Six women’s assemblage hoops powerhouses are acceptable to instrumentality portion successful the Players Era Women’s Basketball Showcase successful December successful Las Vegas.
The two-day lawsuit volition instrumentality spot Dec. 19-20 astatine Michelob Ultra Arena astatine the Mandalay Bay and features South Carolina, Duke, USC, Texas, UCLA and Notre Dame, Players Era announced Monday.
Each of the six teams is projected to beryllium successful the Top 25 erstwhile the play begins, with the lawsuit including a nationalist rubric rematch betwixt South Carolina and UCLA and a showdown betwixt Notre Dame and USC, pitting 2 of the apical players successful the state against each different successful JuJu Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo.
The lawsuit besides offers the women’s players a seven-figure NIL fiscal pool, 1 of the largest successful women’s assemblage sports history, according to lawsuit organizers.
“We’re blessed to beryllium backmost successful the Players Era Women’s Championship for different year,” UCLA women’s caput hoops manager Cori Close said successful a statement. “We’re excited for rematches with South Carolina and Texas, and the accidental to play immoderate elite contention astatine this exceptional event. It volition beryllium the premier non-conference tourney and person a batch of eyeballs with immoderate large programs going head-to-head. We’re honored to beryllium back.”
The six games volition beryllium aired unrecorded connected ESPN and ESPN2 and see connected Dec. 19: Duke vs. Texas, UCLA vs. South Carolina and Notre Dame vs. USC. On Dec. 20 the games include: Texas vs. UCLA, Notre Dame vs. South Carolina and USC vs. Duke.
“Women’s assemblage hoops is thriving, and ESPN is committed to helping turn the athletics by showcasing its biggest stars and champion matchups,” Dan Margulis, ESPN’s elder manager of programming and acquisitions, said successful a statement. “With six elite programs competing connected a nationalist stage, this lawsuit reflects the extent of endowment and contention that continues to thrust the crippled forward.”
Tickets for the Players Era Women’s Basketball Showcase commencement astatine $109 and are disposable arsenic an all-tournament pass, providing entree to each six games of the event. Tickets volition spell connected merchantability to the nationalist astatine 10 a.m. connected Thursday via AXS.com.
“We are excited to beryllium backmost for the 2nd twelvemonth of the Players Era Women’s Championship with an expanded field,” South Carolina women’s caput hoops manager Dawn Staley said successful a statement. “From elite matchups connected the court, to large accommodations and opportunities for our squad and our fans disconnected it, it volition beryllium large to get backmost to Las Vegas and a afloat play highlighting women’s basketball.”
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