cell Area in November and anticipate to see Cougar Nation out in full drive.”

Kevin Younger | BYU

“We’re trying ahead to opening our 2025-26 season on the Corridor of Fame Sequence Las Vegas. BYU is an excellent opponent with its personal nice basketball custom. We’re honored to signify Villanova and all the Nova Nation within the Corridor of Fame Sequence.”

Kevin Willard | Villanova

2023:

W: USC (83), Ohio State (74)

M: Oregon (82), Georgia (71)

W: Colorado (92), LSU (78)

M: USC (82), Kansas State (69)

2024:

W: South Carolina (68), Michigan (62)

M: Ohio State (80), Texas (72) 

About Place Sports activities

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About Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame

Positioned in Springfield, Massachusetts, the town the place basketball was born, the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame is an unbiased nonprofit 501(c)(3) group devoted to selling, preserving, and celebrating the sport of basketball at each degree—women and men, beginner {and professional} gamers, coaches, and contributors—each domestically and internationally. The Corridor of Fame museum is residence to greater than 475 inductees and over 40,000 sq. toes of basketball historical past. Practically 200,000 individuals go to the Corridor of Fame museum annually to be taught concerning the recreation, expertise the interactive displays, and take a look at their expertise on the Jerry Colangelo „Court docket of Goals.“ Finest recognized for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the sport’s elite, the Corridor of Fame additionally operates over 70 highschool and collegiate competitions yearly all through the nation and overseas. For extra info on the Basketball Corridor of Fame group, its museum, and occasions, go to hoophall.com and observe @hoophallU.