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U-M/MSU headlining LCA hoops doubleheader brings excitement downtown

There's no catchy nickname for the event or even a building in working order.

But when Olympia Entertainment president and CEO Tom Wilson stood in a dirt area outside Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday morning, announcing the Dec. 16 college basketball doubleheader, he shared a vision.

Michigan will face Detroit Mercy in the first college basketball game at Little Caesars Arena, and Michigan State plays Oakland in the second game that day in a one-time event.

But Wilson has bigger dreams about this as a tipoff, not a one-off.

"Our goal is to bring back these school, one or all of them, on a regular, regular basis and to have major college basketball here on a regular basis every single year," Wilson said.