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Iowa State to face VCU in ESPN Events Invitational, bracket set

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Iowa State men’s basketball will face off with VCU on Thanksgiving night as part of the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando.

The official bracket was announced Tuesday, confirming the date of the holiday MTE (Mid-season tournament/event).

Boise State and Virginia Tech sit on the other side of the pod as the Cyclones and the team will face either one of these teams on Black Friday.

On the other side of the bracket, Texas A&M will begin their tournament against Penn State, while Florida Atlantic faces Butler. One of those four teams will face the Cyclones to round out the weekend on Sunday, November 26.

Specific tip times and TV selections will be announced at a later date, but Iowa State will be playing each of the three games on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+.

Connor Ferguson
Connor Ferguson
Connor will be covering women’s basketball for Cyclone Fanatic during the 2018-19 season. He is currently a junior enrolled at Iowa State and is studying journalism at Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism. Connor also covers a variety of sports around the state of Iowa, including Indoor football and motorsports for Last Word on Sports. He also appears on-air four times a week covering high school football for 1460 KXnO, college football for his own podcast, and professional sports for 88.5 KURE – Iowa State’s student radio station.

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