[Strikeout King]

Andy Katz of ESPN.com has just reported that Kentucky basketball will compete in a high profile Nike tournament in 2017.

The two-tournament event will be held in honor of Nike co-founder Phil Knight's 80th birthday.

The event will include elite programs such as UK, Michigan State, Duke, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio State, Connecticut, Georgetown and Texas.

Here is more from ESPN.com:

This event would have more collective star power than any of the previous tournaments played at Maui, New York, Orlando or the Bahamas. The 16 Nike-sponsored schools -- mostly elite programs -- include Michigan State, Kentucky, Duke and North Carolina.

Hollis said he has commitments from schools representing all of college basketball's power conferences. NCAA rules prohibit schools from the same conference playing in the same event, hence the two eight-team tournaments.

The other schools are Florida, Ohio State, Connecticut, Georgetown, Texas, Oklahoma, Stanford, Oregon, Xavier, Butler, Gonzaga and Portland.

"All of these great basketball programs have been supported by Phil Knight and Nike," Hollis said. "His support of the programs have created scholarships and resources for these departments to excel."




http://www.allkyhoops.com/2012/08/kentuc...ay-in.html

[zaga_fan]

Another chance to bury those Laettner memories a little deeper