LAS VEGAS, Nev. – On Tuesday, the 20^th annual Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational officially announced the tournament field for this year's event, which will be held Nov. 25 & 26, 2021 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Notably, this tournament will mark the 15^th year the invitational has been played at Orleans.

The 2021-22 season's field includes:  University of San Francisco, University of Alabama Birmingham, University of New Mexico and Towson University.

FS1 and FS2 will provide coverage of four tournament games, televising two opening-round games on Thursday, Nov. 25 as well as the championship and consolation games on Friday, Nov. 26.  

Regarded as one of the top early season tournaments of the men's college basketball season, the past champions of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational include Illinois (2005 and 2014), Kansas (2006 and 2010), North Carolina (2007), Kentucky (2008), Oklahoma State (2009), Creighton (2012), UCLA (2013), West Virginia (2015) Butler (2016) Arizona State (2017) and Michigan State (2018). In the 2011 title game, UNLV upset then No. 1 North Carolina, 90-80. 

Hosting more than 200 events each year, Orleans Arena is located just west of the Las Vegas strip and was recently named the #1 mid-size arena in the USA by Venues Today magazine.

Tickets for the Las Vegas Invitational are available at the Orleans Arena box office and can be purchased by clicking here.

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