Every season, college basketball fans have a slew of compelling tournaments to be thankful for during Thanksgiving weekend. We’ll predict the winners of all of them in the weekend preview for this week, and also cover the handful of intriguing games that aren’t part of bracketed tournaments. We hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving weekend—how could you not with all this hoops goodness?
Great Alaska Shootout
Nov. 22-25, Anchorage, Alaska
Teams: Cal Poly, College of Charleston, Central Michigan, Sam Houston State, Idaho, Santa Clara, CSU Bakersfield, Alaska-Anchorage
Charleston is the favorite in the Colonial Athletic Association this season and the team is the one squad in this tournament that harbors realistic hopes for the big dance.