Credit to: purduesports.com
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Sports San Diego officials have announced changes to the 2024 Rady Children’s Invitational tournament field. Purdue and BYU remain in the event, but will now be joined by North Carolina State and Ole Miss, replacing Arkansas and Notre Dame.
The second edition of the Rady Children’s Invitational will be played at LionTree Arena, located on the UC San Diego campus, on Nov. 28 and 29. All tournament games will be aired on FOX or FS1 and schedule and tip times will be announced at a later date.
With the addition of North Carolina State, there will be two teams from last year’s Final Four in the field, as the Boilermakers defeated the Wolfpack 63-50 in the National Semifinals. In addition, Ole Miss is mentioned as an NCAA Tournament team in 2024 by several publications.
Purdue’s announced non-conference schedule now consists of Alabama (Nov. 15), Marquette (Nov. 19), Texas A&M (Dec. 14) and two of BYU, North Carolina State and Ole Miss. The remainder of the non-conference schedule should be finalized in the next couple of weeks.
https://purduesports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
The Boilermakers are coming off a spot in the 2024 National Championship game and a 34-5 record. Three starters are scheduled to return in addition to three other players that played at least 31 games this past season. Head coach Matt Painter also welcomes a six-member recruiting class that is ranked among the top 10 nationally.
