The Inaugural Glenn Wilkes Classic will be held over a span of two weeks and will feature eight teams, four of which come from the State of Florida.
Four schools - Florida State, Rhode Island, UAB, and South Florida - will host first round games during the week of Nov. 9-13. Then the four road teams - Georgia Southern, Stetson, Florida Atlantic, and Cleveland State - will join the four hosts in Daytona Beach, FL, for three days of basketball on Nov. 16, 17, and 18. There will be four games each day at the 8,000-seat Ocean Center arena in Daytona Beach.
This new event is named after longtime Stetson University head coach Glenn Wilkes. Wilkes, a member of four different Hall's of Fame, coached at Stetson University in nearby DeLand for 36 seasons and is the founder of numerous basketball schools around the South and the nation.
Tickets are now officially on sale for all fans wishing to attend the inaugural event.
Fans can purchase both single session and all tournament tickets by visiting any Ticketmaster location; calling Ticketmaster at (407) 839-3900 or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com.
Lower bowl tickets are priced $20 and $15 per session or $100 and $75 for an all tournament ticket. Tickets in the upper bowl are $12 per session or $60 for the entire tournament. Students can purchase single session tickets for $12 and $10 per session or $60 and $50 for a tournament pass. However, student ticket purchases must be made at the Ocean Center Box Office and students must present a valid school i.d. Please note that applicable service charges can be added to purchases.
For further questions about tickets, please call the Ocean Center Box Office at (386) 254-4545 or Sport Tours International at (414) 228-7337 or via email at info@sporttours.net; or visit www.sporttours.net.
2007 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, November 16 12 pm, Cleveland State v. Georgia Southern 2:15 pm, South Florida v. Rhode Island 6 pm, Florida Atlantic v. Stetson 8:15 pm, Florida State v. UAB
Saturday, November 17 12 pm, South Florida v. Florida Atlantic 2:15 pm, Georgia Southern v. UAB 6 pm, Florida State v. Cleveland State 8:15 pm, Rhode Island v. Stetson
Sunday, November 18 12 pm, Cleveland State v. Florida Atlantic 2:15 pm, UAB v. Rhode Island 6 pm, Stetson v. Georgia Southern 8:15 pm, Florida State v. South Florida
