– UConn and South Carolina renew their storied rivalry as Corridor of Famers Auriemma and Staley lead their groups into the 2026 Corridor of Fame Ladies’s Showcase –
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – The Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame introduced that perennial powerhouses UConn and South Carolina, winners of eight of the final 12 nationwide championships, will headline the thirteenth annual Basketball Corridor of Fame Ladies’s Showcase on November 24, 2026, at Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The matchup options two Corridor of Fame head coaches (Geno Auriemma of UConn and Daybreak Staley of South Carolina) and marks a rematch of the 2025 NCAA Championship Sport, the place the Huskies defeated the Gamecocks in Tampa to seize their twelfth nationwide title.
“Coach Auriemma and Coach Staley haven’t solely constructed championship applications however have additionally helped elevate ladies’s basketball to new heights,” mentioned John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame. “Having two Corridor of Famers main their groups on this marquee matchup completely represents our mission to honor the previous, rejoice the current, and encourage the way forward for basketball.”
Tickets for the 2026 Ladies’s Showcase will go on sale subsequent September.
“Our longstanding relationships with each the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame and UConn have introduced numerous unforgettable moments to Mohegan Solar Area, and that custom continues subsequent fall with a marquee matchup between UConn and South Carolina, two of the powerhouse applications in all of girls’s faculty basketball,” mentioned Jeff Hamilton, President & GM of Mohegan Solar.
Further Ladies’s Showcase matchups, sport instances, broadcast and credential info will likely be introduced at a later date. For extra info, please go to hoophall.com.
About Mohegan Solar Area
Mohegan Solar Area, one of many busiest sports activities and leisure venues on the planet as we speak, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Alternative award for “Finest On line casino with Dwell Leisure in America”. Mohegan Solar Area was additionally named “Finest On line casino/Resort Venue of the Yr” on the thirty fifth Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the ten,000-seat Area additionally obtained its first “#1 Indoor Area” rating for its dimension on the planet from Pollstar and VenuesNow. Mohegan Solar Area is persistently acknowledged among the many prime 5 venues in the USA, and likewise in 2021 was named “Innovator of the Yr” by Movie star Entry for its ViacomCBS residency through the pandemic. In recent times, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has additionally been named the “World’s Finest On line casino Venue,” by Better of Hartford Journal, and is a seven-time nationwide award winner for “Area of the Yr” by the Academy of Nation Music Awards and G2E Las Vegas. For extra info on live shows and different nice occasions, go to Mohegan Solar. For info on this week’s schedule, name the Leisure and Particular Occasions hotline at 1.888.226.7711.
In regards to the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame
Situated in Springfield, Massachusetts, 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. Almost 200,000 folks go to the Corridor of Fame museum every year to study concerning the sport, expertise the interactive displays, and check their abilities on the Jerry Colangelo “Courtroom of Desires.” Finest identified for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the sport’s elite, the Corridor of Fame additionally operates over 150 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.
