College basketball is coming back to ESPN Wide World of Sports

Disney’s athletic complex will host its 18th ESPN Events Invitational and its first NIT Season Tip-Off college hoops tournaments Nov. 28-29.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 p.m. October 20, 2024

Center court at the State Farm Field House. Photo courtesy of ESPN Wide World of Sports.

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College basketball is coming back to Southwest Orange County, as Disney has announced the dates and fields for the ESPN Events Invitational and the NIT Season Tip-Off at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Nov. 28-29.

The field of four teams competing in the 18th ESPN Events Invitational will be Florida, Minnesota, Wake Forest and Wichita State, while Utah State, St. Bonaventure, Northern Iowa and North Texas make up the NIT four-team field.

Each game from the pair of two-day tournaments will be played at the State Farm Field House. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit bit.ly/4090wkX.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.