Temple University Athletics
Temple To Meet Providence In First Round of 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off
9.4.07 | Men's Basketball
Sept. 4, 2007
PHILADELPHIA -
Temple will take on Providence in its opening game of the 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off on November 15. Eight conferences will be represented in one of the most diverse lineups of the college basketball season when ESPN Regional Television (ERT) and ESPNU present the tournament. Presented in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, the tournament will feature 12 games at the state-of-the-art Coliseo de Puerto Rico, in the cosmopolitan Hato Rey district of San Juan.
Temple, under the direction of second-year head coach Fran Dunphy, opens its season on November 9 at Tennessee.
The 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off will be held the week before Thanksgiving, with the opening games set for Thursday, Nov. 15. Second-round games will be played Friday, Nov. 16, and the finals and championship game will be played Sunday, Nov. 18.
The inaugural field will represent eight major conferences, including the ACC (University of Miami), Big East (Providence), Atlantic 10 (Temple), Colonial (Virginia Commonwealth), Southern (College of Charleston), Conference USA (Houston), the SEC (Arkansas), and MAAC (Marist).
"We are very excited to bring men's college basketball to Puerto Rico in November," said Pete Derzis, senior vice president and general manager of ERT. "The combination of eight quality basketball teams and this wonderful setting will make the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off truly a one-of-a-kind sporting event."
For its inaugural year, sponsors for the Tip-Off will include the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and O'Reilly Auto Parts. The tournament will be the first of three ESPN Regional Television college basketball events in November. All 12 games of the Tip-Off will be shown on ESPN2 or ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network.
Date Game Time Network
Thursday, Nov. 15 #1 - Houston vs. Virginia Commonwealth 9:00 a.m. ESPNU
#2 - Marist vs. Miami 11:30 a.m. ESPNU
#3- Temple vs. Providence 2:30 p.m ESPNU
# 4 - College of Charleston vs. Arkansas 5:00 p.m. ESPNU
Friday, Nov. 16 Game 5 (losers of Game 1 & Game 2) 11:00 a.m ESPNU
Game 6 (winners of Game 1 & Game 2) 1:30 p.m. ESPNU
Game 7 (winners of Game 3 & Game 4) 5:30 p.m. ESPNU
Game 8 (losers of Game 3 & Game 4) 8:00 p.m. ESPNU
Sunday, Nov. 18 Game 9 (losers of Game 5 & Game 8) 11:00 a.m. ESPNU
Game 10 (winners of Game 5 & Game 8) 1:30 p.m. ESPNU
Game 11(losers of Game 6 & Game 7) 5:30 p.m. ESPN2
Game 12 (winners of Game 6 & Game 7) 8:00 p.m. ESPN2
All times are Eastern and subject to change.
