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2018 GOTPRINT.COM LEGENDS CLASSIC presented by OLD TRAPPER Media Contact: Ray Cella: 609-921-1300, [email protected] www.legendsclassic.com | Twitter: @legendsbball | Facebook: @legendsclassic | Instagram: @legendsclassic GOTPRINT.COM LEGENDS CLASSIC presented by OLD TRAPPER: The GotPrint.com Legends Classic THE FIELD presented by Old Trapper is one of the nation’s premier early-season college basketball tournaments. Eight teams from across the nation will compete in the 12th annual event with St. John’s, Temple, VCU, and California serving as Regional Round hosts. Regional action began on Nov. 6 with the four hosts • St. John’s advancing to the Championship Rounds, Nov. 19-20, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The remainder of • Temple the field will participate in the Subregional Rounds held in Detroit, Mich., also from Nov. 19-20. • VCU Joining the four Regional Round hosts in the Legends Classic are Detroit Mercy, Bowling Green, Hampton, • California and Loyola Maryland. • Detroit Mercy • Bowling Green ABOUT THE “LEGENDS:” A unique feature of the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper • Hampton is the annual recognition of former players and coaches from the participating institutions who have • Loyola Maryland made a significant contribution to the sport of college basketball. These legends are honored on the individual campuses either during the event or at a more convenient time during the season. A complete list of past and present honorees can be found in these notes. CREDENTIAL INFORMATION For credentials to the Championship Rounds of the 2GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper at Barclays Center, contact Ray Cella ([email protected]) at the Gazelle Group. FOLLOW MEDIA CONTACTS LEGENDS CLASSIC St. John’s Stephen Dombroski O: 718-990-6897 [email protected] ON SOCIAL MEDIA... Temple Larry Dougherty O: 215-204-2588 [email protected] VCU Chris Kowalczyk O: 804-828-8818 [email protected] California Mara Rudolph O: 510-642-5363 [email protected] Detroit Mercy P.J. Gradowski C: 313-585-0982 [email protected] Bowling Green James Nahikian O: 419-372-7105 [email protected] Hampton Jim Heath O: 757-727-5757 [email protected] @legendsbball @legendsclassic Loyola Maryland Ryan Eigenbrode O: 410-617-2337 [email protected] TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for the Championship Rounds at Barclays Center may be purchased through TicketMaster: @legendsclassicl TicketMaster ticketmaster.com 800-745-3000 GotPrint launched in 2001 as a small, family-run business in Toluca Lake, California, with a goal that would soon become a tradition: to provide fast, economical, and convenient service without sacrificing quality. In no time at all, this steadfast tradition helped them evolve into a continually growing and dependable company. Since then, GotPrint has moved its headquarters to San Fernando Rd in Burbank, encompassing about 130,000 square feet, and opened additional facilities in Kentucky and Texas as well as an international office in India. With over 500 employees, they are able to cater to a growing customer base, specializing in full-color digital and offset printing using the latest technology and producing top-notch quality products at cost-effective prices. Every day, thousands of businesses and individuals trust GotPrint to handle their printing, design, and marketing needs. For more information, please visit www.GotPrint.com or call 877-922-7374. GOTPRINT.COM LEGENDS CLASSIC presented by OLD TRAPPER GOTPRINT.COM LEGENDS CLASSIC 2018 PRESENTED BY OLD TRAPPER LegendsClassic.com @LegendsBBall @LegendsClassic @LegendsClassic All Times Eastern (schedule subject to change) QUEENS REGIONAL PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL CARNESECCA ARENA - QUEENS, N.Y. LIACOURAS CENTER - PHILADELPHIA, PA. NOVEMBER 6 6:30PM NOVEMBER 9 6:30PM NOVEMBER 9 7:00PM NOVEMBER 16 7:00PM Loyola Maryland 55 Bowling Green 80 Detroit Mercy 67 Loyola Maryland St. John’s 76 St. John’s 84 Temple 83 Temple RICHMOND REGIONAL BERKELEY REGIONAL SIEGEL CENTER - RICHMOND, VA. HAAS PAVILION - BERKELEY, CALIF. NOVEMBER 9 7:00PM NOVEMBER 12 7:00PM NOVEMBER 13 10:00PM NOVEMBER 15 10:00PM Hampton 57 Bowling Green 61 Hampton Detroit Mercy VCU 69 VCU 72 California California CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS NOVEMBER 19 NOVEMBER 20 St. John’s 7:00PM California 7:30PM Temple CHAMPION 9:30PM VCU 5:00PM THIRD PLACE DETROIT SUBREGIONAL - CALIHAN HALL - DETROIT, MICH. NOVEMBER 19 5:00PM NOVEMBER 19 7:30PM NOVEMBER 20 5:00PM NOVEMBER 20 7:30PM Bowling Green Loyola Maryland Consolation Championship Hampton Detroit Mercy Game Game 475 WALL STREET | PRINCETON, NJ 08540 | 609-921-1300 | GAZELLEGROUP.COM GOTPRINT.COM LEGENDS CLASSIC presented by OLD TRAPPER YEAR-BY-YEAR CHAMPIONS CATAPULTING INTO THE RANKINGS: Florida entered the 2009 Legends Champion Runner-Up Score Classic