EARLY LOOK AT THE 2026-2027 MTE'S

[Loca5174]

Here is an early look at some of the already announced MTE's. Tulsa will be in the Acrisure Series again in Palm Springs and then we will also play in the new Dallas tournament in Frisco Texas right before Christmas. I am currently planning on attending the Dallas Tournament with Nevadanatural.​

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Rainbow Classic​

Nov. TBA: Honolulu
Format TBD
Cal State Fullerton (Big West)
Hawai’i (Mountain West*, host)
Portland (WCC)
1 TBD

U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam​

Fri.–Mon., Nov. 20–23: Charlotte Amalie, V.I.
3 games, traditional bracket
Indiana State (MVC)
Southern Illinois (MVC)
Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
5 TBA

Charleston Classic​

Thurs. and Fri, Nov. 19 and 20 (probable): Charleston, S.C.
2 games, traditional brackets
Dayton (Atlantic 10)
Minnesota (Big Ten)
Oklahoma State (Big 12)
Utah (Big 12)
Virginia Tech (ACC)
3 TBD

Players Era 8​

Pre-Thanksgiving: Las Vegas
Format TBD
Auburn (SEC)
Florida (SEC)
Houston (Big 12)
Kansas (Big 12)
Notre Dame (ACC)
Rutgers (Big Ten)
UNLV (Mountain West)
West Virginia (Big 12)

Maui Invitational​

Mon.–Wed., Nov. 23–25: Lahaina, Hawai’i
3 games, traditional bracket
Arizona (Big 12)
BYU (Big 12)
Clemson (ACC)
Colorado State (Pac-12*)
Mississippi (SEC)
Providence (Big East)
VCU (Atlantic 10)
Washington (Big Ten)

Fort Myers Tip-Off​

Tues. and Thurs., Nov. 24 and 26: Fort Myers, Fla.
2 games, preset matchups
Tues. Nov. 24: Pitt (ACC) vs. Oklahoma (SEC) and DePaul (Big East) vs. Purdue (Big Ten)
Thurs., Nov. 26: Pitt vs. DePaul and Oklahoma vs. Purdue

Players Era 16​

Thanksgiving week: Las Vegas
Format TBD
Alabama (SEC)
Baylor (Big 12)
Creighton (Big East)
Gonzaga (Pac-12*)
Iowa State (Big 12)
Kansas State (Big 12)
Louisville (Big 12)
Maryland (Big Ten)
Miami (Fla.) (ACC)
Michigan (Big Ten)
Oregon (Big Ten)
St. John’s (Big East)
San Diego State (Pac-12*)
TCU (Big 12)
Tennessee (SEC)
Texas Tech (Big 12)

Acrisure Series​

Thanksgiving week: Palm Springs, Calif.
Format TBD
Arizona State (Big 12)
Cal Baptist (Big West*)
Colorado (Big 12)
Fordham (Atlantic 10)
Fresno State (Pac-12*)
Grand Canyon (Mountain West)
Loyola Marymount (WCC)
Nevada (Mountain West)
Oregon State (Pac-12)
San Diego (WCC)
San Francisco (WCC)
Santa Clara (WCC)
Seattle (WCC)
South Carolina (SEC)
Stanford (SEC)
Tulsa (American)
UC Irvine (Big West)
UC San Diego (Big West)
USC (Big Ten)
Utah State (Pac-12*)
Washington State (Pac-12)

Live Oak Holiday Classic​

Wed.–Sat., Nov. 25–28: Wilmington, N.C.
3 games, round-robin
Liberty (CUSA)
Princeton (Ivy)
St. Thomas (Summit)
UNCW (CAA, host)

ESPN Events Invitational​

Thurs. and Fri, Nov. 26 and 27 (probable): Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Format TBD
Cincinnati (Big 12)
Others TBA

Battle 4 Atlantis​

Thurs. and Fri, Nov. 26 and 27 (probable): Paradise Island, Bahamas
2 games, traditional brackets

Bracket 1​

Memphis (American)
Penn State (Big Ten)
Wake Forest (ACC)
Xavier (Big East)

