Belmont Women’s Hoops To Participate In The Ball Dawgs Classic

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For the second consecutive season, the Belmont’s women’s basketball team will compete in a mid-season tournament as the Bruins have been invited to participate in the 2023 Ball Dawgs Classic over Thanksgiving week.

Held at The Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada, the home of the NBA G League Ignite, on Wednesday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 24, the Ball Dawgs Classic will also feature Stanford, Florida State and Northwestern.

“Our firm has quickly found a home at The Dollar Loan Center as we annually manage the Big West Championships at the site, provide operational support for the Ignite home games and have launched and managed our own events at the arena over the past year,” says bdG Sports President & CEO Brooks Downing. “We look forward to generating excitement and exposure for the teams and players in this event through our partnership with Ball Dawgs and hope that translates to a packed building on Thanksgiving week.”

The four-team Las Vegas tournament managed by bdG Sports will tip off on Wednesday, Nov. 22 with first-round games beginning at 1 p.m. CT/11 a.m. PT. Following a day off from games for Thanksgiving Thursday, consolation and championship games will be played on Friday, Nov. 24 starting at 8:30 p.m. CT/6:30 p.m. PT.

Matchups and tipoff times will be announced at a later date.

Both three-time National Champion Stanford and three-time Elite Eight participant Florida State reached last season’s NCAA Tournament. Northwestern is only two seasons removed from reaching the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 as a No. 7 seed. The Cardinal went 29-6 last year and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, while the Seminoles were a No. 7 seed and finished 23-10.

Consistently playing one of the most difficult non-conference schedules in the country, the Bruins took on the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Florida, last November where Belmont faced top-25 ranked Villanova, Saint Louis and Atlantic Coast Conference member Georgia Tech.

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