LEXINGTON, Ky. – A total of 34 NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball programs that participated in bdG Sports-produced events during the 2023-24 regular season, have advanced to postseason play. Twenty men’s and women’s squads punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament.
bdG Sports, a leader in turn-key event management with a primary focus in basketball and professional golf, is one of the industry leaders in college basketball games produced annually. From summer exhibition tours to multiple high-profile neutral-site games and in-season tournaments – such as the Continental Tire Main Event at T-Mobile Arena, Gulf Coast Showcase in Fort Myers, Florida, and more than 20 teams participating in three Baha Mar Hoops events in Nassau, Bahamas – bdG contracted nearly 150 regular-season men’s and women’s Division I basketball games during the 2023-24 campaign. bdG Sports is proud to also be the only third-party operator which manages a conference tournament, assisting The Big West Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships each March in Henderson, Nevada.
Men’s basketball teams that took part in events owned or operated by bdG Sports and have advanced to postseason play include NCAA Tournament participants Arizona, Baylor, Dayton, FAU, Illinois, Kentucky, Long Beach State, Michigan State, New Mexico, Saint Mary’s and San Diego State and NIT participants UC Irvine, Cincinnati, Georgia, Indiana State, Kansas State, Providence and Xavier.
Women’s basketball teams that took part in events owned or managed by bdG Sports and have advanced to postseason play include NCAA Tournament participants Columbia, FGCU, Florida State, Iowa, Kansas State North Carolina, Ohio State, USC and Stanford. Belmont, Florida, and Penn State will play in the WBIT while Cal Poly, UC Riverside, Purdue and Vermont will take part in the WNIT.