Marquette University Athletics
Golden Eagles open Alaska Shootout with Eastern Washington
7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The 28th annual eight-team tournament will be held November 22-26 at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska.
A minimum of four games from the 2005 Shootout men?s tournament will be televised on ESPN2 beginning with the Southern California-Oral Roberts matchup on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. AST (10:30 p.m. CST). Another ESPN2 game will be a first-round game between host UAA and defending NIT champion South Carolina on Thursday, Nov. 24, at 6 p.m. AST (9 p.m. CST). ESPN2 will also televise a semifinal game (Fri., Nov. 25, 11 p.m. CST) and the championship contest (Sat., Nov, 26, 9 p.m. CST).
The tournament?s other first-round pairing pits Monmouth vs Southern Illinois at 11 p.m. CST on Nov. 24.
Additional televised games on ESPN?s new college sports channel, ESPNU, may be added to the schedule at a later date.
Marquette will be making its third appearance in the annual tournament. The Golden Eagles claimed the 2001 championship by defeating Tennessee, #20 Indiana and Gonzaga, and in 1981 defeated McNeese State and Iona before falling to Southwestern Louisiana in the championship game. Former MU standout Dwyane Wade earned the tournament?s Most Valuable Player for the team?s championship run in 2001.
2005 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout (All times are Central Standard):
Wednesday, Nov. 23
First Round
10:30 p.m. ? Southern Cal vs Oral Roberts (ESPN2)
12:45 a.m. ? Eastern Washington vs Marquette
Thursday, Nov. 24
First Round
9 p.m. ? South Carolina vs Alaska Anchorage (ESPN2)
11 p.m. ? Monmouth vs Southern Illinois
Friday, Nov. 25
Consolation Semifinals
3 p.m. ? USC/ORU loser vs EWU/MU loser
5 p.m. ? USC/UAA loser vs MU/SIU loser
Seminfinals
8:30 p.m. ? USC/ORU winner vs EWU/MU winner
11 p.m. ? USC/UAA winner vs MU/SIU winner (ESPN2)
Saturday, Nov. 26
1 p.m. ? 7th/8th place game
3 p.m. ? 4th/6th place game
6:30 p.m. ? 3rd/5th place game
9 p.m. ? Championship (ESPN2)
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