Cancun Challenge | 1/17/2023 10:03:47 AM
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The women’s college basketball schedule ahead of conference play delivers multiple highlight moments, none brighter than the 2023 Women’s Cancun Challenge, which welcomes 10 teams during the week of Thanksgiving to the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
Powered by Triple Crown Sports, this is the 18th running of the women’s event. Games will be held Nov. 23-25, with players and fans just walking distance from their rooms to the converted ballroom that hosts the games.
For 2023, the four-team Mayan Division will feature Green Bay, Maryland, UMass and Washington State. These squads will play a three-game round robin at the event. In the Riviera Division, six teams will be making the trip and playing two games while in Mexico – Creighton, Georgia Tech, James Madison, Michigan State, Montana State and New Mexico.
Here’s the game schedule:
(Home team listed second)
Thursday, Nov. 23
Maryland vs. Washington State, 11 a.m. ET
UMass vs. Green Bay, 1:30 p.m. ET
Georgia Tech vs. Creighton, 4 p.m. ET
Michigan State vs. James Madison, 6:30 p.m. ET
Montana State vs. New Mexico, 9 p.m. ET
Friday, Nov. 24
Washington State vs. UMass, 11 a.m. ET
Green Bay vs. Maryland, 1:30 p.m. ET
Creighton vs. Michigan State, 4:30 p.m. ET
New Mexico vs. Georgia Tech, 6:30 p.m. ET
James Madison vs. Montana State, 9 p.m. ET
Saturday, Nov. 25
UMass vs. Maryland, 11 a.m. ET
Washington State vs. Green Bay, 1:30 p.m. ET
“Fans making the trip to the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya will not only get the pleasure of enjoying sunny Mexico when it’s chilly back at home,” said Cancun Challenge director Sarah Molina. “They’ll also get to watch some superior basketball, as we will bring another strong group of Power 5 teams and impressive mid-majors looking to make an impact ahead of league and conference action.”
More information will continue to be released on the event website: https://cancunchallenge.net/sports/wbball
Fan packages are available; check out your options for a relaxing, secure warm-weather escape over Thanksgiving weekend: Fan Packages - Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya - Cancun Challenge
About Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, CO., Triple Crown Sports has been producing youth, high school and college events for 40 years. TCS runs both the preseason and postseason WNIT basketball events and produces the men’s and women’s DI Cancun Challenge tournaments in November. Triple Crown is also powering “WNIT” concept events in D-I softball (NISC) and volleyball (NIVC), with those two events debuting in 2017. Triple Crown’s PV College Challenge features more than 10 of the top DI college softball teams in the country each year in Puerto Vallarta, MX. Anchored by the 1,100-team Colorado 4th of July event, TC fastpitch tournaments draw the nation’s finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes. TCS produces one of the largest youth baseball events in the world with the Omaha SlumpBuster during the College World Series. The Triple Crown Volleyball NIT has become the top-recruited club volleyball event in the country each February when 550 teams compete in Kansas City, MO.