SEATTLE – For those who are starving for the new college basketball season, Seattle Pacific University is setting out a veritable feast this weekend, hosting two tournaments and eight games in two days at Brougham Pavilion.

The SPU women, favored to repeat as Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion and ranked No. 22 in the NCAA Division II preseason poll, will face US San Diego in the opening game of the Falcon Hoop Classic Friday at 5 p.m. They play Montana State Billings in a rematch of last year’s West Regional semifinal Saturday at 5. Last year the Falcons won their first 29 games before falling in the regional championship game.

Also making their debut in are the Seattle Pacific men, who host the Wilcox Farms Tip-Off Classic. The Falcons lost four starters from a 16-11 squad which nearly made the NCAA tournament. They meet Florida’s Saint Leo and Missouri’s Southwest Baptist Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the After that, the next seven games are on the road.

Rounding out the tournament fields are Central Washington’s women, who play at 1 p.m. each day, and Northwest Nazarene’s men, who play daily at 3.

General admission is $5 and $3 for students. Reserved seating is $7 and $6. Tickets are good for all four games each day.

Friday, Nov. 21
Women–Central Washington v Montana State Billings, 1 p.m.
Men–Northwest Nazarene v Southwest Baptist, 3 p.m.
Women–Seattle Pacific v UC San Diego, 5 p.m.
Men–Seattle Pacific v Saint Leo, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 22
Women–Central Washington v UC San Diego, 1 p.m.
Men–Northwest Nazarene v Saint Leo, 3 p.m.
Women–Seattle Pacific v Montana State Billings, 5 p.m.
Men–Seattle Pacific v Southwest Baptist, 7 p.m.