Eat some turkey and enjoy the return of college basketball with the Orlando Classic, which starts at noon Thanksgiving day. The TV times and stations are listed below (all times ET).
Teams: Georgia Tech, Kansas, Marquette, Michigan State, Rhode Island, Rider, Santa Clara and Tennesse.
Location: HP Field House located at ESPN Wide World of Sports at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.
Dates: Nov. 27-28, 30
Thursday, Nov. 27
Game 1 | Santa Clara vs. Tennesse | 12 p.m. | ESPN2
Game 2 | Kansas vs. Rhode Island | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN2
Game 3 | Michigan State vs. Rider | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN2
Game 4 | Marquette vs. Georgia Tech | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN2
Friday, Nov. 28
Game 5 or 6 | Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2 | 12 or 2:30 p.m. | ESPN or ESPNU
Game 5 or 6 | Loser game 1 vs. loser game 2 | 12 or 2:30 p.m. | ESPN or ESPNU
Game 7 | Loser game 3 vs. loser game 4 | 6:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Game 8 | Winner game 3 vs. winner game 4 | 9 p.m. | ESPN2
Sunday, Nov. 30
Game 9 | 10:30 a.m. | ESPN3
Game 10 or 11 (Championship) | 1 or 4 p.m. | ESPN or ESPN2
Game 10 or 11 (Third-place game) | 1 or 4 p.m. | ESPN or ESPN2
Game 12 | 6:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Non-bracketed games: Santa Clara at Michigan State (Nov. 24) and Rider at Kansas (Nov. 24)
Cassandra Negley is a contributor at Sporting News. She’s currently the sports editor at the Thomasville Times-Enterprise in Georgia and writes for the Mets blog, Rising Apple . You can follow her on Twitter, @casnegley .