ESTERO, Fla. — The Kent State men's basketball program will return to Southwest Florida during the week of Thanksgiving to play in the inaugural Naples Invitational, as event organizer bd Global announced the tournament bracket on Thursday.
The eight-team tournament will be played at the Community School of Naples from Monday, Nov. 22 through Wednesday, Nov. 24. The field is limited strictly to mid-major programs, with seven of the eight earning NCAA Tournament bids in the past decade.
The Golden Flashes will battle James Madison in the opening game of the tournament at 12 p.