North Carolina-Wilmington, North Dakota State and Howard University will join UTEP in the 56th annual WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational basketball tournament.
"We are thrilled about this year's field. We are hoping to continue our plan of bringing in the best teams we can find,” Sun Bowl basketball committee chairman Barry Kobren said. “Two of our teams from last year went on to win their conferences and play in the NIT. We think we will see that same success again this year.”
Akron won the 2016 WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational by defeating UC-Irvine in Game 1 and beating Maryland Eastern Shore in the title game.