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BCA
Basketball Classic
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The BCA Basketball Classic, which The Gazelle Group produced from 1994-2001 and 2003-2006 supported the Black Coaches Assocation (BCA).Host schools and tournament champions have included Marquette, Washington, Xavier, Wake Forest and Indiana.
BCA
Basketball Invitational
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From 2001-02 and 2004-06, The Gazelle Group produced the BCA Invitational to support the Black Coaches Association (BCA). Held at traditional basketball powers like Syracuse and N.C. State, this three-day exempt tournament attracted more than 80,000 college basketball fans.
BCA
Football Classic
In 2000 and 2001, Gazelle produced the BCA Classic preseason college
football game on behalf of the Black Coaches Association. The 2000
game, which featured Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech on ESPN, was
never played due to a lightning storm. Brigham Young defeated Tulane
70-35 in the 2001 BCA Classic. ESPN nationally televised the game.
Elite 24 Hoops Classic
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The Gazelle Group produced the Elite 24 Hoops Classic in 2006. The classic brought the top 24 high school basketball players together, regardless of class, at the most legendary playground in the world, Rucker Park in New York City.
PrimeTime
Shootout
The Gazelle Group managed sponsorship and event staging and promotion
for the 2004 PrimeTime Shootout, the nation’s top invitational
tournament showcasing the finest high school basketball teams and
players. This event featured future No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick
Dwight Howard and fellow NBA draft picks Sebastian Telfair, Josh Smith and J.R. Smith. The event brought nearly 20,000 spectators to Trenton’s
Sovereign Bank Arena over three days, while also attracting top
print, broadcast and web media. Games were broadcast live by the
YES network and Comcast SportsNet and were also available on DirecTV,
reaching more than 20 million homes.
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Coaches
vs. Cancer Challenge
In 1999, Gazelle created the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge women’s
college basketball tournament on behalf of the Women’s Basketball
Coaches Association and the American Cancer Society. Connecticut
hosted and won the inaugural event which also featured Old Dominion,
Kentucky and Clemson. Connecticut went on to win the national championship
later that season. The 2000 tournament was hosted by Wisconsin and
featured Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Georgia. Notre Dame won the tournament
and also went on to win the national championship later that season.
Iowa State hosted and won the 2001 Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge
which also featured Maryland, Mississippi State and DePaul. ESPN
televised the Championship Game of the event each year.
America's
Cup
Gazelle consulted on the worldwide television production of
the 1999-2000 America’s Cup in New Zealand. New Zealand swept
Prada to keep the Cup in Auckland.
World Cup
Lacrosse
In 1998, the Gazelle Group was retained by US Lacrosse to sell
corporate sponsorship for the Lacrosse World Championships, an event
that is held every four years. Gazelle also produced, distributed
and syndicated the international television broadcast of the event.
The games were televised in the U.K. and Australia. Some still consider
the championship game to be the greatest lacrosse game ever played.
The United States rallied from an eight-goal deficit to defeat Canada
in overtime. The following
year, Gazelle produced the World Cup of Lacrosse to rematch the
United States and Canada. The U.S. defeated Canada two games to
none in the best of three series. The games were internationally
televised throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Asia,
India and Japan.
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