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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Bracket Set For Wooden Legacy

Yante Maten shoots a freethrow during the South Carolina game.
Yante Maten shoots a freethrow during the South Carolina game.

 
 
The Georgia Bulldogs will face tournament host Cal State Fullerton in the opening round of the 2017 Wooden Legacy. The bracket for the eight-team event over the Thanksgiving weekend was announced on Tuesday.
 
 
The Bulldogs and Titans will meet at 10:30 p.m. ET on Thanksgiving night in a game televised nationally on ESPNEWS. San Diego State and Sacramento State will face off in the other half of Georgia’s bracket at 1 a.m. ET. The other quarterfinal games feature Saint Mary’s versus Harvard at 4 p.m. ET and Saint Joseph’s taking on Washington State at 6:30 p.m.
 
 
On Friday, the semifinal for Georgia’s half of the bracket will be at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2, and the consolation contest will be at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPNEWS. The final round will be held on Sunday, Nov. 26, with the 7th-place game at 2:30 p.m. ET, the 5th-place game at 9:30 p.m. ET, the 3rd-place game at 5 p.m. ET on ESPNU and the championship matchup at midnight ET on ESPN2.
 
 
Georgia has never appeared in the Wooden Legacy, but the Bulldogs have competed in two other “Wooden” events. Georgia played two thrilling games in their previous trips to the Wooden Classic, losing to Stanford, 76-74, in 1997 and defeating Cal, 78-73 in overtime, in 2002.
 
 
All of the games will be played at Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Gym. All 12 games of the 2017 Wooden Legacy will be televised on ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS or ESPN3. All times listed below are Pacific (unless otherwise noted).
 
 
Thursday, November 23
 
Game 1 – Saint Mary’s vs. Harvard, 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET), ESPNEWS
Game 2 – Saint Joseph’s vs. Washington State, 3:30 p.m. PT (6:30 p.m. ET), ESPN3
Game 3 – Georgia vs. Cal State Fullerton, 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. ET), ESPNEWS
Game 4 – San Diego State vs. Sacramento State, 10 p.m. PT (1 a.m. ET, next day), ESPNU
 
 
Friday, November 24
 
Game 5 – Saint Mary’s/Harvard winner vs. Saint Joseph’s/Washington State winner, 10:30 a.m. PT (1:30 p.m. ET), ESPNEWS
Game 6 – Saint Mary’s/Harvard loser vs. Saint Joseph’s/Washington State loser, 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET), ESPN3
Game 7 – Georgia/Cal State Fullerton winner vs. San Diego State/Sacramento State winner, 4 p.m. PT (7 p.m. ET), ESPN2
Game 8 – Georgia/Cal State Fullerton loser vs. San Diego State/Sacramento State loser, 6:30 p.m. PT (9:30 p.m. ET), ESPNEWS
 
 
Sunday, November 26
 
Game 9 – Game 6 and Game 8 losers, 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 p.m. ET), ESPN3
Game 10 – Game 5 and Game 7 losers, 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET), ESPNU
Game 11 – Game 6 and Game 8 winners, 6:30 p.m. PT (9:30 p.m. ET), ESPN3
Game 12, Championship – Game 5 and Game 7 winners, 9 p.m. PT (12 a.m. ET, next day), ESPN2
 
 
All-Session tickets will go on sale on September 13 and can be purchased at fullertontitans.com or by calling (657) 278-2783.  Additional ticket and travel package information can be found on the event web site at www.TheWoodenLegacy.com.
 
 
The Bulldogs return four starters – including two-time consensus All-SEC forward Yante Maten – and nine of their top-10 scorers from last year’s team that finished 19-15. Head coach Mark Fox enters his ninth season in Athens five wins shy of his 150th victory with the Bulldogs. Fox has led Georgia to four 20-win seasons, tying hall-of-famer Hugh Durham for the most 20-win performances in school history.
 
 
 
 

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