unranked. However, dominant Regional Round wins over Troy and 2017 #16 Texas A&M Penn State 98-87 Georgia Southern preceded a stunning 77-74 win over No. 2 Michigan 2016 Notre Dame Northwestern 70-66 State and a 73-58 championship game victory versus Rutgers resulted in 2015 Marquette Arizona State 78- 73 (OT) the Gators going from unranked to No. 13 in the nation two days after the 2014 #12 Villanova #19 Michigan 60-55 Legends Classic concluded. In 2014, Villanova entered the Legends Classic 2013 Pittsburgh Stanford 88-67 ranked No. 12. After winning the tournament, the Wildcats continued their 2012 #1 Indiana Georgetown 82-72 (OT) success before ending the season ranked No. 2 in the AP poll. 2011 #20 Vanderbilt Oregon State 64-62 In the short history of the event, two GotPrint.com Legends Classic 2010 #10 Syracuse Georgia Tech 80-76 presented by Old Trapper participants eventually reached No. 1 in the 2009 Florida Rutgers 73-58 polls. In 2007, No. 7 Tennessee, which lost in the title game to No. 16 Texas, 2008 #4 Pittsburgh Washington State 57-43 would move into the top spot the week of Feb. 25, 2008. In 2008, Legends 2007 #16 Texas #7 Tennessee 97-78 champ and fourth-ranked Pittsburgh would eventually move to No. 1 for three weeks. Indiana, which played in the 2012 event, entered the PUNCH YOUR TICKET: Since the beginning of the GotPrint.com Legends Classic ranked No. 1 and would stay there for 10 weeks. Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper in 2007, 10 of the 11 champions have gone on to the NCAA Tournament. Ironically, THE MAN: He may have been the man but he wasn’t even named Michigan State, which won the 2009 Legends Classic consolation Tournament MVP in 2007. In leading Texas to the title, A.J. Abrams set game, is the only tournament team to reach the Final Four. eight GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper records that still stand, including points in a tournament (103), points in the HELPFUL START: 47 teams that have participated in the Championship Rounds (52), field goals in a tournament (39), and 3-point GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper have gone field goals in a tournament (23), nine of which came in a semifinal win on to postseason play that year – 28 NCAA, 10 NIT, 5 CBI, and 4 CIT. against New Mexico State. That, too, is still a record. So who did receive Ten advanced to the Sweet 16 (2007- Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia; MVP honors? Teammate D.J. Augustin. 2008- Pittsburgh; 2009- Cornell, Michigan State; 2011- NC State; 2012- Indiana; 2013- Stanford; 2017- Texas A&M) with Michigan State going SELECT COMPANY: In the last seven NBA drafts, 23 players who have all the way to the Final Four and Texas and Pitt reaching the Elite 8. played in the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper have been selected in the first round, with Texas A&M’s Robert Williams III being HOSTS WITH THE MOST: The four Regional Round hosts – St. John’s, the most recent, selected 27th by Boston in this summer’s Draft. Temple, VCU, California – have combined for 102 NCAA Tournament appearances, including eight Final Fours. THE UNTOUCHABLES: Of the 101 teams that have participated in the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper since 2007, eight NEW YORK STATE OF MIND: 2018 marks the seventh year that the remain undefeated in Classic play. Tournament champions Florida (2009), GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old Trapper will be played Syracuse (2010), Indiana (2012), Villanova (2014), Notre Dame (2016), and east of the Hudson River as each of the first five Classics were played in Texas A&M (2017) each went 4-0, as did Cornell in 2009 and Southern New Jersey. In 2007 and 2008, the Prudential Center in Newark served Mississippi in 2012. as the venue. In 2009 and 2010, it was Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. In 2011, the IZOD Center in the Meadowlands Sports Complex was the REST IN PEACE: On July 2, the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by venue for the Championship Rounds. In 2012, Barclays Center served Old Trapper and all of college basketball lost a dear friend with the passing as host for the Championship Rounds for the first time. of longtime Associated Press college basketball writer Jim O’Connell. Oc was a fixture in New York City as well as throughout the college basketball WELCOME BACK: VCU, Detroit Mercy, and Bowling Green are all community. returning to the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Old “He was a great man,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. “He was a guy Trapper. VCU went 3-1 in 2014, beating Oregon in the consolation you looked forward to seeing. Always had a good word and a smile.” game. Detroit Mercy is 5-4 in the tournament play, last appearing in O’Connell was a former president of the United States Basketball 2014. Bowling Green played in the 2010 tournament and was winless.