SAN DIEGO – The 2023-24 Notre Dame men’s basketball season may not have tipped off yet, but the program is excited to announce a tournament they’ll be competing in for the 2024-25 season.
Sports San Diego announced the field for the 2024 Rady Children’s Invitational which will feature the Irish alongside Purdue, Arkansas and BYU. The two-day tournament will take place on November 28-29 at LionTree Arena on the campus of UC San Diego.
“We are fired up to have these premier college basketball programs and institutions with amazing traditions and fan bases set to play in San Diego next year,” said Mark Neville, CEO of Sports San Diego, the organization that produces the tournament. “Together with Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, FOX Sports, UC San Diego Athletics, and Global Sports & Events, we endeavor to produce one of the best early-season college basketball tournaments in the country. Part of that means securing top basketball programs year after year. We are extremely proud of this 2024 field.”
Notre Dame leads the overall series against Purdue 23-22. They last squared off on the hardwood in December of 2020 in Indianapolis.
Notre Dame and Arkansas have only squared off once – A 71-69 loss in St. Louis back on March 27, 1978. Meanwhile, the Irish lead BYU in the series 5-3. The last encounter – a 78-68 victory inside the Barclays Center in November of 2012.
The inaugural Rady Children’s Invitational tips off on November 23, 2023. The 2023 field includes the Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten), USC Trojans (Pac-12), Seton Hall Pirates (Big East) and the Oklahoma Sooners (Big 12).
The Irish kick off their 2023-24 campaign officially on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. ET against Niagara.
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