Post by cviller on Nov 7, 2007 11:59:45 GMT -5
By Mike Casazza
Daily Mail sportswriter
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia men's basketball Coach Bob Huggins said Tuesday his team will participate in the Las Vegas Invitational next season.
The field includes Kentucky, Iowa, Kansas State, Delaware State, Southeast Missouri, Oakland and Longwood. The preliminary games are on campus and the semifinal and championship games are at Orleans Arena, Nov. 28-29.
Huggins coached Kansas State last year and the team won the Las Vegas Holiday Classic. He said he'd like to include preseason tournaments as frequently as possible.
"That's where, by and large, the great games come from early in the year," he said.
The Mountaineers begin their regular season Nov. 16 with preliminary home games in the Legends Classic. After a second game Nov. 18, they travel to Newark, N.J., for the final two rounds Nov. 23-24. There, WVU will play Tennessee the first game and either Texas or New Mexico State the next day.
"I think that tells you a lot about your team," Huggins said. "Plus, it's on a neutral site, which is very similar to what the postseason is."
WVU, which will also begin a home-and-home series with Mississippi next season, has a 7 p.m. exhibition game Saturday against Mountain State University.
