Tourney basketball bounty heads to LV

Week serving a feast of men’s, women’s events

UNLV isn’t the only college basketball team playing in Las Vegas this week.

The city will welcome several men’s and women’s events across a number of venues before and after Thanksgiving. A handful of players with Las Vegas ties are returning, and some of the best teams in the country are here, too — including national runner-up Texas Tech.

Here are the details:

MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight bracket

■ When: Sunday, Tuesday

■ Where: T-Mobile Arena

No. 23 Colorado squares off against Wyoming at 5 p.m. Sunday, and Texas Christian and Clemson follow at 7:30. The losers will play a consolation game at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The winners play for the championship at 8:30.

Middleweight bracket

■ When: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

■ Where: Clark High School Detroit meets UC-Irvine at noon Sunday, then Louisiana-Lafayette at 1 p.m. Monday. UC-Irvine and Louisiana-Lafayette conclude the event Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Continental Tire Classic

■ When: Wednesday

■ Where: Orleans Arena Oregon State and San Jose State play ahead of the eight-team Continental Tire Invitational.

Continental Tire Invitational

■ When: Thursday, Friday

■ Where: Orleans Arena Tennessee State and Cal Poly open play Thursday at 11 a.m., followed by North Florida and LIU-Brooklyn at 1 p.m. National runner-up and No. 12 Texas Tech plays Iowa at 5, and Creighton tangles with San Diego State at 7:30.

The losers of the first two games play a consolation game at 11 a.m. Friday, and the winners play at 1:30 p.m. The winners of the third and fourth games play for the championship at 5, and the losers play a consolation game at 7:30.

Women Thanksgiving Shootout

■ When: Friday, Saturday

■ Where: South Point Arena Ten teams from across the country congregate for two games apiece. Sacred Heart opens Friday against Detroit Mercy at 11 a.m., and Tennessee Tech and Northern Illinois follow at 1:15 p.m.

South Dakota and Ohio State play at 3:30, Southern California and Nebraska play at 5:45, and Northern Iowa and Alabama conclude the first day at 8.

Detroit Mercy plays Tennessee Tech at 11 a.m. Saturday, and Northern Illinois and South Dakota play at 1:15 p.m. Nebraska meets Sacred Heart at 3:30, Ohio State and Northern Iowa play at 5:45, and Alabama and Southern California conclude the event at 8.

Lady Rebel Round Up

■ When: Saturday

■ Where: Cox Pavilion UNLV hosts Elon at 11 a.m. Saturday, and St. John’s plays Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis at 1:30 p.m. The losers meet Sunday at 11 a.m., and the winners play for the championship at 1:30 p.m.