(Winchester, Virginia)  (Courtesy of Adam Syprzak) The "WEST WILL BE WON" in the Rocky Mountains through the San Joaquin Valley when Air Force and Pacific host the 2017 Men Against Breast Cancer Showcase. Thanksgiving weekend will bring round-robin clashes as University of the Pacific hosts Arkansas – Pine Bluff, Texas State, and Canisius in Stockton, California, after each team will first skirmish at Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, starting opening weekend.

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November 12th – Texas State at Air Force

November 14th – Canisius at Air Force

November 20nd – UAPB at Air Force

November 21st – Pacific at Air Force

November 22nd – Texas State vs UAPB

November 24th – Canisius vs Texas State; UAPB at Pacific

November 25th – UAPB vs Canisius; Texas State at Pacific

November 26th – Canisius at Pacific

Arkansas – Pine Bluff Golden Lions – George Ivory (Southwestern Athletic Conference)

UAPB head coach George Ivory is one of the most successful SWAC basketball players in conference history. Ivory remains the leader in scoring, steals, assists, minutes, and games played during his time as a 4-year started at Mississippi Valley State University. In the 2007/08 season as an Assistant Coach at his alma mater, Ivory helped MVSU win the SWAC Tournament Championship and a birth into the NCAA tourney. Once UAPB gave the reigns to Ivory for the 2008/09 season, George brought immediate success when in his first season, UAPB finished with a winning record in SWAC play for the first time ever. As an encore, the Golden Lions went 18-5 in their last 23 games of the 2009/10 season after starting the season 0-11, streaking to a win in the SWAC Tournament Championship and the team's only NCAA Tournament Championship birth ever. UAPB won their opening round matchup over Winthrop, ending a 17-year winless drought for SWAC teams at the NCAA tourney.