It is hard to imagine the beginning of the basketball season without plenty of tournaments, especially over Thanksgiving. And that is what I am enjoying this weekend in Baltimore, Maryland.

It is the 3rd Annual Provident Pride of Maryland Basketball Tournament with the final two days being hosted at Johns Hopkins University.

I am court-side for all eight games over the next two days, including a live broadcast of “Hoopsville” during the championship game Sunday night.

Today’s (Saturday) schedule is:
1:30 – Goucher vs. Villa Julie
3:30 – Washington vs. Johns Hopkins
6:00 – Salisbury vs. McDaniel
8:00 – St. Mary’s vs. Hood

This tournament has used the JP Morgan Chase Tournament in Rochester as a blue print and should give many of us a good sense of what teams in the Mid-Atlantic Region are the ones to watch this season. And as Pat Cummings mentioned on Hoopsville last Sunday, it will give us a great way to compare teams and their opponents for the rest of the season.

I will hopefully give many of you can’t make these games an idea of what is going on throughout the weekend!