Las Vegas mecca of college basketball Thanksgiving week

Next to aboriginal March, Thanksgiving week is the busiest clip of the twelvemonth for assemblage hoops successful Las Vegas. This twelvemonth it runs from A to Z — that is, from aloha to Zags.

For men’s basketball, the week tips disconnected Monday with men’s hoops successful the Maui Invitational, which is successful Las Vegas, being held astatine Mandalay Bay’s Michelob Ultra Arena, due to the fact that of the pandemic. It ends Friday with top-ranked Gonzaga gathering Duke astatine T-Mobile Arena.

In between, you’ll find 2 tournaments astatine Orleans Arena connected the aforesaid 2 days. Another tourney takes implicit T-Mobile Arena. And if you privation to spot a crippled earlier oregon aft turkey, 5 games are played connected Thanksgiving Day.

The Zags play 2 games astatine T-Mobile earlier Duke, including a Tuesday matchup with UCLA connected nationalist television.

Women’s hoops volition beryllium featured astatine the South Point Arena (Thursday-Saturday) and Cox Pavilion (Saturday-Sunday).

In all, that’s 7 hoops events this week. Consider it an appetizer for March, erstwhile 10 men’s and women’s league tournaments instrumentality to town.

Men’s basketball

Maui Invitational

At Michelob Ultra Arena

Monday’s quarterfinals

Texas A&M vs. Wisconsin, 11 a.m., ESPN2

Butler vs. Houston, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2

Oregon vs. Chaminade, 6 p.m., ESPNU

Saint Mary’s vs. Notre Dame, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2

Tuesday’s semifinals

Quarterfinal winners, 2 p.m., ESPN

Quarterfinal winners, 5 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday’s consolation semifinals

Quarterfinal losers, 11:30 a.m., ESPN2

Quarterfinal losers, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU

Wednesday’s last round

Championship, 2 p.m., ESPN

3rd/4th Place, 11:30 a.m., ESPN2

5th/6th Place, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2

7th/8th Place, 6 p.m., ESPNU

Good Sam Empire Classic

Monday astatine T-Mobile Arena

UCLA vs. Bellarmine, 5 p.m., ESPN+

Gonzaga vs. Central Michigan, 8 p.m., ESPNU

Tuesday astatine T-Mobile Arena

Central Michigan vs. Bellarmine, 4 p.m., ESPN+

Gonzaga vs. UCLA, 7 p.m., ESPN

Las Vegas Invitational astatine Orleans Arena

Thursday’s semifinals

New Mexico vs. Alabama-Birmingham, 4 p.m., FS1

San Francisco vs. Towson, 6:30 p.m., FS1

Friday’s finals

Championship, 8:30 p.m., FS1

Consolation, 6 p.m., FS1

Las Vegas Classic astatine Orleans Arena

Thursday’s semifinals

San Diego vs. South Alabama, 10:30 a.m.

Illinois-Chicago vs. Hawaii, 1 p.m.

Friday’s finals

Championship, approx. 1 p.m.

Consolation, 10:30 a.m.

Continental Tire Challenge

Friday astatine T-Mobile Arena

Duke vs. Gonzaga, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Women’s basketball

South Point Thanksgiving Shootout

At South Point Arena

Thursday’s games

SMU vs. Seattle, 6 p.m.

Friday’s games

Oklahoma State vs. Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Kansas vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.

Seattle vs. Texas-El Paso, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Green Bay vs. SMU, 1 p.m.

Tennessee vs. Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m.

UTEP vs. Kansas, 6 p.m.

UNLV Thanksgiving Classic

Saturday’s games

UNLV vs. UT-Arlington, Noon

UM-Kansas City vs. Grambling State, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games

UNLV vs. Grambling State, Noon, Cox-14

UT-Arlington vs. UM-Kansas City.