Kelvin Mentioned today on the March Madness 365 Podcast today that we are in a ‘Huge Huge’ Preseason/Early Season Tournament that a lot of teams would love to be a part of.
My guess is the Sunshine slam in Florida Nov 8th-10th. 8 team field that is yet to be announced. This is the only true tournament that I could find that was not full.
Other potential tournament: the Jersey Mike Jamaica classic with LSU, Utah State and Rhode Island. I doubt this one because we have played all lf these teams in past 2 seasons.
I haven’t heard that part yet, so I’m just basing it on if it was this year he would name it because the 2019 lineups aren’t exactly secret at this point. Most are full and announced.
Teams are only allowed one exempt tournament a year. Next UH is scheduled to play in the Diamond Head Classic as its exempt event. So it won’t be an additional multiple game tournament. Maybe he was referring to a single game showcase? Like the Armed Forces Classic or the Champions Classic.
I’m guessing he was either referring to the Diamond Head Classic or talking about 2020 or greatly exaggerating the prestige of the tourney. The Sunshine Slam would be in it’s first year and is hosted by the same people that host the CBI. Maybe when Sampson said that a lot of teams would love to be a part of it, he was referring to the 200 schools that never get invitations.
I think it’s too much of a coincidence that Sampson was talking about a future tourney and a major tourney listed us for 2020 in the same week. He had to be talking about this.