Bracket 2​

Marquette (Big East)
Texas A&M (SEC)
Virginia (ACC)
1 TBD

Rady Children’s Invitational​

Thurs. and Fri, Nov. 26 and 27: San Diego
2 games, traditional bracket
Georgetown (Big East)
Saint Mary’s (WCC)
Texas (SEC)
UCLA (Big Ten)

Hawai’i Thanksgiving Week Event​

Nov. TBA: Honolulu
Format TBD
Fresno State (Pac-12*)
Hawai’i (Mountain West*, host)
Sacramento State (Big West*)
1 TBD

The Dallas Tournament​

Fri.–Mon., Dec. 18–21: Frisco, Texas
Formats TBD
Colorado State (Pac-12*)
Florida Atlantic (American)
George Washington (Atlantic 10)
Loyola Chicago (Atlantic 10)
Nevada (Mountain West)
San Francisco (WCC)
Tulsa (American)
Utah State (Pac-12*)

Hawai’i Holiday Event (Diamond Head Classic?)​

Dec.. TBA: Honolulu
Format TBD
Hawai’i (Mountain West*, host)
3 TBD

 

[I.I.]

How about pre-season foreign trips? There used to be a limit on how often you could take them. I know the teams that did had a huge "team chemistry" advantage to start the real season with 10 or so new players. We have played in a few.

 

[Loca5174]

How about pre-season foreign trips? There used to be a limit on how often you could take them. I know the teams that did had a huge "team chemistry" advantage to start the real season with 10 or so new players. We have played in a few.

im only tracking merica

 

[Loca5174]

So there is not update on the format for the Acrisure that we will be doing in Palm Springs but there is for the Dallas Tournament.

There are currently no Tickets going on sale yet and I cant find a website for them and I fgure they are playing at the Comerica Center and there is nothing I saw on their site but apparently parings have been announced. Tulsa will be playing Utah State (Dec 19) and San Francisco (Dec 21). I do think we got the better schedule out of this lineup.

Utah State went 29-7 in the Mountain West last year and now they are in the newly reformed PAC-12. They were good enough to get a lot of votes in the polls and ended the season with a NET of 25. They beat 8 seed Villanova in the NCAA tournament and lost the second round game to Arizona by 12. They did lose 8 players to the Transfer portal but at this point has picked up 5 from other mid major programs. They did lose their coach to Cincinnati but have hired the coach from Northern Iowa. Tulsa played UNI in the Acrisure classic last season. I am sure that Utah State will run something similar to what UNI did last year.

San Francisco is out of the WCC. They have been competing with Gonzaga and Saint Mary's each year and is a very good team. This team lost 11 players to the transfer portal but have picked up players from Auburn and Gonzaga. Gonzaga moved to the PAC-12 (They have 9 teams) so they wont compete regularly with them anymore but they are still formidable. They did go 17-16 last year which is kinda out of character for them lately and this is the first time in a few years they didnt make the tournament or the NIT.

Here is the schedule for The Dallas Tournament

Fri., Dec. 18​

Colorado State (Pac-12) vs. Nevada (MW)
Florida Atlantic (American) vs. Loyola Chicago (Atlantic 10)

Sat., Dec. 19​

Utah State (Pac-12) vs. Tulsa (American)
San Francisco (WCC) vs. George Washington (Atlantic 10)

Sun., Dec. 20​

Florida Atlantic vs. Colorado State
Loyola Chicago vs. Nevada

Mon., Dec. 21​

Tulsa vs. San Francisco
Utah State vs. George Washington

 

[nevadanatural]

Wish they would do winners vs winners rather than just switching opponents.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

If anybody has the schedule as revealed so far, including the other 'tourney', I'd appreciate it if they'd put it here, I lost all that stuff in a bad save of my roster.

 

[Loca5174]

If anybody has the schedule as revealed so far, including the other 'tourney', I'd appreciate it if they'd put it here, I lost all that stuff in a bad save of my roster.

They might have that on the pay board. Us peasants generally don’t get that kind of stuff.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

They might have that on the pay board. Us peasants generally don’t get that kind of stuff.

It was released in segments, and I could have sworn I saw some of it on the freebird board, but maybe not. It was only 3 or 4 non conf opponents and the tourneys. In conf was released on who we would play. Dates were either non existent or tentative on most of it.