Cancun Challenge | 11/24/2023 11:15:27 AM
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Before conference play in D-I women's college basketball takes root, the smartest fan bases plant themselves at one of the most exciting and engaging tournament settings imaginable, the Women's Cancun Challenge. Tournament officials are excited to announce the 10 teams making the trip during the week of Thanksgiving to the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
Powered by Triple Crown Sports, this is the 19th edition of the women's event. Games will be held Nov. 28-30, with players and fans just walking distance from their rooms to the converted ballroom that hosts the competition.
For 2024, the four-team Mayan Division has four teams confirmed – Providence, San Diego State, VCU and Wisconsin. 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 – BYU, Idaho State, Iowa, New Mexico State, Rhode Island,and Rice.
"Hard to believe we've hosted a generation's worth of talented women's basketball programs at the Cancun Challenge, but the event has proven its ability to attract outstanding competition as teams prepare for the hard work of conference play," said Cancun Challenge director Sarah Molina. "And thanks to the staff and attractions at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, fans have also long ago figured out this is a terrific way to follow their teams and enjoy a sunny breather before winter really sets in."
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 more than 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.