Springfield, Mass. – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the field of teams and schedules for the campus round games leading up to the third-annual Hoophall Miami Invitational. Toledo is participating in this NCAA multi-team event, sponsored by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which will feature round-robin play of five teams in the two weeks leading up to the main event in Miami with Kansas and Syracuse serving as host sites.
 
     Toledo will host reigning Horizon League regular-season co-champion Oakland (25-9 in 2016-17) on Saturday, November 18 as well as defending Southland Conference champion Texas Southern (23-12) on Saturday, December 2. In between those contests, the Rockets will play at Atlantic Coast Conference's Orange (19-15) on Wednesday, November 22 and defending Big 12 champion Jayhawks (31-5) on Tuesday, November 28. A complete schedule can be found below.
 
     The Rockets are coming off a 17-17 campaign that resulted in a trip to the College Basketball Invitational. Junior guard Jaelan Sanford and junior forward Nate Navigato are UT's top returning scorers with 13.6 ppg and 9.5 ppg, respectively, with sophomore center Luke Knapke also back after posting 6.9 ppg and 4.2 rpg in his rookie campaign. UT will have five new faces on the floor as well with senior transfer Tre'Shaun Fletcher, sophomore transfer Willie Jackson (eligible following fall semester) and the incoming freshman trio of Logan Hill, Marreon Jackson and Dwayne Rose Jr.
 
     The Hoophall Miami Invitational at AmericanAirlines Arena will serve as the culmination of the campus round games for Syracuse and Kansas. The one-day doubleheader held on Saturday, December 2 will feature a match-up of perennial powerhouses Syracuse and Kansas, as well as local-favorite Miami versus reigning Ivy League champion Princeton.
 
     The MAAC will serve as the host conference for this multi-team event anchored by Kansas and Syracuse. The MAAC has developed a strong partnership with the Basketball Hall of Fame, including the addition of a MAAC exhibit in the Hall of Fame museum in Springfield, Mass.
 
     Campus-round match-up details such as game times, tickets sales and broadcast information will be released individually by each host school. For more information, please log onto hoophall.com.
 
Hoophall Miami Campus Round Schedule
November 17 or November 18
Texas Southern at Syracuse
 
November 18
Oakland at Toledo
 
November 20
Oakland at Syracuse
 
November 21
Texas Southern at Kansas
 
November 22
Toledo at Syracuse
 
November 24
Oakland at Kansas
 
November 28
Toledo at Kansas
 
November 30
Texas Southern at Oakland
 
December 2
Texas Southern at Toledo
 
Saturday, December 2 at AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, Fla.
Kansas vs. Syracuse (MTE)
Miami (Fla.) vs. Princeton (Single Game)
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The MAAC, headquartered in Edison, N.J., consists of 11 member institutions: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University and Siena College. ANC Sports Enterprises is the league's marketing consultant and has the exclusive sales rights to the MAAC.  For more on the conference please visit, www.maacsports.com.
 
About AmericanAirlines Arena
Since its opening on December 31, 1999, the 19,600-seat AmericanAirlines Arena has proudly hosted megastars such as Adele, Marc Anthony, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Drake, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Pearl Jam, Madonna, Maná, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars to name a few. In addition, AmericanAirlines Arena is home to family shows such as the Harlem Globetrotters and Disney on Ice. AmericanAirlines Arena has also played host to several live televised events including annual award shows such as Univision's Premio Lo Nuestro and Telemundo's Premios Tu Mundo, and five NBA Finals, each placing Miami in the international spotlight. Private events have included product launches, corporate basketball tournaments, gala dinners and a host of meetings, large and small. For more information, please visit AAArena.com.
 
About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame:
Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was invented, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame promotes and preserves the game of basketball at every level – professional, collegiate and high school, for both men and women on the global stage.