First-Ever San Diego SLAM Basketball Invitational Showcases College Hoops Saturday, December 11.SAN DIEGO -- Channel 4 San Diego will televise the first-ever San Diego SLAM Basketball Invitational Saturday, Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. (PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there ) LIVE from Cox Arena on the campus of San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. . The invitational will include two games featuring San Diego State University (SDSU), University of San Diego (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ), and University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal (California). Channel 4 San Diego will also televise the pre- and mid-game shows featuring highlights and interviews. The first game, USD vs. USC, will begin at 5 p.m. (PST). USD announcers Jim Stone and Jim Brogan will call the action. The second game, SDSU vs. California, will begin at approximately 7:55 (PST) following the mid-game show. Matt Vasgersian, Channel 4 San Diego's television voice of the Padres, will announce the match-up alongside legendary San Diego Padre and current SDSU men's baseball coach Tony Gwynn, a star basketball and baseball player who was drafted by both the MLB and the NBA. Channel 4 San Diego's John Weisbarth will host the mid-game show. A joint venture between the San Diego International Sports Council and San Diego State University, the San Diego SLAM Basketball Invitational will be televised to five-and-a-half million households nationwide, including Orange County, Calif., Las Vegas, Providence, R.I., and Santa Barbara. "This has been four years in the making, so to finally see it come to fruition is very exciting," said Dan Novak, Chairman of the San Diego International Sports Council and General Manager of Channel 4 San Diego. "We're very excited with the teams who'll be playing in our first San Diego SLAM event. This is going to be a big-time sporting event in our community that will grow every year, and it will be an event basketball fans will want to mark on their calendars." |
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