College hoops fans are in for a treat during Thanksgiving weekend next year.
A massive 16-team men’s college basketball tournament honoring Nike co-founder and 2012 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Phil Knight will take place in 2017 in advance of his 80th birthday, it was announced.
PK80 will be played in Portland, Ore., from Nov. 23-26 at the Rose Quarter’s Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The list of schools participating is indeed impressive: Arkansas, Butler, Connecticut, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Michigan State, North Carolina, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Portland, Portland State, Stanford and Texas.