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16-Team CBE Classic Field Set
Championship Round Tickets on Sale Now

Princeton, N.J. (Sept. 19, 2006) – Duke, Marquette, Stanford and Texas Tech will be the four host schools in the College Basketball Experience (CBE) Classic. Air Force, Akron, UALR, Columbia, Detroit, Gardner-Webb, Georgia Southern, Idaho State, Long Beach State, Maine, UC Davis and San Jose State will join them to complete the field.

In the 2005 event (formerly known as the Guardians Classic) the Texas Longhorns defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 68-59 in the championship game.

The Regional Rounds of the tournament will be played November 12th-15th. The winner of each Regional Round will compete for the Championship at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 20th and 21st. Outlined below are the dates, locations and match-ups for the tournament. Click here for a comlpete bracket.

Championship Rounds:

The College Basketball Experience Classic was created to promote the NABC's "College Basketball Experience" and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, currently being developed within the new Sprint Center arena located in downtown Kansas City. The CBE Classic will fold into the College Basketball Experience Weekend, a three-day event celebrating the best of men's college basketball. The weekend kicks off on Sunday, November 19th, 2006, when five of the greatest names in college basketball history headline the founding class to be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Ticket Information:
Tickets for the Championship Rounds of the CBE Classic are on sale now and can be purchased at the following locations:
· The Official CBE Classic Website: www.cbeclassic.com
· Ticketmaster: (816)931-3330 or www.ticketmaster.com
· The Municipal Auditorium Box Office

For VIP Ticket and Hospitality packages please contact Leah Conley at (609) 921-1300 or lconley@gazellegroup.com.

For more information on Regional Round tickets please contact each Host School's box office.For more information on Regional Round tickets please contact each host school's box office:
Duke University: (877)375-DUKE or visit www.goduke.com
Marquette University: (414)276-4545 or visit www.gomarquette.com
Stanford University: (800)STANFORD or visit www.gostanford.com
Texas Tech University: (888)GOBIG12 or visit www.texastech.com

The CBE Classic is produced by the Gazelle Group. For more information please visit www.cbeclassic.com or contact John Celestand at (609)921-1300 or jcelestand@gazellegroup.com.