PORTLAND, Ore. -- A 16-team tournament featuring some of college basketballs elite teams will be staged next year in Portland to honor Nike co-founder Phil Knight before his 80th birthday.The PK80, or more formally the Phil Knight Invitational, will be played at Portlands Moda Center and Memorial Coliseum on Nov. 23-26, 2017.Participating teams include Arkansas, Butler, Connecticut, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Michigan State, North Carolina, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Portland, Portland State, Stanford and Texas.The event, billed as one of the largest regular-season invitational tournaments ever, includes nine of the past 13 NCAA champions.To be in Portland, in and around where Phils had a tremendous impact to the community, the impact of Nike from the business perspective, employment, and all the things that come along with it, it seemed like a real natural, said Chris Oxley, senior vice president of venue operations for the two arenas. We couldnt be more excited to have this tournament.Nikes headquarters are in Beaverton, Oregon, just west of Portland.The teams will be divided into two groups of eight and each group will compete for a bracket title. All the games will be broadcast on ESPN.Only two teams from each conference were allowed, and Knight holds degrees from Oregon and Stanford, so that did not allow room for Oregon State or Arizona.Oregon coach Dana Altman, who led the Ducks to an appearance in the Elite Eight at the NCAA Tournament last year, called the event an excellent way to celebrate Phil Knight.He has done so much, not just for the University of Oregon, but all of college basketball, Altman said in a statement. We are honored to be a part of the PK80 tournament.Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski echoed the sentiment: PK80 is a unique way we can honor him and the contributions he has made not just to the game of basketball, but to all of sport. Wholesale Jets Jerseys . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. Cheap Winnipeg Jets Jerseys . "Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. http://www.cheapwinnipegjetsjerseys.com/ . Dallas hasnt ruled out the star quarterback for Sunday nights game against Philadelphia, but all signs point to Romos back injury pushing Kyle Orton into the starting role after two years of limited play as the backup. Surely Ortons name isnt the first that comes to mind for fans wanting a change after years of damaging interceptions, fumbles or, most infamously, the field goal flub when Romo dropped the snap on a kick that could have won his first playoff game in 2006. Cheap Jets Jerseys China . -- Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis was charged Thursday with driving while intoxicated, a day after he was suspended for an NFL substance-abuse policy violation. Cheap Adidas Jets Jerseys . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. IRVINE, Calif. -- Ioannis Dimakopoulos scored a career-high 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting, freshman Tommy Rutherford scored a season-high 11 and UC Irvine beat Pacific 72-65 on Saturday night.Spencer Rivers, son of longtime NBA player and current coach of the Los Angeles Clippers Doc Rivers, added a career-high 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting.Pacific (1-2) trailed by 11 with 14:15 to play but Jack Williams scored eight points -- including two 3-pointers -- during a 15-4 run that tied it at 50-all with 8:49 remaining. Dimakopoulos made back-to-back layyups to start a 10-3 run, capped by Brandon Smiths 3-pointer that made it 60-53.dddddddddddd After Jacob Lampkins two free throws pulled the Tigers within three, Dimakopoulos scored six UCI points in a row before two free throws by Rutherford made it 68-59 with 1:09 to go.Jack Williams hit four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, both career highs, for Pacific.Irvine (2-2) made 27 of 53 (50.9 percent) from the field. ' ' '
