Massmutual Classic Jimmy V Classic Fueled by Pontiac
MassMutual Jimmy V Classic Classic fueled by Pontiac Fri., Nov. 28, 2003 • 9 p.m. EST Tue., Dec. 9, 2003 • 7 & 9:30 p.m. EST Springfield Civic Center • Springfield, Mass. • ESPN Madison Square Garden • New York, N.Y. • ESPN Now in its 25th year, the MassMutual Classic The V Foundation is proud to team up with annually has marked the opening of the college ESPN and Madison Square Garden to bring to basketball season. life the Jimmy V Basketball Classic, one of the For a quarter century, two of the nation’s top nation’s most talked about early-season basketball programs have traveled to the basketball tournaments. birthplace of basketball in November to compete Each year, four premier collegiate basketball in this special, invitation-only contest at the 6,800-seat Springfield Civic teams pair off in the name of Jim Valvano, and Center in Springfield, Mass. in the process, raise funds to help find a cure for cancer. To date, the Throughout its history, this event has featured the elite in college Jimmy V Basketball Classic has raised almost $450,000 to help fund basketball. Six times in its history, the defending national champion cancer research. has opened its post-championship run in the Classic (1979, ‘80, ‘82, A standout player at Rutgers in the late 1960s, Valvano was an ‘83, ‘89, 94). The game has also featured that season’s eventual NCAA Division I head coach for 18 seasons, most notably serving as national champion on two occasions: Kentucky in 1995 and Arizona in the head coach at North Carolina State for nine seasons.
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