Las Vegas welcomes early-season college basketball tournaments

How bash we cognize Las Vegas is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic? Just look astatine the men’s assemblage hoops schedule.

Las Vegas volition big 5 postseason tournaments successful March. But successful the coming months, the metropolis volition beryllium a hoops Mecca with early-season tournaments and neutral-site games filling arenas astir the city.

T-Mobile Arena, Michelob Ultra Arena, Orleans Arena and South Point Arena volition big early-season tournaments, including 2 tourneys astatine Orleans connected the aforesaid day.

The item of the docket volition hap Thanksgiving play arsenic 2 of the nation’s apical teams, Duke and Gonzaga, conscionable astatine T-Mobile Arena.

Here’s the schedule, which volition adjacent see 2 UNLV games.

Roman Main Event astatine T-Mobile Arena

Semifinals, Nov. 19

Arizona vs. Wichita State, 7 p.m., ESPNU

UNLV vs. Michigan, 9:30 p.m., ESPN2

Finals, Nov. 21

Championship, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

Consolation game, 9 p.m., ESPN2

Maui Classic astatine Michelob Ultra Arena

Quarterfinals, Nov. 22

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

Semifinals, Nov. 23

Quarterfinal winners, 2 p.m., ESPN

Quarterfinal winners, 5 p.m., ESPN

Consolation Semifinals, Nov. 23

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

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

Finals, Nov. 24

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

Nov. 22 astatine T-Mobile Arena

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

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

Nov. 23 astatine T-Mobile Arena

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

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

Las Vegas Invitational at Orleans Arena

Semifinals, Nov. 25

New Mexico vs. UAB, 4 p.m., FS1

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

Finals, Nov. 26

Championship, 8:30 p.m., FS1

Consolation, 6 p.m., FS1

Las Vegas Classic astatine Orleans Arena

Semifinals, Nov. 25

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

UIC vs. Hawai’i, 1 p.m.

Finals, Nov. 26

Championship, approx. 1 p.m.

Consolation, 10:30 a.m.

Continental Tire Challenge astatine T-Mobile Arena

Nov. 26

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

UNLV astatine the Mandalay Bay I

Dec. 8 astatine Michelob Ultra Arena

Seattle astatine UNLV, 7 p.m.

UNLV astatine the Mandalay Bay II

Dec. 11 astatine Michelob Ultra Arena

Hartford astatine UNLV, noon

CBS Sports Classic

Dec. 18 astatine T-Mobile Arena

UCLA vs. North Carolina, noon, KLAS-8

Kentucky vs. Ohio State, 2:30 p.m., KLAS-8

Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge

Dec. 19 astatine T-Mobile Arena

Texas vs. Stanford, noon, KTNV-13

Las Vegas Showcase

Dec. 22 astatine South Point Arena

Saint Louis vs. Drake, noon