2017 New Orleans Shootout (college basketball)
At Convocation Center, Xavier University of Louisiana
Notes:
Men Women
Wed Dec 20 -
Women South Florida vs. Dayton, 7:30 p.m. . . .
South Florida 93, Dayton 87, OT
Thu Dec 21 -
Men Liberty vs. Fort Wayne, noon . . .
Fort Wayne 75, Liberty 64
Thu Dec 21 -
Men Louisiana Tech vs. Alabama State, 2:30 p.m. . . .
Louisiana Tech 74, Alabama State 62
Thu Dec 21 -
Women Dayton vs. Mississippi Valley, 5 p.m. . . .
Dayton 65, Mississippi Valley 46
Thu Dec 21 -
Women Michigan State vs. South Florida, 7:30 p.m. . . .
Michigan State 83, South Florida 73
Fri Dec 22 -
Men third-place game, Liberty vs. Alabama State, noon . . .
Liberty 87, Alabama State 70
Fri Dec 22 -
Men championship game, Fort Wayne vs. Louisiana Tech, 2:30 p.m. . . .
Louisiana Tech 85, Fort Wayne 76
Fri Dec 22 -
Women Michigan State vs. Mississippi Valley, 5 p.m. . . .
Michigan State 83, Mississippi Valley 64
Notes
# Second edition of this event for NCAA Division I schools. It was first played in 2014 at Xavier with four women's teams (Nevada, Oregon State, Southern Illinois, Toledo).
# Men's division will use traditional tournament format with a championship and third-place game. Women's division has predetermined pairings. Every team in the event will play twice.
# Three of the four women's teams -- Dayton, Michigan State and South Florida -- qualified for the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
# Of the eight teams, only South Florida's women are ranked (19th USA Today, 22nd Associated Press). The Bulls opened their season with a 61-55 home victory Nov. 10 against LSU.
# Dayton's second win of the season was 71-65 Nov. 11 against Tulane in the Maine Tip-Off Tournament.
# Leading women's scorer entering the tournament: South Florida guard Kitija Laksa (6-foot junior from Riga, Latvia, 23.0 points per game).
# Leading men's scorer entering the tournament: Fort Wayne guard Bryson Scott (6-1 senior from Fort Wayne, Ind., 23.0 points per game).
# Tickets: $20 per day.
# Convocation Center: $25 million facility opened in November 2012 (sixth season for basketball) . . . Capacity 3,937 with all-chairback seating . . . Address is 7900 Stroelitz St., New Orleans LA 70125.
# This is the second tournament of the week at Xavier . . . the Xavier Classic, with four men's teams and four women's teams from the NAIA, was played Sunday and Monday.
